Date of source: Sunday, March 11, 2012
"I will collect the approvals for presidential candidature to be registered at the notary during the next couple of weeks in the name of 'Abd al-Mun'im Abū al-Futūh 'Abd al-Hādī Abū Sa'd, known as 'Abd al-Mun'im Abū al-Futūh," Dūs was quoted in a message obtained by al-Wafd.
Meanwhile, the Egypt...
Date of source: Friday, June 15, 2012
SCAF reiterated that the runoff round will be held as scheduled and there will be no change on that, calling on citizens to go to the polling stations and to elect the candidate they think best for the nation. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Ahrām, June 15, p. 1] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Friday, June 15, 2012
On the other hand, Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah and Chairman of the Voter Registration Committee on the election of a new pope for the Coptic Orthodox Church in succession of Pope Shenouda III, who died in March, said the number of voters expected to be included in the election is about 2500...
Date of source: Friday, June 15, 2012
SCAF reiterated that the runoff round will be held as scheduled and there will be no change on that, calling on citizens to go to the polling stations and to elect the candidate they think best for the nation. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Ahrām, June 15, p. 1] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Friday, June 15, 2012
The decision by the minister of justice to authorize military intelligence and military police officers and NCOs the power to arrest civilians suspected of having committed crimes has raised hue and cry among political and revolutionary movements that announced their rejection while some law and...
Date of source: Friday, June 15, 2012
It is a very dangerous thing to dissolve the first free parliament voted over by 35 million Egyptians in a historic precedent under full judicial supervision without any suspected rigging, said constitutional law expert Dr. ‘Abd al-Hamīd Mitwallī in an interview to al-Wafd newspaper.
The voting...
Date of source: Friday, June 15, 2012
The three Coptic Orthodox, Evangelical and Catholic Churches also declined to comment on the rulings handed down by the Supreme Constitutional Court on Thursday (June 14) regarding the invalidity of the one-third individual seats in parliament and the unconstitutionality of the law on practicing...
Date of source: Friday, June 15, 2012
Meanwhile, the Azhar denied reports that it quit the constituent assembly drafting a new constitution for Egypt, confirming participation in the panel’s work. The three Egyptian churches, however, stated that they will coordinate with the Azhar to take a joint decision regarding the assembly. [...
Date of source: Friday, June 15, 2012
“This agreement could be detrimental to the Palestinian interests,” said Egypt’s Foreign Minister Muhammad Kāmil ‘Amr. [Muhammad Hindāwī, al-Akhbār, June 15, p. 14] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: Sunday, June 10, 2012
The list included Bishop Mūsá of Youth, Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah, Coptic business magnate Najīb Sawirus, Counselor Munsif Sulaymān and former People's Assembly member Georgette Qilīnī. [Ashraf Sādiq, al-Ahrām, June 10, p. 3] Read original text in Arabic