Date of source: Sunday, December 4, 2011
Results of the first round of Egypt's first post-Mubārak parliamentary elections, as announced by the High Judicial Elections Commission (HJEC) showed progress by the Democratic Alliance for Egypt, in which the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) obtained 40% of the votes, followed...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 29, 2011
As an American Christian in Egypt I find that I instinctively view events here through the following lens: Liberals are the good guys, Islamists are the bad guys, and the army is somewhere in between, perhaps neutral, perhaps not. Complicated times beg for simplistic narratives, and this one...
Date of source: Friday, September 30, 2011
The National Association for Change, al-Wafd Party, al-Wasat (Centrist) Party, the Maspero Youth Movement and other Coptic organisations and political groups announced their participation in the 'Friday of Reclaiming the Revolution' protests in Tahrīr square to express rejection against...
Date of source: Saturday, October 1, 2011
Islamist parties called on military Chief of Staff Sami Anan during a meeting on Saturday to end the state of emergency, apply the Treachery Law against former National Democratic Party (NDP) members, hand over power to a civilian government before June 2012, cancel Article 5 from the new elections...
Date of source: Saturday, September 24, 2011
Eng. Abū al-'Ilā Mādī, the president of al-Wasat Party, said in a rally in al-Minya governorate on September 24, 2011 that the party will provide the biggest Islamic project, adding that the Party's ideologies are: Islamic, civility and peace.
He added that his party is not intending to ally with...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Sources from inside the democratic alliance have revealed candidates from the Muslim Brotherhood’s (MB) Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) are currently dominating the preliminary list formed by the electoral coordination committee.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 7, 2011
As political parties aim to make headway in the post-Mubārak era and ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections slated for November, many have banded together to form a coalition in an effort to increase their chances of success. And while the Egyptian Bloc comprises leftist, secular and...
Date of source: Saturday, August 21, 2010
In her speech during the Islamic Thinking Forum, Su'ād Sālih, professor of comparative fiqh at the Azhar University, criticized the state of weakness the Islamic nation has reached. Sālih told al-Misrī al-Yawm that she does not regret joining al-Wafd Party.
Date of source: Saturday, August 7, 2010
In his meeting with the Wafd juniors in Port Said, Al-Sayyid al-Badawī, head of the Wafd Party, stressed that Egyptians are angry and that they abhor the peace treaty under which the Palestinian people are attacked.
He also asserted that whoever thinks that America wants democracy in Egypt is...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 20, 2010
The article reports on the good relations between the church and al-Wafd Party. Bishop Armīyā, Coptic Pope Shenouda III's secretary, confirms that the church highly respects al-Wafd Party and considers it the party of national unity.
He also states that the church prays for al-Wafd and asks God to...