On Saturday, 22 December, the second phase of the constitutional referendum begins in the remaining 17 governorates of Egypt. In the first phase, the referendum took place in 10 governorates. Initial results show a turnout of about 31 percent and … read more
A top judicial official said Thursday that Prosecutor General Talaat Abdallah has backtracked on the resignation he submitted to the council. Abdallah submitted a request to head of the Supreme Judicial Council Mohamed Metwally Thursday requesting the cancellation of his … read more
The National Dialogue Committee (NDC) has completed its final list of nominations for the Shura Council and plans to present it to President Mohamed Morsy on Friday. The NDC was formed by the president in an attempt to appease political … read more
Presidential spokesman Yasser Ali denied media reports about President Morsi’s failing health in a press conference on Thursday afternoon. The president, Ali announced, was in perfect health with no medical examinations planned in the near future. “We cannot explain why … read more
The National Salvation Front turned down an invitation for a debate between five members of the front and five members of the Constituent Assembly. The invitation was issued by Mohamed al-Beltagy, Constituent Assembly spokesperson and secretary of the Freedom and … read more
The South Cairo Criminal Court on Wednesday supported the Illicit Gains Authority’s decision to ban businessman Mounir Thabet, brother of the former president’s wife Suzanne Mubarak, as well as his two sons, Tareq and Khaled, from accessing their money. Thabet … read more
Egypt’s Supreme Electoral Commission (SEC) Secretary-General Zaghloul El-Balshi has undergone minor eye surgery Tuesday evening that could prevent him from overseeing Saturday’s second round of the constitutional referendum. A judicial source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Al-Ahram’s Arabic-language … read more
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday expressed to Israel its objection over a recent plan to build 2,600 new settler units in east Jerusalem and the West Bank. This message was relayed when Ambassador Alaa Eddin Youssef, the ministry’s Israel … read more
Bahia ya Masr, a movement that promotes citizenship rights, has called on Egyptian women to protest against the draft constitution on Wednesday at 5pm in front of the Nahdet Masr statue at Cairo University in Giza. The demonstrators will “reject … read more
The results of the first round of the referendum on the constitution illustrated well the deep political divide within post-revolutionary Egypt. Over the last two years, clear polariation has occurred between Egyptians in support of the Islamist current and those … read more