Egyptian Politics

Egyptian political parties and groups have signed a document renouncing violence, a move called for by the authorities at Al-Azhar Mosque and University during a meeting they sponsored on...

An overwhelming majority of attendees of a debate held on Tuesday in Cairo said that the Egyptian opposition had disappointed them and wasted reform opportunities, at a time when...

The prominent Egyptian opposition leader, Hamdeen Sabbahi, has come out in defense of Hamas against accusations of posing a security threat to Egypt. Sabbahi, leader of the Popular Current...

The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt was declared to be "an illegal entity" in 1954, but the decades-long banning order has, it is claimed, been ended by a decision of...

Hundreds of Egyptian youths affiliated with Islamist parties have placed the Egyptian Media Production Cities (EMPC) under siege in protest at their 'biased-media coverage', several media sources said. A...

The Attorney General in Egypt has opened an investigation into the demonstrations which led to the storming of the Muslim Brotherhood's office in the Moqattam district of Cairo. Many...

In the wake of the liberation of the seven Egyptian soldiers kidnapped by armed groups in the Sinai Peninsula, Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi on Wednesday called for the kidnappers...

The Egyptian opposition could not influence Egyptian public opinion even if all secular and liberal parties were united under a single umbrella, USA Today has said. The Salvation Front...

Major General Abdul Hamid Omran, President Morsi's strategic expert, has said that the government should not wait until June 30th when matters will potentially be chaotic, but to take...

PICTURES Long queues of vehicles are lining the streets in front of gas stations up and down the Gaza Strip in the latest gasoline crisis to have hit the...

The Voice of Russia recently aired an interview with Hugh Miles, an investigative journalist specialising in Middle East affairs who argues that while Egypt is currently experiencing a state...

The famous Israeli analyst of Arab affairs, Ehud Yaari, is urging Israel to take advantage of the historical situation that the Arab region is going through to "defeat" Hamas...

A survey by the Pew Research Centre in Washington has shown that the majority of Egyptians are supportive of President Mohammad Morsi's regime, despite a decline of confidence in...

Ayman Nour, head of the Egyptian political party Ghad Al-Thawrah, has called for respect to be shown to Egyptian president, Mohammed Morsi. He also re-affirmed the importance of the...

Egypt's Minister of Defence has ruled out a return of the army to the streets in a military coup against President Mohamed Morsi. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi dismissed the calls...

Changing governors is the right of the state president, the Secretary General of the Egyptian National Council for Human Rights Abdullah Al-Ashaal has affirmed. They are, he added, chosen...

Malaysia's former Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohamad, said on Sunday that Egypt could achieve great economic renaissance over a short period because of its vast natural and human resources which...

More than 30 revolutionary, youth, political and Islamist parties are holding a mass rally today, Friday, under the banner of "No to violence". The event is being held at...

The founder of the Egypt's al-Dostour party Mohamed al-Baradee has called for the "merging of former members of the old National Party, which ruled during the reign of Hosni...

President Mohammed Morsi has called on opposition leaders to start a dialogue and let him know what their political aspirations and vision are. In a statement on Monday, the...

The information advisor of the Freedom and Justice Party has issued a list of six goals for the protests against this week's military coup in Egypt. Writing on his...

A key aide of Egypt's President Morsi has revealed the three key decisions which appear to have been behind the timing of the military coup this week. They would...

A leading member of the Popular Current political party has revealed that its representative in the National Salvation Front will be Dr Azzazi Ali Azzazi, who will replace Hamdeen...

A report from the Egyptian Centre for Media Studies and Public Opinion has revealed that most people in Egypt are opposed to the removal of President Mohammed Morsi from...

Well-known constitutional expert Tariq Al-Bishri has described the conflict in Egypt as an attempt to get rid of the constitutional democracy which resulted from the January 25 Revolution. It...

One day after the constitutional decree was issued by the interim president, the Egyptian army has sent a stark warning to the Muslim Brotherhood and the pro-Morsi protesters. "It...

Muslim Brotherhood official Mohamed Bishr has denied that the movement has had any formal contacts with the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) in order to start a...

A senior official of Egypt's Freedom and Justice Party said on Sunday that they are not resisting the interim government in order to free the kidnapped president, but "to...

The Muslim Brotherhood said on Wednesday that it refuses to attend reconciliation meetings called for by the interim president, Adly Mansour. The Islamic movement has based its decision on...

Head of Ghad Al-Thawra party, Ayman Nour, has called on General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to "withdraw his call for protests on Friday or take off his military uniform and...

The Egyptian army has dismissed the son of detained head of Al-Wasat Party, Abul Ela Madi, for security reasons. Ahmed Abul Ela wrote on his Facebook wall that, "the...

In his last tweet before his detention, former parliamentarian Essam Sultan reflected on the past as he wrote about the American and British occupations who had their own ways...