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Islamists blasts SCAF for claiming parliament fails to represent all Egyptians
Egypt
December 8, 2011
Islamists blasts SCAF for claiming parliament fails to represent all Egyptians
Statements by Major General Mokhtar al-Mulla, a member of the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), that the…
Egypt’s rulers: Parliament won’t be representative
Egypt
December 8, 2011
Egypt’s rulers: Parliament won’t be representative
Egypt's military rulers said Wednesday the next parliament will not be representative enough to independently oversee the drafting of a…
Wednesday’s papers: Concerns about the elections, Ganzouri and Tahrir
Egypt
December 7, 2011
Wednesday’s papers: Concerns about the elections, Ganzouri and Tahrir
Most newspaper headlines highlight “the sweeping victory" of Islamists in the run-offs for the first phase of parliamentary elections. State-owned…
Some Tahrir protesters plan to move sit-in to cabinet
Egypt
December 7, 2011
Some Tahrir protesters plan to move sit-in to cabinet
Several political parties and groups said Wednesday they will move their sit-in from Tahrir Square to outside the cabinet building…
Time for an independent conversation
Opinion
December 7, 2011
Time for an independent conversation
On 24 November, we issued the first edition of our new project, Egypt Independent, a weekly, 24-page newspaper that attempts…
Is Tantawi reading the public’s pulse correctly?
Opinion
December 6, 2011
Is Tantawi reading the public’s pulse correctly?
This is the revised version of an article that was scheduled to appear in the second print edition of Egypt…
Meet Egypt’s new-old prime minister
Opinion
December 4, 2011
Meet Egypt’s new-old prime minister
The decision a few days ago by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) to appoint Kamal al-Ganzouri as…
Mainstream press rallies against Tahrir demand for national salvation government
Egypt
December 3, 2011
Mainstream press rallies against Tahrir demand for national salvation government
When debate around a national salvation government (NSG) raged in the press two weeks ago, many opponents advanced various hostile…
Abbasseya demonstrators show support for SCAF and Ganzouri
Egypt
December 2, 2011
Abbasseya demonstrators show support for SCAF and Ganzouri
Hundreds of Egyptians demonstrated in the Cairo neighborhood of Abbasseya on Friday in support of the ruling Supreme Council of…
SCAF: Egypt has refused foreign aid with political strings attached
Egypt
December 2, 2011
SCAF: Egypt has refused foreign aid with political strings attached
Egypt has refused financial aid offers from the Gulf and other foreign countries because political conditions have been attached, member…