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Amna Noseir, 67, is the oldest elected parliamentarian and thus will head the first House of Representatives session. She will be the first woman speaker in Egypt’s parliamentary history

World - Region

Saudi Arabia must stop financing fundamentalist mosques abroad: Merkel's deputy

12/6/2015 1:16:03 PM

Egypt - Egypt Elections 2015

Position of Egypt's newly elected Salafist MPs on women employees and the 'niqab' criticised

11/7/2015 7:47:12 PM

Successful candidates of the Islamist Nour Party said they do not intend to deal with parliament's female employees as long as they do not wear the niqab, or full face veil

Egypt - Egypt Elections 2015

Islamist Nour Party performs poorly in first stage of Egypt's parliamentary elections

10/29/2015 6:08:52 PM

The Salafist Nour Party has under-performed in the elections so far, with only 10 candidates winning seats in the first stage

Egypt - Egypt Elections 2015

Nour Party candidate hospitalised in Egypt after attack by unknown assailants

10/27/2015 3:46:33 PM

Another Nour Party candidate was shot dead on Saturday in Al-Arish

Egypt - Politics

Extremist militants behind assassination of Nour Party candidate: Egypt's interior ministry

10/26/2015 5:18:50 PM

The Salafist party candidate was against 'takfiri beliefs', which rallied extremists against him, the police said

Egypt - Egypt Elections 2015

Despite defamation we will remain in parliamentary race: Egypt's Salafist Nour party

10/23/2015 2:36:44 PM

The first round of voting brought disappointing results for members of the Nour party, who claim that they are suffering from a media smear campaign

Egypt - Politics

Egyptian ministry closes Al-Hussein Mosque on Ashoura holiday to prevent ‘Shia lies’

10/22/2015 7:42:44 PM

Ashoura, the tenth day in the Islamic year, commemorates the martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Imam Al-Hussein

Egypt - Politics

Salafist Nour Party mobilised to win West Delta 15-seat constituency

10/10/2015 8:19:03 PM

Egypt's sole Islamist party has stepped up election campaigns to win 15 seats reserved for the West Delta constituency amid heated debate over its religious platform

Egypt - Politics

Salafist Call slams culture minister after 'secular state' comments

10/4/2015 9:52:28 PM

Culture minister Helmy El-Namnam made statements describing Egypt as "secular by instinct"

Egypt - Politics

Cairo University bans teachers from wearing the face veil

10/1/2015 9:32:25 PM

The decision is meant to "ease communication with students" and "advance the educational process", according to the university chairman

Egypt - Politics

Egypt's Pope Tawadros II calls on Copts to part ways with religious parties

9/30/2015 6:25:43 PM

Pope Tawadros did not explicitly name any particular party, but reports suggest he meant the Salafist Nour Party — the only Islamist party participating in the coming parliamentary polls

Egypt - Features

Nour Party, Egypt's political Islam sole survivor, left with dim election hopes

9/20/2015 10:06:41 PM

While Nour is Egypt's largest remaining Islamist party after two years of security crackdowns on the Muslim Brotherhood and its supporters, its political and electoral aspirations are limited

Egypt - Politics

Salafist Nour Party to run for two party-based electoral districts in upcoming elections

9/12/2015 6:11:24 PM

The decision of Nour Party to run in only two electoral districts is explained by party heads as being in the interests of partnership with other national forces

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