Gamal Mubarak

Sufi leaders at odds over anticipated Gamal Mubarak presidential bid
Egypt

Sufi leaders at odds over anticipated Gamal Mubarak presidential bid

The leaders of Egypt's various Sufi orders have yet to agree on whether to throw their support behind an anticipated…
Tuesday’s papers: The van Gogh heist and more power cuts
Egypt

Tuesday’s papers: The van Gogh heist and more power cuts

Two major items make headlines in today’s state-owned and independent newspapers: electricity cuts and the outrageous theft of the Vincent…
NDP members refuse to sign statement supporting Gamal Mubarak
Egypt

NDP members refuse to sign statement supporting Gamal Mubarak

Mohamed al-Salehi, Ezzat Badawi, Atef Abaza and Khairi Mubasher, all MPs for the National Democratic Party (NDP), refused to sign…
Gamal Mubarak’s non-campaign
Opinion

Gamal Mubarak’s non-campaign

How strange Egyptian politics are becoming. The launch of a “popular campaign” in the last few weeks to encourage Gamal…
Intellectuals to hold conference against ‘presidential inheritance’
Egypt

Intellectuals to hold conference against ‘presidential inheritance’

Several members of Egypt's intelligentsia are preparing to hold a self-styled “Conference of Independent Intellectuals” in response to a second…
Street campaigns on the rise for both opposition and regime supporters
Egypt

Street campaigns on the rise for both opposition and regime supporters

Collecting signatures for petitions and distributing leaflets have recently become trademarks of street politics in Egypt among both regime supporters…
Attorney-General suspends defamation case against Ayman Nour
Egypt

Attorney-General suspends defamation case against Ayman Nour

The attorney-general has suspended an investigation into Ghad Party
Gamal Mubarak presidential campaign takes fight to the provinces, Kuwait
Egypt

Gamal Mubarak presidential campaign takes fight to the provinces, Kuwait

A campaign in support of a presidential bid by Gamal Mubarak, the 47-year-old son of President Hosni Mubarak, has printed…
Wednesday’s papers: Bread prices, Ramadan traffic and Egypt’s fifth president
Egypt

Wednesday’s papers: Bread prices, Ramadan traffic and Egypt’s fifth president

In state-owned Al-Akhbar as well as Al-Ahram, bread prices top the front page of both papers.“No increase in the price…
Scenarios for presidential succession
Opinion

Scenarios for presidential succession

The health of President Hosni Mubarak is not a private matter. It’s a public concern whose smallest details should be…
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