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Prospects for Change following Legislative Elections in Egypt 
 
Featuring Khairi Abaza and Michele Dunne
On November 17, 2005, Khairi Abaza and Michele Dunne discussed the electoral process in Egypt, the state of political reform, and the prospects for change following the legislative elections now underway. Khairi Abaza is a visiting fellow at The Washington Institute, and..

Interview with Dr. Francis Fukuyama
 

Taqrir Washington

Francis Fukuyama is Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Fukuyama has written widely on issues relating to questions concerning political and economic development. His book, The End..

A New Report Affirms the Pivotal Role of Arab Leaders in the Reform Process Requests that the U.S change the content of Al–Hurra Channel 
 Taqrir Washington

As the latest contribution to the post-September 11 effort to introduce recommendations and suggestions to the U.S administration concerning democratization and reform in Arab countries, the Council on F..

An Exchange with Fareed Zakaria 
  

Taqrir Washington

With the launch of a new weekly show of International Affairs on U.S. Public Television stations, we cornered Fareed Zakaria, the editor of Newsweek International and the host of this 30- minute program entitled “Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria,” for a chat of our own on US media and its coverage of I..

Legalizing the Muslim Brotherhood

The Monitor’s View

As Egypt’s autocratic regime cracks open the door to real democracy, should it let in the Muslim Brotherhood - a popular social and political group that wants rule by Islamic law? The group demands it be made a legal political party. But to do so illustrates the risk in nudging Arab states toward democracy.
It’s obvious b..

A Governor Supports the NDP’s Candidate

Ikhwan online Nov.23, 2005

The governor of Kafer el-Sheik, a Nile Delta governorate, charged five employees with negligence and referred them to prosecution. It is a threatening action that meant to force those employees to perjure their testimony pertaining to a legal action brought against the Moslem Brotherhood’s nominee ..

EGYPT: Violence reported in second phase of parliamentary elections

CAIRO, 23 November (IRIN) - Violence between candidates and their supporters dominated the second phase of Egyptian parliamentary elections, which ended on 20 November.

"The second round witnessed an excessive use of violence," said Nigad Al Borai, of the National Coalition for Election Monitoring. "Two of our mo..

 A strong showing by the Muslim Brotherhood in parliamentary elections has caught Egypt’s rulers off guard and could shake up politics in the biggest Arab country, analysts say.

The Brotherhood has won 47 of parliament’s 444 elected seats with more than half of the places still to be decided in voting which lasts into December. The ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) has won abo..

Egypt judges seek army protection
 Egyptian judges have called for army interference to protect voters against violence and intimidation, saying the police are incapable of securing a smooth electoral process.

In an unprecedented move in Egyptian history, the Club of Egypt’s Judges requested that the government’s committee for elections seek the help of the army to protect elec..

The Margins of the Egyptian Elections
Abdel Wahab Badrakhan    

The Egyptian reservations with respect to one of the clauses of "the Declaration of Bahrain" at the conclusion of the "The Forum for the Future, the Development of Democracy in the Arab World" were an indication that Cairo has overcome the heavy pressure ordeal it was subjected to during the past two ..

Headquarters of Brotherhood’s Candidate is Damaged

The supporters of Khaled Mohy el-Dean, the nominee of opposition Party (al-Tagamoa) in Kafer Shokr constituency, of el-Qalubiya governorate, rushed the headquarters of the election campaign of the Moslem Brotherhood’s candidate, Taymor Abdul Gany. 

The attackers destroyed a car along with three computer sets..

Governor of Qina is Accused with Fraud

Hesham el-Qady, the Moslem Brotherhood’s candidate in Quos, a city in Qina, appealed, in a statement, to human right organizations and all concerned people to halt the contraventions committed during the Sunday’s round of the parliamentary polls in Qina, under the care of its governor, Adel Labeb. 

The statemen..

Abu el-Fotoh accuses the NDP of using thuggery

Yassein Abdel Maqsod

 Abdel Monam Abu el-Fotoh, a member of the Moslem Brotherhood’s Supreme Council, stated, in an interview on al-Jazzera channel, that the violence and thuggery, marred the second round of the parliamentary vote, were erupted under the auspicious of the ruling National Democratic Party and police.

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The European Parliament Ceases Supervision over Egyptian Election

In light of negative instances detected by the delegation of the European Parliament during the first phase of the Egyptian parliamentary polls, the delegation resolved not to continue its supervision during the third stage.

The ambassador of the EU in Cairo has called for an equal chance for all c..

Fraud Preparations before the Run-Of

By Monir Adeeb

 Unexpectedly, the police of Quos City, of Upper Egypt’s governorate Qina, examined on Nov 23 a remote location, four kilometers far from the housing area, to where four polling centers of Quos constituency will be moved. This replacement aims to reduce the number of voters, who will refrain from voting due to the far dist..

One killed, more than 20 wounded in Egypt poll violence Wed  

Egypt’s parliamentary polls claimed a second victim when supporters of a newly-elected MP seized backers of a losing candidate, tied them to the back of tractors and dragged them through the streets, police said.

 
Another 21 people were wounded, some of them seriously, in the incident in the ne..

Judge Noha al-Zeini 

 
Surprisingly, Noha el-Zeini, an egyption  Judge and the vice-president of the Administrative Supervision Board, disclosed the realty of the ballot-rigging that has been committed in Damnhore constituency during the second round of the parliamentary polls. This fraud resulted in announcing the National Democratic Party’s ..

Religion is but one reason Muslim Brotherhood making big gains in Egypt’s elections 
 
By Mariam Fam

BATN HEREED, Egypt – Wafdeya Mohammed, a poor widow with five children to feed, says she usually can’t be bothered with political platforms and slogans.
Nevertheless, on Sunday the 32-year-old widow voted for the only group that has stood by her since her husband ..

Islamists on course to win biggest ever share of parliament
By William Wallis in Cairo

The second round of Egypt’s legislative elections has consolidated the banned Muslim Brotherhood as the country’s main opposition force, a trend likely to raise the pressure for some form of legal recognition.

 
Since it was founded in the 1920s the Muslim Brothe..