Opinion

After two weeks of difficult negotiations between more than 190 nations at the climate talks in Cancun, the multilateral process…

Egypt’s recently concluded legislative elections did not only end with a landslide victory for the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP),…

While the last two years have witnessed a few modest advances in political reform in Arab countries--importantly, women appear to…

The NDP government refused to accept international election observers under the guise of intervention and meddling in domestic affairs. Instead…

The National Democratic Party's (NDP) sweeping election victory this week may seem, at a first glance, like a triumph for…

Suppose that a person with absolutely zero knowledge of Egyptian politics just arrived into the country. Inquiring about all the…

The significance of parliamentary elections in Egypt should not be overstated for a number of reasons. First, the Egyptian parliament…

The running joke in Egypt these days--about the doctors who congratulate themselves on a successful operation, even though the patient…

Egyptians are accustomed to election fraud, having witnessed very few fair elections in their modern history. The events that took…

The first round of parliamentary elections in Egypt has left behind a political scene that is simultaneously frustrating and puzzling.…