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Mohamed A. El-Erian: Egypt's Election Need Not Be So Confusing

2012-05-25T15:33:56Z

Many Egyptians may feel confused about what the presidential election means for them and for their country. But there is a time when every revolution reaches the critical pivot point when it should transition from dismantling the past to building a better future. This is that time.

Read more: Ahmed Shafiq, Arab Spring, Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt Revolution, Egypt, Egyptian Elections, Egypt Elections, Mohamed Morsi, World News

Egyptian Election Headed To Run-Off Vote

2012-05-25T02:53:00Z

CAIRO — The Muslim Brotherhood's candidate and a veteran of ousted leader Hosni Mubarak's autocratic regime will face each other in a runoff ele...

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Muslim Brotherhood Claims To Hold Lead In Egyptian Elections

2012-05-24T23:10:00Z

* Well-organised Brotherhood expected to do well * Vote marks last step in messy democratic transition * Election offici...

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Annelle Sheline: Who Will Be Egypt's Next President?

2012-05-24T17:46:39Z

All of these candidates express support for Egypt's international commitments, such as the peace treaty with Israel, although Aboul Fotouh has said that he would put the treaty before a public referendum, and Sabahi has suggested the same.

Read more: Cairo, Egypt Revolution, Egyptian Elections, Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, Ahmed Shafiq, Muslim Brotherhood, Amr Moussa, Mohammed Mursi, Egyptian-Elections, Salafists, World News

Ida Lichter, M.D.: Women In The Muslim World Need Genuine Reform

2012-05-24T07:35:05Z

Is misogyny prevalent and gaining traction in the Muslim world and why did most women vote for Islamists in Middle East elections?

Read more: Islamic Dress, Women's Rights, Muslim Brotherhood, Muslim Women, Hijab, Female Circumcision, Arab Spring, Islam, Shirin Ebadi, Muslim-Reformers, Turkey, Aceh, Suffragettes, One Million Signatures Campaign, Women Reformers, Nigeria, King Abdullah, Reform, Iran, Fgm, Taliban, Political Islam, Azza Al-Jarf, Misogynist, Freedom and Justice Party, Tuareg, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, President Hamid Karzai, Discriminatory Laws, Oppressive Laws, Wahhabi, Kuwait, Islamists, Caning, Dissidents, Yemen, Islamic Holy Sites, Afghanistan, Wajeha Al-Huwaider, Rallies, Insurgency, Boko Haram, Religious Police, Feminists, Brutal, Muslim, Religion News

Daoud Kuttab: Searching for the Perfect Arab Democratic Model

2012-05-23T20:49:23Z

The emerging democratic model that Egyptians will produce will most likely become a model for an Arab world longing for an end to autocratic rule that has left Arabs lagging behind the rest of the world.

Read more: Egypt, Elections 2012, Democracy, Tv Debates, Freedom of Expression, Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, Muslim Brotherhood, Presidential Debates, Egyptian Revolution, Egyptian Elections, World News

Polls Open In Historic Egypt Elections

2012-05-23T02:35:00Z

By Edmund Blair CAIRO, May 23 (Reuters) - Egyptians queued patiently to vote on Wednesday, eager to pick their leader for the first t...

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Neil Hicks: Five Things to Look for in the Egyptian Presidential Elections

2012-05-22T19:27:13Z

Egyptians will go to the polls tomorrow to vote in their first-ever competitive presidential election. Whoever wins will have legitimacy in a contest in which tens of millions of voters will choose from a broad range of candidates.

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Firas Al-Atraqchi: Egyptians Hope Election Will Save Their Country From the Brink

2012-05-22T18:25:57Z

Tens of millions of Egyptians will head to the polls Wednesday to vote for the candidate they hope will move the country from a state of transition to one that is stable and ruled by a civilian government.

Read more: Egypt Protests, Amr Moussa, Abdolmoneim-Aboul-Fotouh, Egypt Revolution, Hussein Tantawi, Cairo, Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt, Egypt News, Hosni Mubarak, Egypt Elections, Islamists, Abbaseya, World News

Amb. Marc Ginsberg: The Sphinx Is Watching

2012-05-22T14:36:50Z

It's hard to mask the fact that so much of this campaign was less about Egypt's future economic challenges, and far more about the role of religious and political Islam coursing through Egypt's body politic.

Read more: Egypt, Abdel-Men'em Al Fatouh, Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's Presidential Election, Amr Moussa, Arab League, Hosni Mubarak, Al Nour, General-Tantawi, Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), Christian-Coptics, Mohamed Morsi, Salafists, World News

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi: Political Islamists Arouse Suspicion in the UAE

2012-05-21T12:22:55Z

The movement that has swept most states in the region was initially built on social ideals that the political Islamists don't necessarily subscribe to, but joined under the understanding that "the end justifies the means."

