United Islamists in a Democratic Party
Farouk Sultan, head of the presidential election commission Nathan J. Brown, a professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University, is an expert on Islamist...
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Supporters of the Salafist Al-Nour Party watch a speech given by popular Salafi religious leader Mohamed Hassan in Cairo, Egypt, on October 14, 2011. (David Degner/Getty Images)On one warm Cairo...
View ArticleConstitution Conundrum
Egypt’s 50-member constitution-drafting committee at their first meeting in Cairo on September 8, 2013. (AFP/Getty Images)Rumors continue to swirl around Egypt’s Lagna Al-Khamseen—the fifty-member...
View ArticleEditorial: Institutions, not Constitutions
Members of the Egyptian constitutional panel vote on a new constitution at the Shura Council in downtown Cairo on November 30, 2013. (GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images) By the end of January,...
View ArticleEgypt’s Despondent Voters
A boy sleeps on a scooter in Tahrir Square on July 8, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. (Carsten Koall/Getty Images) On Tuesday and Wednesday, Egyptians will be voting on a new constitution for the second time in...
View ArticleEgypt to announce state of emergency ahead of constitutional referendum, says...
Egyptian security forces stand guard outside the Police Academy in eastern Cairo on January 8, 2014. (Ahmad Zakaria/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Egyptian interim government...
View ArticleEverybody’s a Faloul
An Egyptian street vendor sells the country’s national flag and masks of Egypt’s Defense Minister, General Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, as voters queue outside the polling station during the second day of...
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