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Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Wins Seats

- The leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood on Sunday credited public mistrust, frustration and anger with President Hosni Mubarak’s regime for his group’s fivefold increase in parliamentary seats with

Fraud Preparations in Kafr el-Sheikh

In Kafr el-Sheikh governorate, fraud preparations are doing for the third round of the ongoing parliamentary polls, on December 1, . A security officer, in el-Sampawan constituency, held a meeting

28-seat gain by Muslim Brotherhood

In a stunning result, the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood captured at least 25 more seats in Egypt’s legislature Saturday, despite cordons of police who fired tear gas and rubber bullets in

Akef: Organized Structure and Perfect Performance are Keys of our Success

The Supreme Guide of the Moslem Brotherhood, Muhammad Akef, said that the so far landslide victory of the Brotherhood in the parliamentary polls is the outcome of many factors; organized

Stunning Result, Egypt’s Banned Muslim Brotherhood Wins 29 More Seats in Violent Runoff Polls

>Mohammed Mahdi Akef, the leader of banned Muslim Brotherhood, talks Sunday, Nov.27, 2005, during an interview with the Associated Press in Cairo, Egypt.

Second phase of Egyptian polls sees higher turnout

>Turnout in the troubled first round of the second phase of Egypt’s month-long parliamentary elections stood at 28.6 percent, according to official results announced Wednesday.

Egypt Islamists arrested ahead of parliament vote

 Egyptian police arrested 16 members of the Muslim Brotherhood early on Friday, a day before another round of parliamentary elections, a spokesman for the banned but usually tolerated Islamist group

Nazif described the banned Muslim Brotherhood “as more of a brand” than a political party.

Ahmed Nazif, Egypt’s prime minister, on Thursday defended his government’s record in increasingly violent parliamentary elections and said the ruling National Democratic party (NDP) was winning a “mandate” to pursue

Competition heating up

Last Sunday’s first round of the second stage of parliamentary elections was marred by violence. Al-Ahram Weekly’ s staff report from some of the country’s most heated constituencies End of

Egypt’s Polls…State-owned Media Drops

While intimidation and wide-scale violence are making the headlines of Egypt’s hottest ever parliamentary elections, the state-owned media overage and performance in general reflected a deep state of chaos, "highly