Voting
Hundreds queue, army secures polls on 2nd day of elections
Egypt
November 29, 2011
Hundreds queue, army secures polls on 2nd day of elections
Nine Egyptian governorates have entered their second day of voting for the People's Assembly elections, which started Monday morning. Hundreds…
Pope urges Copts to vote for best candidates, disregard affiliation
Egypt
November 28, 2011
Pope urges Copts to vote for best candidates, disregard affiliation
The head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church, Pope Shenouda III, has urged Copts to vote for parliamentary candidates who can…
Live updates: Citizens try to break into polling station to vote
Egypt
November 28, 2011
Live updates: Citizens try to break into polling station to vote
Voting begins today in the first stage of Egypt's first post-Hosni Mubarak parliamentary elections. This stage of voting, which will…
Eye on elections: Egyptians reluctantly take to the polls
Egypt
November 27, 2011
Eye on elections: Egyptians reluctantly take to the polls
Egypt’s first post-25 January elections were supposed to be a celebratory milestone on the long road to democracy. But after…
Al-Azhar grand sheikh: Failure to vote is a sin
Egypt
November 27, 2011
Al-Azhar grand sheikh: Failure to vote is a sin
Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar Ahmed al-Tayyeb has urged Egyptians to take part in the parliamentary vote, whose first phase starts…
More than 100,000 expats vote in first phase of parliamentary elections
Egypt
November 26, 2011
More than 100,000 expats vote in first phase of parliamentary elections
More than 100,000 expatriate Egyptians have voted in the first phase of the elections, which began on Wednesday, said Assistant…
High elections committee: Postponing elections illegal
Egypt
November 23, 2011
High elections committee: Postponing elections illegal
Postponing the elections would be illegal, said Yousry Abdel Karim, head of the high elections committee’s technical office. “But if…
Egyptians vote abroad
Life & Style
November 21, 2011
Egyptians vote abroad
Egyptian expats' struggle to vote from abroad has been public and very lengthy. Although Egyptians abroad are estimated at about…
Expat registration for parliamentary elections to close on Saturday
Egypt
November 19, 2011
Expat registration for parliamentary elections to close on Saturday
The deadline for Egyptian expatriates to register for the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled to start 28 November will be next…
Sharaf discusses draft law to let Egyptian expats vote in elections
Egypt
November 12, 2011
Sharaf discusses draft law to let Egyptian expats vote in elections
Prime Minister Essam Sharaf held a meeting Saturday to discuss issues pertaining to the upcoming parliamentary elections. Attendees included the…