Muslim Brotherhood
Brotherhood denies nominating Shater for prime minister
Egypt
December 31, 2012
Brotherhood denies nominating Shater for prime minister
The Muslim Brotherhood does not know who is campaigning on the Internet to nominate the group's deputy supreme guide, Khairat…
Monday’s papers: 2012 In Review
Egypt
December 31, 2012
Monday’s papers: 2012 In Review
Three developments dominate the papers on the last day of 2012: the plummeting of the Egyptian pound to record…
Brotherhood official: Egyptian Jews in Israel entitled to reclaim properties abandoned on exodus
Egypt
December 31, 2012
Brotherhood official: Egyptian Jews in Israel entitled to reclaim properties abandoned on exodus
A Muslim Brotherhood official has said that if they return home, Egyptian Jews in Palestine's occupied lands should be entitled…
FJP to announce parliamentary candidates next week, senior member says
Egypt
December 30, 2012
FJP to announce parliamentary candidates next week, senior member says
The Freedom and Justice Party plans to announce in a week its final list of candidates for upcoming parliamentary…
Sunday’s papers: Morsy speaks, again
Egypt
December 30, 2012
Sunday’s papers: Morsy speaks, again
President Morsy’s latest address to the nation—at Saturday’s opening session of the Shura Council’s new cycle—provoked a few sarcastic headlines…
A world turned upside down
Opinion
December 30, 2012
A world turned upside down
While I was outside a polling station waiting to bother voters while covering the referendum, a man sidled over to…
The ballot and the street
Egypt
December 30, 2012
The ballot and the street
“The President and the Brotherhood take credit for the most significant achievement the opposition made this year,” says Tamer al-Mihy,…
National Salvation Front: Brotherhood is terrorizing opposition
Egypt
December 28, 2012
National Salvation Front: Brotherhood is terrorizing opposition
Hussein Abdel Ghany, the media spokesperson for the National Salvation Front, accused the Muslim Brotherhood of resorting to Mubarak-era tactics…
Brotherhood’s politics may mean short term gains and long term losses
Egypt
December 27, 2012
Brotherhood’s politics may mean short term gains and long term losses
Experts on Islamist movements and democratization have long held that Islamist groups, if they are allowed to engage freely in…