Almost two years after a group of Egyptian political activists defected from the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to establish a political party, Al-Wasat (Centre), there have been indications that the party may never see the light of day. The lawyer of the would-be founders, Mohamed Selim El-Awwa, says the Political Parties Tribunal as well as the Political Parties Committee has continuously failed to provide him with papers he described as crucial to Al-Wasat’s case.