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With presidential elections out of the way, a new parliament coming, and a measure of stability restored to the country, Egypt may now embark on the long awaited and necessary process of transitional justice. So believes ‘Adil Mājid, vice-president of the Egyptian Court of Cassation and an honorary...
No one in the streets of Egypt has any doubts that former field marshal Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi will come out victorious from the May 26-27 presidential elections. The question, however, is what percentage of the electorate will go to the polls and by what margin will al-Sisi secure his victory and...
Recently, a  35-page essay was published on Facebook by the so-called “Groups Protecting the Peaceful Egyptian Revolution.” The document, however, is not so peaceful and calls for armed resistance against the Egyptian interim-government that came to power after the deposal of former President...
On Thursday July 25, AWR Editor-in-Chief, Cornelis Hulsman, invited me and the other interns to take part to a very peculiar experience: joining him in his interview with Safwat Hegazi, a leading Islamist.
The Islamist landscape in Egypt is often seen through the lens of two dominant groupings: The Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafis, the latter of which have splintered into several smaller political parties. But Sunni Islam, lacking an organizational hierarchy, facilitates the emergence of...
The Egyptian popular newspaper al-Fajr published the text of a leaflet calling to kill Christians, increasing fear among Christians in Egypt. Jihad Watch distributed news about this to a wide western audience, deeply increasing Western concerns for Christians in Egypt. Muhammad Habīb, former Deputy...
The decision of President Muhammad Mursī to remove long-time Defense Minister Field Marshal Muhammad Husayn Tantāwī, Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces and the Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) and Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces Lieutenant General...
Throughout Egypt the justice system is known to be very slow. Though it has a long and respectable history, as the population exploded and litigation increased, many turn to non-traditional methods to avoid spending a year or more in court.
The Shūrá Council in its session of August 7, 2012 approved the proposals of its General Committee regarding the appointment of Editors-in-Chief of the national (state-supported) newspapers for the next three years.The appointments encompassed 80 percent of editors-in-chief (1).
AWR's Diana Maher Ghali reviews Raymond Ibrahim's article “Copts to be Excluded from Egypt’s Constitutional Committee for Believing Jesus is Son of God?” on Jihad Watch on August 8, 2012.

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