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Egypt’s Women Urge MPs Not to Pass Early Marriage, Sex-after-death Laws

The appeal came in a message sent by Dr. Mervat al-Talawi, head of the NCW, to the Egyptian People's Assembly Speaker, Dr. Saad al-Katatni,...

‘Carter Center’ and ‘Coptic Orphans’ Among American NGOs Denied Permission to Operate in Egypt

One of the NGOs is the Carter Center, which was seeking to deploy observers to monitor the presidential election and assess preparations in the...

Brotherhood Fields Candidate Who Sees Sharia As Essential

 Mohamed Morsi is also a leading candidate to become the country’s next president.Mr. Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s dominant Islamist group, declared last...

Cairo’s Candidate Shuffle: Fewer Contenders, Same Policies

If that were not enough, on April 15, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, the military-led interim government, broke a period of relative...

Turmoil in Egypt Race Puts Spotlight on Panel’s Motives

 “The SCAF wants to pull the strings from behind the scenes,” said Khairat el-Shater, a Muslim Brotherhood official who had been considered a front-runner,...

Egypt’s Looming Showdown: Could the Banning of Islamist Presidential Candidates Bring Violence Back Into the Streets?

 The SCAF abandoned Mubarak only after it realized that Egyptian protesters would not succumb to intimidation and force. But it feared the popular uprising...

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