Date of source: Wednesday, September 7, 2011
As political parties aim to make headway in the post-Mubārak era and ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections slated for November, many have banded together to form a coalition in an effort to increase their chances of success. And while the Egyptian Bloc comprises leftist, secular and...
Date of source: Monday, July 4, 2011
At the behest of a senior ranking officer, a representative from State Security Investigation Services contacted television presenter Hala Sarhan of Dream TV in 2001 to urge her to “reconsider her direction” about airing an interview with Islamist leader Abdel Fatah Fahmy. A year later, State...
Date of source: Thursday, July 7, 2011
While trials of former regime officials may seem like a positive step in the fight against corruption, Ashraf Ali al-Baroudy, the president of the High Court of Appeals, still has a concern: those government figures are in jail due to a popular uprising, and effective oversight and anti-corruption...
Date of source: Monday, July 4, 2011
Many of today’s papers have the same story on the front page. Privately owned Al-Shorouk and Al-Wafd both ran stories on the report Interior Minister Mansour al-Essawy submitted to the interim cabinet about the events in Tahrir on Tuesday and Wednesday.