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Cook: U.S. and Internal Pressures Producing First Multi-Candidate Presidential Election in Egypt
Interviewer: Bernard Gwertzman
Interviewee: Steven A. Cook

Steven A. Cook, who was director of the Council’s recent independent Task Force report, In Support of Arab Democracy: Why and How?, says Egypt’s September 7 presidential election marks the first time there has actually been..

Egypt’s Election All About Image, Almost

Mariz Tadros

(Mariz Tadros is an assistant professor of political science at the American University in Cairo.)

For background on the NDP’s political imagery, see Mona El-Ghobashy, “Egypt Looks Ahead to Portentous Year,” Middle East Report Online, February 2, 2005.
The skies of Cairo are cluttered with strips of cloth daub..

"Children for Change" Movement in Egypt: We Want Mubarak Out Because He Arrests People Unjustly and Beats Them with a Whip
 
The following are excerpts from an interview with the leaders of the "Children for Change" movement in Egypt, which aired on Dream 2 TV on August 23, 2005.

Host: The leader of the movement and two members are with us. let’s get to know them and see wha..

Egypt’s Judges Cannot Guarantee Openess
in Next Week’s Election
CAIRO - Egypt’s judges warned that the transparency of next Wednesday’s presidential election could not be guaranteed unless they have complete independence to fulfill their task of supervising the polls.


However, cassation court Judge Mahmud Makki, speaking Friday amid widespread voter threats to boycott the poll..

No ’Turning Back’ in Egypt

By David Ignatius

CAIRO -- It’s hard to imagine Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak as a change agent. During the 24 years he has ruled this country, he has displayed a military man’s passion for stability and a corresponding wariness of democracy. His Egypt has often symbolized the political stasis of the Arab world.

But unlikely as it sounds..

An Egyptian-style vote

WHAT IF they held an election and nobody much cared? In Egypt, barely 1 in 4 voters turned out for the first open presidential vote in a half-century.

A fifth, six-year term for 77-year old Hosni Mubarak was never in doubt. His party made sure its man came in first via an army of chanting and intimidating poll watchers, raffle prizes to loyalists and tail..

Egypt sets date for parly vote
 

Cairo - Egypt’s three-phase parliamentary elections will kick off on November 9 and end on December 7, according to a presidential decree published in Tuesday’s local press.

Residents in the governorates of Cairo, Guiza (south of the capital), Menufiya (in the Delta), al-Wadi al-Gadid (in the Western Sahara) and in the Upper Egypt govern..

After Egypt’s Vote, a Surge of Skepticism

By Daniel Williams
Washington Post Foreign Service

CAIRO,As the oilcloth campaign posters came down from Cairo street corners, Hayan Saad, whose husband has been jailed since 2003 despite court orders for his release, laughed out loud at the suggestion she might have gone to vote for President Hosni Mubarak.

"What? He is the s..

Egypt: Condition for Democratic Transformation
Hazem Saghieh   

In the rhetoric of the recent Egyptian elections, one notes the usage of the term “first” elections in Egypt. Some have added “since 50 years”, while others said “since 100 years”. There are those who said “since the dawn of history”. But we never heard an explanation that indicates the lengthy Egyptian “a..

Promises To Keep In Egypt

By Saad Ibrahim

CAIRO -- Weeks afterward, Egyptians are still getting fresh accounts of the irregularities and outright fraud that marred their first multi-candidate presidential election Sept. 7. With the barrier of fear disintegrating, more and more people are speaking out impatiently. President Hosni Mubarak has finally been downsized to human scale ..

Egypt: Dynamics of Regime and Opposition 

 By Amr Hamzawy 
Hosni Mubarak landed a sweeping victory (88.6 percent) in Egypt’s first multi-candidate presidential election on September 7. The election represented a step forward toward opening up a persistently autocratic regime. It revitalized the political scene and partially minimized citizens’ apathy toward politics. ..

Letter to President Mubarak on Muslim Brotherhood Arrests
Mubarak’s Egypt has been condemned for rights abuses
His Excellency Husni Mubarak
President of the Arab Republic of Egypt
’Abedine Palace
Cairo

Your Excellency,

We are writing to you with regard to the recent large-scale arrest and detention of members of the Muslim Bro..

Egypt Has Received No Request to Monitor Election

Ambassador Mokhles Kotb, Secretary General of National Council for Human Rights (NHCR) said that there were no requests from foreign observers to monitor the presidential elections.

He made it clear that there is no foreign observer has a capacity to monitor the election without an official invitation by the State.

He made c..

Kefaya’s Need of America Leaves Bitter Taste
CAIRO - Washington’s drive for democratic change in Egypt has left the country’s reformist opposition torn between a deep-rooted anti-Americanism and the potential windfall of US support.

"Do you think Washington will issue a statement to condemn this?" snapped an angry protestor during a recent protest in Cairo by the Kefaya ("Enough" in A..

Egypt urged to advance democracy
State Department official Cheney meets politicians

By NADIA ABOU EL-MAGD
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CAIRO, Egypt -- A top State Department official said Thursday the Bush administration’s commitment to expanding democracy in the Arab world is "absolute and very firm" because U.S. national security is at stake.

Elizabeth Cheney, deputy a..

Civil Rights Activits Munsif Marzuqi

 "The Tyrranical Arab Ragimes Have Turned Us From A Wealthy Nation To Impoverished Peoples."
 
The following are excerpts from an interview with Dr. Munsif Al-Marzuqi, a civil rights activist in France, which aired on Al-Jazeera TV on August 30, 2005

Marzuqi: Any reform must first identify the flaw. Second, it must address th..

"Children for Change" Movement in Egypt
 We Want Mubarak Out Because He Arrests People Unjustly and Beats Them with a Whip
 
The following are excerpts from an interview with the leaders of the "Children for Change" movement in Egypt, which aired on Dream 2 TV on August 23, 2005.

Host: The leader of the movement and two members are with us. let’s get to know them and..

EOHR demands immediate release
of detained Islamic Brotherhood members

The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) condemns the mass arrests of members of the Islamic Brotherhood organisation carried out by Egyptian state security forces and demands their immediate release.
In addition it calls for an end to the State of Emergency in force since 1981.

Egyptian autho..

Muslim Brotherhood: Alliance for survival
   By Doha Al Zohairy in Cairo, Egypt 

 
Essam el-Erian says media pressure aided his release (file)
 

On 16 October, the Egyptian authorities released four members of the Muslim Brotherhood, including Essam el-Erian, a senior leader of the banned, but tolerated Islamic group.