Date of source: Monday, January 10, 2005
The Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies is quite busy gathering one million signatures to request a change in the Egyptian constitution. The request will be submitted to the People’s Assembly thus seeking to provide an opportunity for those who wish to run for the presidency.
Date of source: Thursday, December 9, 2004
Dr. Nawal Al-Saadawi, the famous Egyptian controversial writer, declared her intention to run for the next presidential election in October, to be the first ever female candidate.
Date of source: Monday, April 11, 2005
Reuters News Agency reported that, Dr. Ahmad Sābir, an academic teacher of Economics at a British university [not mentioned which university], and a Director of a financial consultancy firm [name not mentioned], formed a group under the name of “Inqizou Misr” [Save Egypt]. It is an opposition...
Date of source: Thursday, January 27, 2005
In an interview in Kul al-Arab (an Israeli newspaper published by the “Arab 48”), Muhammad Farīd Hasanīn, an Egyptian businessman and a third candidate for the Egyptian presidency launched a severe attack against Egypt accusing it of opaqueness and corruption.
Date of source: Thursday, January 27, 2005
In an interview with al-Maydān, the controversial Nawāl al-Sacdāwī reiterated some of her previously known views on polygamy, circumcision, as well as her plans to run for the Egyptian presidency.
Date of source: Thursday, October 28, 1999
A new political party called Karama is launched. Among the 160 founding members of Karama are 20 women and eight Christians.