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U.S. and Internal Pressures Producing First Multi-Candidate Presidential Election in Egypt

Cook: U.S. and Internal Pressures Producing First Multi-Candidate Presidential Election in EgyptInterviewer: Bernard GwertzmanInterviewee: Steven A. Cook Steven A. Cook, who was director of the Council’s recent independent Task Force

Who Will Administer Reform In Egypt?

Who Will Administer Reform In Egypt?Hasan Abu Taleb   I don’t know how the tourists felt when the Egyptian security asked them to stay away from the outskirts of the Egyptian

The 2005 Egyptian Elections: How Free? How Important?

The 2005 Egyptian Elections: How Free? How Important? Saban Center Middle East Memo Tamara Cofman Wittes, Research Fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy On September 7, 2005, for the

Egyptian protestors tackle joblessness for first time

Egyptian protestors tackle joblessness for first time   Egypt in recent months has witnessed a spate of protests by opposition groups voicing a broad range of complaints ranging from the 24-year-old

Egypt opposition’s poll boycott gathers steam

Egypt opposition’s poll boycott gathers steam Many opposition figures pull out of presidential election race they charge is parody of democracy.  By Riad Abu Awad - CAIRO A growing number

Rice warns Mubarak world will watch elections in Egypt

Rice warns Mubarak world will watch elections in EgyptDebate rages in Washington over amount of pressure should be exerted on Egypt.

What’s Next for Egypt: Democracy or the Fundamentalism of the Muslim Brotherhood?

What’s Next for Egypt: Democracy or the Fundamentalism of the Muslim Brotherhood?Wahid Abdel-Majid  At a small party to mark the 60th birthday of Egyptian novelist Gamal Ghaitani on 9 May,

Much More is Still Needed to Be Done

Much More is Still Needed to Be DoneJihad El Khazen     Dr. Condoleezza Rice left the Middle East at the end of her flying visit and left the rulers discontent, without

How the Islamists have changed

 How the Islamists have changedThe Arabist NetworkFriday 20 May 2005How the Islamists have changed From Roula Khalaf’s article on democracy and Islamists in the Financial Times:  The Islamists, however, have

Dialogue With The Islamists

Before 9/11, the prevailing belief in the European capitals, not to mention Washington, was that democracy leads the "extremist Islamists" to power. With the growth of violent movements concealed in