People’s Assembly
Military: Constituent district law to be announced next week
Egypt
September 2, 2011
Military: Constituent district law to be announced next week
The law on constituent districts will be announced next week, said Major General Mamdouh Shahin, assistant secretary of defense and…
Buying the People’s Assembly
Opinion
April 6, 2011
Buying the People’s Assembly
Last week, at a meeting I was invited to with the liberal Democratic Front Party, a young party member demanded…
Egyptian sets himself on fire before parliament
Egypt
January 17, 2011
Egyptian sets himself on fire before parliament
An Egyptian citizen set himself on fire Monday at 9 AM in front of the People’s Assembly while shouting chants…
Opposition mounts legal challenge to legitimacy of incoming parliament
Egypt
December 14, 2010
Opposition mounts legal challenge to legitimacy of incoming parliament
The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) movement and other Egyptian opposition forces filed several lawsuits this week challenging the legitimacy of the…
Shazli country
Opinion
November 16, 2010
Shazli country
For several days, rumors of Kamal al-Shazli's death had been circulating. The man himself had threatened to sue his Wafdist…
How the Wafd Party let us down
Opinion
October 4, 2010
How the Wafd Party let us down
I write this article not as the leader of an opposition party but as an Egyptian citizen concerned about my…
Who should boycott elections?
Opinion
September 19, 2010
Who should boycott elections?
Mohamed ElBaradei and the National Association for Change (NAC) persist in calling for a boycott of the People’s Assembly elections…
Sunday’s papers: MPs stripped of immunity, photo of ElBaradei’s daughter provokes backlash
Egypt
September 5, 2010
Sunday’s papers: MPs stripped of immunity, photo of ElBaradei’s daughter provokes backlash
Front page headlines in state-owned newspapers Al-Ahram and Al-Akhbar, in addition to other national newspapers, report that 14 parliamentarians from…
Opposition alliance nominates 350 candidates for parliamentary elections
Egypt
August 31, 2010
Opposition alliance nominates 350 candidates for parliamentary elections
A coalition of Egyptian opposition parties has nominated 350 candidates for the upcoming People’s Assembly elections.
People’s Assembly amends constituencies, MP protests
Egypt
May 18, 2010
People’s Assembly amends constituencies, MP protests
The People's Assembly approved yesterday a bill amending the distribution of electoral constituences due to the creation of two new…