Date of source: Tuesday, April 22, 2014
By: theblaze
Includes: N/A
Who is ultimately responsible for the ongoing attacks on Christians and their churches throughout the Islamic world?
for full text press here
Date of source: Monday, May 26, 2014
By: CNN
Includes: N/A
Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- Egyptians are scheduled to head to the polls to vote for their next president on Monday and Tuesday.
There will be just two candidates, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Hamdeen Sabahi.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 23, 2014
By: fikraforum
Includes: N/A
The Egyptian Constitution contains many articles concerning human rights and freedoms, as the contours of any state are defined by its ability to guarantee the rights and freedoms of its citizens.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 1, 2014
By: freedomhouse
Includes: N/A
Marking the release of the March edition of the Egypt Democracy Compass, Freedom House issued the following statement about the state of democratic governance in the country:.....
Date of source: Monday, May 19, 2014
By: english.ahram
Includes: N/A
Ehab El-Kharrat, a leading Coptic figure of the Egyptian Social Democratic Party, is supporting Hamdeen Sabahi for president, and explaining why.
Date of source: Monday, May 5, 2014
By: freedomhouse
Includes: N/A
Marking the release of the April edition of the Egypt Democracy Compass, Freedom House issued the following statement about the state of democratic governance in the country:....
Date of source: Thursday, May 22, 2014
By: pewresearch
Includes: N/A
It’s been nearly a year since former Egyptian president and Muslim Brotherhood leader, Mohamed Morsi, was removed from power by the country’s military, following huge demonstrations in Cairo and throughout the nation.
Date of source: Saturday, April 19, 2014
By: Egypt Independent
Includes: N/A
One person was killed and four others injured on Saturday in clashes between Muslims and Christians in Qalyubiya, reportedly due to a traffic dispute.
Date of source: Monday, May 19, 2014
By: Al-Monitor
Includes: N/A
On the morning of May 15, Egyptians abroad started voting in the presidential elections at Egyptian embassies and consulates around the world. International voting stations are open for four days after which voting will take place in Egypt on May 26-27.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 6, 2014
By: Asharq Al-Awsat
Includes: N/A
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Sudanese novelist Amir Tag El-Sir is one of the most respected writers publishing in Arabic today.
Date of source: Thursday, May 22, 2014
By: atlanticcouncil
Includes: N/A
After the ouster of then-president Mohammed Morsi in July 2013, General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has emerged as an Egyptian hero, icon, and likely the Egyptian Republic’s fifth president.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 21, 2014
By: atlanticcouncil
Includes: N/A
With Egypt's presidential elections around the corner, many observers fully expect the former defense minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to head the country. Comparisons of Sisi with Hosni Mubarak, however, ignore the massive political machinery that backed Mubarak's policy and personnel decisions.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 22, 2014
By: atlanticcouncil
Includes: N/A
A bloody clash between two tribes in Aswan recently claimed more than twenty lives and left many wounded.
Date of source: Monday, May 12, 2014
By: Ahram Online
Includes: N/A
‘Some Arab spring revolutions brought benefits but others were planned to destroy and divide countries’, Ahmed El-Tayib says.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 13, 2014
By: copts
Includes: N/A
“The West risks losing the Egyptian people.”
That’s the warning given by Egypt’s Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy just hours ahead of his meeting on Wednesday with Britain’s Foreign Secretary William Hague.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 21, 2014
By: atlanticcouncil
Includes: N/A
Tutelage refers to how parties in power that claim to hold a monopoly on the absolute truth aspire to set the standards of good and evil, right and wrong, principles and values that should be adhered to, the concepts to be held true, what knowledge should be acquired and the hopes and dreams that
Date of source: Sunday, May 25, 2014
By: BBC
Includes: N/A
In Egypt it seems there has always been someone lying awake in the hot, airless night, dreading the policeman's midnight knock.
Date of source: Saturday, May 24, 2014
By: reuters
Includes: N/A
(Reuters) - Egypt will not allow armed turmoil in neighbouringLibya to threaten its national security, presidential frontrunner Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said in an interview with the pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat publish
Date of source: Thursday, May 15, 2014
By: dailynewsegypt
Includes: N/A
Coptic Christians have, since 1952, lived according to what might be considered a tacit agreement between the church and the state, one whereby the state committed itself to the protection of Copts, the principles and rules of equality before the law, and equal opportunity, and the church recipro
Date of source: Friday, May 23, 2014
By: atlanticcouncil
Includes: N/A
Days before the official campaigning period for new presidential elections in Egypt is scheduled to end, the main headline of the semi-official daily, Al-Ahram, quoted presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabbahi, 60, as saying he would accept the job of prime minister in the event he lost the
Date of source: Thursday, April 24, 2014
By: atlanticcouncil
Includes: N/A
A Friday afternoon editing shift at a Cairo-based media outlet is customarily filled with reports detailing the casualties of violent post-Friday-prayer demonstrations.
