Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 28, 2015
In a statement released today, Father Rafīq Greish, spokesman of the Coptic Catholic Church, denied what media outlets have reported on the Church being represented by Susān Samīr, a Christian candidate who has joined Al-Nūr's electoral list in southern Egypt, confirming that the Church does not...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 27, 2015
Egyptian actor and screenwriter, Tāmer `Abd al-Mon`īm refused to enter alterations on his new movie “Al-Moshachassātī 2” (the Impersonate), after the Egyptian Censorship suggested `Abd al-Mon`īm should use aliases for the ousted president Muhammad Mursi, Muslim Brotherhood leader Khayrat Al-Shāter...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 27, 2015
In a phone interview on Egypt's Al-`Āsema TV Channel, the leader of the Salafi Al-Nūr Party, Yūnes Makhiūn said that the debate over a reconciliation between the Egyptians and the Muslim Brotherhood is premature, adding that the people absolutely reject the idea of reconciliation.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 27, 2015
Muslim Brotherhood leaders have moved quickly from prisons to the Egyptian presidency and are now heading back to those same prisons. Egypt's judiciary dissolved the political wing of the MB, declaring it a terrorist group.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 19, 2015
Turnout was so low in the first round of Egypt's parliamentary elections, that satirist Bāsem Yūsef derided it as an ingenious strategy to show the world Egypt had rid itself of its notorious overcrowding.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 26, 2015
In a telephone interviewed conducted by Al-Yawm al-Sābi`, Dr. Salāh Sālem of Egypt's National Organization for Human Rights suggested the postponement of the parliamentary electoral polling in 2 constituencies of Al-`Arīsh province: Rafah and Shaikh Zūwaid.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 26, 2015
In a telephone interview conducted by the media presenter Sayed `Ali of the TV Channel 'The Capital' with Dr. Sa`d Al-Dīn Ibrahīm, the president of Ibn Khaldūn Center For Developmental Studies suggested to Egypt's President Al-Sisi to conduct a referendum on reconciliation with the Muslim...
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 26, 2015
In an unprecedented phenomenon, especially for a tribal province like Minya, 10 Coptic candidates are partaking in the run-offs for individual seats in Egypt's upcoming parliament.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 19, 2015
The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) reported that on the first parliamentary election day, Nasr Amīn, one of its accredited observers, was denied access to the polling station at Al-Ayāt in Giza, despite having a permit issued by the Supreme Electoral Committee to inspect the...
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 19, 2015
The first day of parliamentary electoral polls have witnessed the comeback of “fatwas war” between Egypt's President `Abd al-Fattāh al-Sisi's supporters, who see the casting of ballots 'a legitimate duty', while his opponents consider it 'a sin'.