The second phase of Egypt’s parliamentary elections continued Thursday, with Islamist parties looking to extend their already overwhelming electoral gains. Egyptians turned out in large numbers during the two days of voting to fill seats in the 498-member lower house of parliament. The turnout was dwindling later Thursday, with small lines forming outside polling stations [...]
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December 16, 2011
December 15, 2011
Egypt’s Islamists Raise Alarms Over Western Freedoms
As Egypt holds the second phase of post-revolution elections, some in the West are alarmed by the front-running status of Islamist parties. But some Islamists are raising alarms of their own, warning of Western-style freedoms, such as gay marriage, to bring voters to their side. Umm Radwan walks beneath the palms on a sidestreet of [...]
December 7, 2011
Egypt’s Islamists Compete for Votes in Runoff Elections
Egypt is holding a second day of runoff elections for the national parliament, with rival Islamist parties engaging in increasingly heated competition for votes in the country’s two largest cities and seven other provinces. Voting for the 52 individual seats in Cairo, Alexandria and the other provinces began Monday and was due to end Tuesday. [...]
December 6, 2011
December 3, 2011
December 3, 2011
Egypt Announces Record-High Voter Turnout
Egyptian election officials say a record number of voters turned out to cast ballots this week in the first stage of the country’s post-revolution parliamentary elections. The election commissioner, Abdel-Mooaez Ibrahim, said Friday that turnout from Monday and Tuesday’s balloting in one-third of the country’s provinces was 62 percent. He said more than 8 million [...]
December 2, 2011
December 1, 2011
November 28, 2011
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood: Longtime Outsiders as New Establishment?
The Muslim Brotherhood is considered likely to be the biggest beneficiary of Egypt’s first post-revolution elections – a nationwide vote for parliament that begins Monday. But the Brotherhood has an image problem: it is considered too radical by some abroad, and too accommodating by some at home. If it is a politician’s goal to appeal [...]
November 28, 2011
November 23, 2011
Egypt Protesters Reject Military Concessions
Egypt’s political crisis deepened after tens of thousands of protesters in Tahrir Square demanded the country’s top general step down and rejected an offer by the ruling military council to speed up the transition to civilian rule. Demonstrations and clashes continued in several cities Wednesday, with one man shot dead by security forces in the [...]