Read more: Syria, Egypt, Dubai, Uae, Muslim Brotherhood, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Qatar, Bahrain Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, World News

James Zogby: Egypt's Election: "We've Never Been Here Before"

2012-05-19T11:49:50Z

As big as the question of who the winner will be, is what the job of the presidency will be like in the short and long term. This new situation in Egypt is an uncertain balancing act between competing forces. We've never been here before.

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Howard Steven Friedman: Democracy's Pulse in Egypt

2012-05-19T07:38:44Z

Egypt has gone through great changes in a short period of time. It shocked the world when the protests, known here as the 25 January Revolution, overthrew the Mubarak regime. Now Egyptians and foreigners alike are eagerly anticipating the next steps.

Read more: Egypt Protests, Peaceful Revolution, Mohamed ElBaradei, Arab Spring, Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt, Mohamed Mursi, Democracy, Ahmed Shafik, Amr Moussa, World News

Mohamed Elmenshawy: Salafis Coming to America

2012-05-11T19:04:16Z

It remains to be seen how the Salafis will present themselves to the Western world. Will they portray their movement as a replacement for violent groups, as an alternative to al-Qaeda, or as the embodiment of conservative Islam?

Read more: Egypt, Islam, Arab Spring, Muslim Brotherhood, Middle East, Elections, Obama Administration, Salafists, Foreign Policy, World News

Sami Moubayed: Aftershocks of the Egypt Spring on Syria

2012-05-07T10:09:54Z

Logical analysis spells out democratic elections in Syria, not too far from now. Syrians are certain that once the violence stops, Syria will march toward a real democracy, just like Tunisia, Libya, Yemen and Egypt.

Read more: Syria Spring, Muslim Brotherhood, Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt Spring, Hosni Mubarak, Egypt Presidential Elections, Bashar Al-Assad, Syria, Syria Elections, World News

Egypt Military Detains Hundreds Following Violence

2012-05-05T19:58:45Z

CAIRO — Egypt's military officials moved swiftly Saturday to prosecute protesters they blamed for an attack on the Defense Ministry, in an attem...

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H.A. Hellyer: Beyond Tahrir: Public Opinion Post January 25

2012-04-30T09:05:04Z

It has now been a year since the post-uprising period of the revolution began and the revolutionaries must take a good look at themselves. They do have an incredible amount to give to Egypt, but there are some lessons that must be learnt once and for all.

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Raghida Dergham: The Fate of Arab Democracy Faced With Religious Conflicts

2012-04-27T10:25:43Z

In the Arab region, there are fears over the future of democracy, faced with religious, ideological and autocratic conflicts, especially in the absence of a constitution -- or rather attempts to hijack its drafting process.

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Alaa Al Aswany: How We Can Save the Revolution

2012-04-26T10:59:25Z

The Muslim Brotherhood, together with the military council, is responsible for the dark tunnel we are now fighting to get out of. The Brotherhood allied itself with the military and made the flawed constitutional amendments that it is now complaining about.

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Alon Ben-Meir: To Egypt's Youth: The Revolution Is Still Yours to Reclaim

2012-04-24T12:03:30Z

The Egyptian youth should organize itself and mobilize the masses (as they did in the initial stages of the revolution) to take to the streets in the millions in support of a single motto: save the revolution.

Read more: Arab Youth, Arab Spring, Muslim Brotherhood, Middle East, Egypt, Egypt Elections, Egypt Transition, World News

H.A. Hellyer: The Muslim Brotherhood Is Dead: Long Live The Freedom And Justice Party

2012-04-17T07:42:25Z

After Jan. 25, 2011, the MB leadership had a choice: transform the movement into a political party -- or remain as a movement. The choice had not been possible before due to political repression.

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Steve Clemons: The Meaning of Omar Suleiman

2012-04-16T08:55:48Z

Egypt's Presidential Election Commission has deemed ten candidates unqualified for the upcoming election battle to succeed the toppled Hosni Mubarak. They include Omar Suleiman, Mubarak's long time spymaster.

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H.A. Hellyer: The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt: Power Is a Double-edged Sword

2012-04-13T10:37:21Z

Many are ringing alarm bells about the apparent conversion of Egypt into a theocracy. But the reality may be different -- and we may be heralding the end of the Muslim Brotherhood as a political force completely.

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Akhtar Badshah: Finding Your Voice: The Aftermath of the Butterfly Revolution

2012-04-12T16:01:05Z

As a global community it would be important for us to keep reassuring this very brave society that we are all in this together and keep supporting them as they find their voice.

Read more: Egypt, Osman Suleiman, Egypt Revolution, Egypt Muslim Brotherhood, Muslim Brotherhood, World News

Paul Fitzgerald: Medieval Nightmare Finds a Home in the American Way of Making War

2012-04-11T12:16:18Z

Ten years ago this fall we sat in the walled garden of a bullet-pocked Kabul villa on a brilliant sunlit afternoon, interviewing American reporters about what they thought the prospects were for a U.S. success in Afghanistan now that the "war" was over.

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