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It is not acceptable that the people are incited to spoil their votes on the grounds that both choices are bad. Egyptians need a president highly respected by all as long as he comes to power through fair and transparent election. [Safwat al-Bayādī, al-Ahrām, June 16, p. 12] Read text in Arabic
It is not acceptable that the people are incited to spoil their votes on the grounds that both choices are bad. Egyptians need a president highly respected by all as long as he comes to power through fair and transparent election. [Safwat al-Bayādī, al-Ahrām, June 16, p. 12] Read text in Arabic
Acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church Bishop Pachomius appealed to all Copts to go to the polling stations and cast their votes in the presidential runoff round between Lt. General Ahmad Shafīq and Dr. Muhammad Mursī. “Everyone must choose freely between the two candidates and there should...
Saudi ambassador in Cairo Ahmad bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Qattān, who is also the kingdom’s permanent envoy to the Arab League, received Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah and Dr. Hānī ‘Azīz, the chairman of Egypt Peace Lovers Association. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Ahrām, June 16, p. 6] Read text in Arabic
The Arab Socialist Alliance Party warned of sectarian instigation by Islamists for political gains in the presidential elections in their conflict with the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) over power. The party called on Muslim Brotherhood’s presidential candidate Muhammad Mursī to send...
The national security agency has intercepted a number of phone calls between those persons and some loyalists that turned out to have been made from inside Egypt, the sources added. “The armed forces coordinated with the police to deploy several fixed and mobile patrols with weaponry and tanks on...
The three Coptic Orthodox, Evangelical and Catholic churches denied they had any contacts from Muslim Brotherhood leaders for dialogue on guarantees the group should offer to civil powers as part of its plans to back its candidate Mursī in the runoff. [‘Abd al-Wahāb Sha’bān and Nashwá al-Shirbīnī, ...
I understand that there is sensitivity regarding travel to the Western Desert and when you look at the map, the case against travelling or living there seems obvious: Sīwah [Siwa] oasis is a long way from the Nile Valley and not so far from Libya. On the ground, the situation is very different.
Background: Bahāʾ al-Dīn Ḥassan [Bahay Hassan] is an Egyptian Human Rights defender who has led the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, CIHRS. Since he has received death threats for his work, he is currently living in France. Najād Barʿaī [Negad Borai] also works in the field Human Rights...
In his election platform, presidential candidate Dr. Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awā said Egyptians are equal before the law, adding any discrimination among Egyptian citizens on the basis of religion, ethnicity or sex is a crime that has to be punishable by the law. [Muná Abū Sakīn, al-Wafd, May 15, p. 9] ...

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