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17. The Roman law
Date of source: Saturday, June 18, 2005 to Friday, June 24, 2005
Rome established the meaning of citizenship, the citizen’s rights and duties. The Roman citizen was a member in a centesimal council managed by an elected person. The councils’ managers formed the National Assembly that chose their leader and decided on what official employees and members of the...
54. ‘Isam al-‘Iryan: Opposition will smash the National Democratic Party in the parliamentary elections
Date of source: Sunday, October 23, 2005
Key figure in the Muslim Brotherhood, ‘Isām al-‘Iryān, has been released on bail after he was arrested a few months ago.
6. For the first time, a female candidate in the lists of the Muslim Brothers
Date of source: Tuesday, September 12, 2000
Gihan Mohammed Abd El-Lateef Al-Halafawi is the first woman to be chosen by the Muslim Brotherhood to represent them in the coming elections for the People’s Assembly. This article features and interview with her.
40. Dramatic start to Kuwaiti poll
Date of source: Thursday, June 17, 1999 to Wednesday, June 23, 1999
The campaign for the new National Assembly elections in Kuwait got off to a dramatic start. The government ordered a crackdown on unlicensed Islamic charities which it accused of funneling funds collected for Kosovo refugees into electioneering. It then turned on the tribal groups who were...
10. Kuwaiti women win franchise
Date of source: Thursday, May 27, 1999 to Wednesday, June 2, 1999
The decree giving women the vote and allowing them to stand as candidates in parliamentary and municipal elections in 2003 was issued by Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah last week and has sparked off fierce debate in the tiny Gulf state. The Islamist movements are up in arms over the...
9. Women and the vote in Kuwait
Date of source: Thursday, May 27, 1999 to Wednesday, June 2, 1999
The Emir of Kuwait has issued a decree enfranchising women to vote and stand for public office in 2003. Opposition to the decree was immediate from the groups in opposition to the government, some of it on religious grounds.
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