Egypt
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Politics
12/13/2011 12:59:00 PM
Unlike Muslim Brotherhood, Nour Party promises blanket-ban on alcohol and beach tourism in event it takes power following polls
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Egypt
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Politics
12/13/2011 12:56:47 PM
Sheikh Mahmoud Ashour condemns statements made by religious figures on future of Egypt's tourism industry as 'ignorant and lacking responsibility'
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Egypt
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Politics
12/12/2011 8:18:24 PM
Nour Party chief gives Salafist perspective on ‘secular’ vs. ‘civic’ state; political reform; international relations; future of tourism; and women’s rights
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Egypt
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Politics
12/12/2011 12:36:14 PM
Mohamed Abul-Ghar, head of the Egyptian Social Democratic Party and member of the Egyptian Bloc, responds to Islamist attacks on secular forces and predicts confrontation in new parliament
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Egypt
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Elections 2011
12/11/2011 4:27:02 PM
Salafist leader and presidential hopeful Abou-Ismail says US Senator John Kerry’s visit to Brotherhood shows Americans understand what Egyptians want
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Elections 2011
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News
12/11/2011 1:21:58 PM
Former United States presidential candidate says the results of Egypt’s parliamentary elections should be accepted
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Egypt
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Politics
12/10/2011 4:31:00 PM
The perceived gains won by the Egyptian workers and independent trade unionists in the wake of the 18-day uprising have given way to stark realities under the military junta's 'counter-revolutionary' rule
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
12/10/2011 2:36:12 PM
The dean of the Arts Department at the University of Manouba calls on the local police to end a sit-in staged by Salafist students over segregation of sexes
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Elections 2011
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News
12/9/2011 2:37:05 PM
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Elections 2011
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News
12/8/2011 10:16:39 AM
SCAF member General Mukhtar Mulla tells journalists a council will be set up to coordinate with the incoming parliament in order to make it more representative and limit the effect of the Salafists' success at the polls
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Elections 2011
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News
12/7/2011 7:02:02 PM
Egyptian liberals breathed a sigh of relief upon the ouster of Salafist figures in the runoffs in the first round of parliamentary elections
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Egypt
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Politics
12/7/2011 1:33:39 PM
With both sides accusing the other of contravening electoral laws, the Brotherhood issues a final warning to the Salafist Nour Party over its conduct during voting
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
12/7/2011 11:23:41 AM
Ultra-conservative Salafist students force temporary closure of Manouba University's arts department in row over niqab and gender segregation
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Egypt
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Politics
12/6/2011 7:40:00 PM
Yasser Burhami, an outspoken Salafist leader, denies right of Coptic Christians to hold high political office in Egypt; calls for government to monitor women's attire and force tourists to abide by Islamic law
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Business
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Economy
12/6/2011 7:07:58 PM
Egyptian stocks ended the day in the green after two sessions of losses, despite controversial statements by a Salafist leader about Islamicising the economy
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Elections 2011
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News
12/6/2011 6:44:00 PM
Amidst voter turnout lower than first shot at ballots last week, Salafists and Muslim Brotherhood competed for many of the same 52 remaining single-seats leaving liberals marginalised
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Arts & Culture
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Film
12/5/2011 3:51:01 PM
Samir Farid expresses disdain on behalf of Egypt's intellectual and arts communities at the media's silence, following Islamist attacks of Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
12/5/2011 1:17:00 PM
As Islamists make a strong initial showing in Egypt's parliamentary polls, some artists fear a clampdown on their freedom of expression while others believe artists must reconnect with the Islamists' base
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Elections 2011
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News
12/5/2011 11:23:49 AM
Presidential hopeful ElBaradei says Egypt's youth were 'decimated' in parliamentary elections by Islamists, stressing that extremist strains of Islamism are worrying
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Elections 2011
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News
12/5/2011 1:50:12 AM
The city that witnessed the brutal murder by police of Khaled Said in 2010 now holds its breath as Islamists and Salafists make a strong showing at the parliamentary polls
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