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Behind the Ballot Box: Electoral Engineering in the Arab World
Marsha Pripstein-Posusney
The last decade has seen multi-party competition for elected legislatures initiated or expanded in Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Egypt, Jordan, Yemen, Kuwait, Lebanon and the Palestine Authority. Executive authority in most cases remains an uncontested, if not completely unelected, post. Nevertheless, i..

Over 5,400 candidates to contest Egypt vote
 

Egypt’s electoral commission published overnight the final list of the more than 5,400 candidates who will compete in the November elections, local media reported.

The state-owned Al-Akhbar newspaper said a total of 5,414 candidates would vie for the 444 parliamentary seats up for grabs in the country’s 222 constituencies.

Egyptian Human Rights Organizations in Solidarity with Tunisian
Activists on Hunger Strike
 
Egyptian human rights organisations today expressed solidarity and support for Tunisian activists on a hunger strike for over ten days. The Egyptian NGOs have placed the blame on the Tunisian government and Tunisian President Zeinelabidin Bin Ali and hold them responsible for the safety of..

Waiting in the Wings
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood

 By Azizuddin El-Kaissouni & Dina Abdel-Mageed**
Staff Writers – IslamOnline.net

 
The Muslim Brotherhood’s Deputy Supreme Guide Muhammad Habib in his office (photo from www.ikhwanonline.com)

 
The unassuming office that serves as the headquarters ..

The Supporters of the MB Candidate in Quesna are Attacked
Ikhwan online
By Moneer Adeeb

A massive marsh to show the support to the Moslem Brotherhood’s nominee of Quesna, Essa Abdel Gafar, was attacked by the supporters of the National Democratic Party’s candidate, Nabeel Hanko.

About 6000 persons went in this marsh that started after the Night Prayer. The Supporters of ..

The MB Marsh in el-Wasety is attacked
Ikhwan online
By Muhammad Sho’ab

The supporters of the National Democratic Party candidate, Essam Khallaf, have attacked the supporters of the Moslem Brotherhood’s nominee, Muhammad el-Deeb, in Akfer Abteeg, Bany Sowaf governorate.

Former female prisoners ripped the posters of the MB candidate. They also insulted and threw stones on h..

Views on the MB and Islamist Movements
By Rafeeq Habeeb
Ikhwan online

Due to many aspects, it becomes crucial to discuss the relation between the Moslem Brotherhood with other Islamist movements. The widespread controversy over the modern Islamist current caused by international and local changes is on one side. The Islam application to everyday life is on the other side.

The NDP Candidate in Abu el-Matameer Threatens to Jail people
Ikhwan online

Detention is the last choice for the National Democratic Party in Abu el-Matameer district to halt the increasing popularity of the Moslem Brotherhood’s candidate, Abdel Wahab el-Deeb. He vowed to report the State Security if any one sticks the MB nominee’s posters.

On Oct.28th, while the residents ..

The Moslem Brotherhood has arranged gathering for women on Oct.28th to support the MB nominee of Helwan district, el-Muhamady Abdel Maqsud. The meeting was attended by more than 1300 women.

Dr. Aza Labeeb addressed the gathering about the role of woman in the progress of the country...

The Posters of MB Candidate in Faquos are Ripped
Ikhwan online
By Muhammad Reada

The electoral posters of the Moslem Brotherhood’s candidate in Faquos, Ismail Abdel Haleem, and the MB nominee in Ashker, Amgad Mahmmud Abdel Aziz, were ripped. It is said that the police is the real perpetrator.

It is remarkable that this act is committed in rival-free districts. Therefore,..

Kamal el-Shazly, the Minister of the People Assembly and the Undersectary of the National Democratic Party, said that the Moslem Brotherhood has remarkable presence in the political sphere. They are able to put their ideas across to the society...

voter boxes in Egypt

 Cairo - Egyptians will cast their ballots in transparent boxes in parliamentary elections scheduled for November, the electoral commission decided on Monday.

"Transparent boxes will allow everyone to see what goes inside and this in every polling station and throughout the three-stage parliamentary elections," the official Mena news agency reported. <..

Syria’s Assad pardons 190 political prisoners
Source: Reuters
 By Suleiman al-Khalidi

DAMASCUS, (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday pardoned 190 political prisoners in a step widely seen as aiming at broader internal reforms to deflect U.S. pressure, rights groups and officials said.

The measure, which the state news agency SANA said was meant to..

Court battles keep Egypt’s Nour from vote campaign
By Edmund Blair
Egyptian opposition leader Ayman Nour began the parliamentary election campaign with a hectic schedule. But he wasn’t busy winning over voters.

The leader of the Ghad (Tomorrow) party was fighting legal battles which his party says the state has timed to derail his campaign for the parliamentary polls in November ..

Mubarak: Polls to boost legislative reform
Egypt

Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak said that the parliamentary polls, scheduled to start on November 9, complement the drive for constitutional and legislative reform.

He added that the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) was seeking majority in the Parliament in order to back the government in achieving transformation to democ..

Egypt’s Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif said the upcoming parliamentary elections will be transparent adding that the government is committed not to use government resources, facilities, worshipping places and schools in propaganda...

Why the Brotherhood disappoints Filed under

 Egypt,

 Issandr El Amrani

 As many of you know, there was a Muslim Brotherhood organized protest on Wednesday evening, with one of the bigger turnouts we’ve seen in a while in Cairo (turnouts in the governorates–the areas of Egypt outside of Cairo–tend to be higher, especially when Brotherhood-led). Although som..

Remarks at the American University in Cairo

Secretary Condoleezza Rice
Cairo, Egypt

Thank you very much, Dr. Hala Mustafa, for that really kind and warm introduction and your inspiring thoughts about democracy here in the region. I am honored to be here in the great and ancient city of Cairo.

The United States values our strategic relationship and our strengthening e..

Reform without reformers
Is the influence of the NDP’s pro-reform wing ebbing, asks Omayma Abdel-Latif
Hossam Badrawi, head of the outgoing People’s Assembly’s Education Committee and an NDP candidate, appeared in no mood to mince his words when asked to speak about the elections during a seminar last week. In what was interpreted as an acknowledgment of the growing frustration within th..

SAFF, Egypt - Muslim Brotherhood candidate Gomaa al-Badry raises his voice over chants of “God is greatest” to tell thousands of Egyptians why they should vote for his Islamist group in parliamentary elections this month...