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Challenges and Prospects of Political Liberalization in Egypt
By Amr Hamzawy 
House Committee on International Relations
Hearing “Redefining Boundaries: Political Liberalization in the Arab World” 
  
 The Arab world is changing. Confronted with increasingly disenchanted domestic populations and Western efforts to promote democracy in the region, a repr..

Egypt readies for legislative election
  
A pedestrian passes al-Ghad party election posters in Cairo
 
 
Egyptians are preparing to vote in legislative elections that start on Wednesday, two months after President Hosni Mubarak swept to a fifth six-year mandate with 88.6% of the vote.

The three-phase election is to begin with eight go..

Egyptians vote Wednesday
Egyptians begin voting for a new parliament Wednesday. The legislative election is seen as a crucial test of Egypt’s democratic reforms. Most of the main opposition parties have united into a single coalition, and they are hoping for a dramatic increase in the number of opposition seats in the People’s Assembly.

Egypt’s opposition parties have gotten togeth..

The Moslem Brotherhood’s Methodology of Reform (13):
By Mahmmud Ezet, the Secretary General of Moslem Brotherhood.

Ikhwan online

 Reform is unquestionable. Its methodology ..

Islam Takes Center Stage in Egypt Election

CAIRO, Egypt
(AP)

 (AP) After sunset, young campaign workers fan out in a middle-class Cairo neighborhood, wearing T-shirts emblazoned with the slogan "Islam is the solution" and playing audio tapes on which singers declare, "The world is thirsty for Islam."

Banned in Egypt for decades, the Muslim Brotherhood is making ..

Brotherhood vies for seats in Egypt vote
WORLD BRIEFINGS
By Sharon Otterman
THE WASHINGTON TIMES

CAIRO - Most of the hand-painted campaign banners decorating the city’s squares for today’s first round of parliamentary elections urge voters to back the National Democratic Party (NDP), which has controlled Egypt’s legislature since 1978.
    But banners emblazo..

Follow-up to Contraventions in Nasser City

In the poll that located in Omar Makram School, some former prisoners, hired by the National Democratic Party, attempted to assault the agents of the Moslem Brotherhood nominee in Nasser City district, Makarm el-Derey.

In the voting station no.66, one of the supervisory judiciary commission marks all ballot papers for..

The MB Agents are Attacked in Shamma:

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The agents of the Moslem Brotherhood candidates, in Shama district, of Monofiya governorate, are prevented from attending the polling stations. The undersectary of the village mayor, Said Rashad, rips the proxy documents of those agents and attacks them. Then the agents of the MB nominees head to the village police station in order to ..

50 Muslim Brotherhood candidates in Egyptian Parliamentary Polls 1st Phase

By Hussein Abd El Zaher

First round of  Egypt’s Parliamentary elections has kicked off early  this morning with 1635 different partisan and independent contenders contesting 164 seats in 82 constituencies. The polls are held in eight governorates, that’s, Cairo, Giza, Menofeya, Bani Suef, El Me..

Electoral Infringements in the Northern Cairo Districts

The electoral districts, in which the Moslem Brotherhood has nominees, witnessed ample of contraventions, which were committed by the National Democratic Party, some of them are ministers.

In the poll no.23, the electoral number of the Moslem Brotherhood’s nominee, Muhammad Mansor, was changed from 10 to..

Can We Do Business with Islamists?
By Martin Kramer
Mr. Kramer, author of Ivory Towers on Sand: The Failure of Middle East Studies in America, is editor of the Middle East Quarterly.

Martin Kramer delivered these remarks on September 20, at an open briefing on Islamism and U.S. policy. He shared the podium with Alastair Crooke, founder of the Co..

Egypt announces partial results of first round of legislative elections
        

Egypt’s Electoral Commission on Thursday announced partial results of the first round of the three- stage parliamentary elections held on Wednesday in eight governorates.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s National Democratic Party ( NDP) has command..

Muslim Brotherhood Condemns Jordan Hotel Bombings

The Muslim Brotherhood strongly condemns the criminal and savage attack on,innocent civilians in the Jordon  Hotel resulting in most savage massacre. 

The Muslim Brotherhood strongly confirms that  this criminal act that resulted in the death of 57 and wounded others, some of them critically, is a crime tha..

Lindsey Hilsum
Perhaps a "new wave of freedom" is surging across the Middle East, just as President Bush says. But democracy must reflect the view of the majority, and why should we expect vast numbers of Muslim Arabs to agree with George W Bush?

Election is true test of political

Egypt’s parliamentary elections, the first stage of which started on Wednesday, are regarded by many as the true test of a series of political reforms introduced by President Hosni Mubarak last summer.

The key question is whether these elections will be more fair and transparent, and less predictable in their outcome compared to Egypt’s recent..

The site presents the Movement’s news, thoughts, and studies of the critical issues related to the West. In addition, it covers the news of the Egyptian parliamentary election. Moreover, it explores the human rights issues.

The site is also concerned with introducing the Moslem Brotherhood to the non-Arab world in order to evade any confusing id..