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The Islamist Muslim Brotherhood was edging toward a dominant role in Egypt's first free parliament in decades on Wednesday, but…

SHARM EL-SHEIKH — On a barren hill in Sharm el-Sheikh, not far from the famous beach resorts with their bikini-clad…

Voter turnout was weak during the first of two days of voting in Tanta, capital of the Nile Delta's Gharbiya…

ARISH — Fifty-eight candidates and 13 party lists face off Tuesday in the third round of People's Assembly elections in…

A number of recently elected Islamist and liberal MPs are meeting to reach an initial agreement on the basic principles…

On the rooftop of the devastated Egyptian Scientific Institute, a handful of soldiers stood in mid-December in their camouflaged uniforms,…

The first round of parliamentary elections has sent shock waves through many Egyptians. The Salafi Nour Party garnered almost 25…

In December 2010, Egypt Independent spoke to different political pundits to probe them for their 2011 predictions as part of…

Liberal forces will not allow a new constitution to be drafted based on religion, Coptic business mogul Naguib Sawiris told…

When Anwar Sadat abandoned Egypt’s alliance with the Soviet Union in the mid-1970s, he forged an alliance with the United…