Date of source: Monday, January 13, 2014
By: crisisgroup
Includes: N/A
Egypt’s transition is as contradictory and tempestuous as the current state of its society, and tells us much about it. What is still lacking is a sense of direction that could reassure both Egyptians and onlookers on where it is heading.
Date of source: Saturday, May 24, 2014
By: middle-east-online
Includes: N/A
Defendants are accused of damaging public property, assaulting civil servants for storming offices of head of Al-Azhar in November.
Date of source: Monday, April 28, 2014
By: atlanticcouncil
Includes: N/A
Through the recent spate of death sentence rulings and an apparent unwillingness to challenge the interim government, Egypt’s judiciary has positioned itself as a close ally to the regime, undermining any illusion of impartiality.
Date of source: Thursday, May 22, 2014
By: atlanticcouncil
Includes: N/A
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has repeatedly been compared to former Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser, but his own words suggest that the late president Anwar al-Sadat – who won popularity early in his tenure but ended his life unpopular and resented – may be the more instructive comparison.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 13, 2014
By: atlanticcouncil
Includes: N/A
Amid the grating cries of today’s agents of darkness, who propagate the fascist slogan "you are either with us or against us," who serve our "sultan," and not surprisingly buy into the deal of "obedience to the government for protection and profits;" amid the voices that justify injustices and vi
Date of source: Tuesday, April 29, 2014
By: atlanticcouncil
Includes: N/A
On April 28, another 683 Morsi supporters were sentenced to death in a mass trial before the same Minya judge who sentenced 529 defendants to death late last month.
Date of source: Monday, May 12, 2014
By: redanalysis
Includes: N/A
Since 2008, when massive food riots took place, followed by the “Arab spring revolution” in 2011, Egypt has become a land of political, religious and social conflicts (Krista Mahr, “Bread is life: food and protest in Egypt“, Time Magazine, January 31, 2011; Georges Corm, Le Proche-Or
Date of source: Thursday, January 6, 2011
By: cfr
Includes: N/A
Egypt is on high alert after clashes between Coptic Christians and security forces following the New Year's Day bombing of a Coptic Church in Alexandria that killed more than twenty people.
Date of source: Friday, May 23, 2014
By: atlanticcouncil
Includes: N/A
Smart lyrics that portray Egypt as a united people from various governorates are part of a catchy song sung by Emirati cultural ambassador Hussein Al-Jassmi's urging Egyptians to vote in the 2014 presidential elections.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 20, 2014
By: noisyroom
Includes: N/A
Heading into this month’s presidential elections set for May 26 and 27, Egyptians discuss the candidate most likely to win at the polls.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 13, 2014
By: isn
Includes: N/A
In this audio presentation, the CFR's Steven Cook takes stock of the current situation in Egypt, including 1) the existing political order; 2) the ongoing insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula; 3) the country's economic health; and 4) the recent death sentences handed out to Muslim Brotherhood symp
Date of source: Thursday, May 22, 2014
By: atlanticcouncil
Includes: N/A
With voting in Egypt's second presidential elections in two years expected to take place on May 26 and 27, EgyptSource will be providing periodic updates on the latest news coming out of the Egyptian elections process.
Date of source: Sunday, May 25, 2014
By: telegraph
Includes: N/A
The man set to rule Egypt for the foreseeable future claims to wear the mantle of the 2011 revolution which overthrew his predecessor, Hosni Mubarak.
Date of source: Thursday, May 15, 2014
By: atlanticcouncil
Includes: N/A
Consensus is nonexistent in contemporary Egypt. Politicians, academics, and activists comprise the actors in a perpetual tragedy, a circular argument filled with nonsensical disagreement and contention over ulterior motives and selfish pecuniary advantages.
Date of source: Saturday, May 24, 2014
By: middle-east-online
Includes: N/A
We will get a more accurate picture of public political sentiments in Egypt only after President Sisi bears the weight and test of incumbency, writes Rami G. Khouri.
for full text press here
Date of source: Wednesday, May 14, 2014
By: Ahram Online
Includes: N/A
Egyptian expats are the first to cast their ballots in Egypt’s 2014 presidential elections, with voting taking place at Egyptian embassies and consulates worldwide from 15 to 18 May
Date of source: Saturday, May 24, 2014
By: globalsecurity
Includes: N/A
After more than three years of turmoil, Egyptian voters are expected to elect their overwhelmingly popular former army chief, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, as the next president, hoping he will bring stability and economic growth to the country.
Date of source: Sunday, May 25, 2014
By: rieas
Includes: N/A
Although the term Arab Spring has no Arabic origins, millions of Egyptians hoped that their
country with the new situation could find its way and face the enormous economic and social
Date of source: Thursday, March 13, 2014
By: UPI
Includes: N/A
CAIRO, March 13 (UPI) -- The Egyptian subsidiary of German energy company RWE Dea said Thursday it was making important progress on developing the North African country's gas reserves.