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English Text of SCAF Amended Egypt Constitutional Declaration
The new addendum to the 30 March 2011 military-authored Constitutional Declaration was released late Sunday by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) in the official state gazette, which publishes any new constitutional or legislative documents when they are issued. The following amendments will apply ... Read More »
SCAF Expands Its Power with Constitutional Amendments
As vote counting got underway in the second and final round of Egypt's presidential election, the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) issued amendments to the Constitutional Declaration that will limit the powers of the coming president and expand the military's role, notably giving it a heavy influence over the ... Read More »
Electoral Violations Mar Egypt's Presidential Runoff
The first day of Egypt's presidential runoff has seen substantive reports of electoral violations on both sides of the divisive race. The supporters of Mubarak-era premier Ahmed Shafiq and the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Mursi have both found themselves accused of trying to garner votes in underhanded ... Read More »
Egypt's New President and the Military: Who's in Command?
An emergency meeting of the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) is expected very soon to issue an appendix to last year’s Constitutional Declaration with the objective of establishing political arrangements for the coming period. Informed sources say that SCAF leaders have held a series of intensive ... Read More »
Update: SCAF Issues Complementary Constitutional Declaration
On Sunday night an official told state-run MENA news agency that the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces issued a complementary constitutional declaration and will give details about the content of the document on Monday morning at 9:30 am. The SCAF held its third emergency meeting in three days to discuss legal ... Read More »
ماذا بعد انتخابات الرئاسة؟
بعد أيام قليلة يعتلي الرئيس الجديد كرسي الحكم، والرئيس الجديد سيأتي محاصَراً بجماهير قاطع الجزء الأكبر من كتلتها الانتخابية التصويت في المرحلة الأولى من الانتخابات، وصُدم الجزء الآخر الذي شارك فيها من النتيجة التي وضعته أمام خيارين لا مفر منهما في المرحلة الثانية، الخيار الأول «شفيق»، رجل الدولة الذي يمثل نظام مبارك ... Read More »
First Day of Presidential Runoffs Reflects Egypt’s Troubled Transition
The last round of Egypt’s presidential elections kicked off Saturday amid speculations that the results may deal the last blow to the January 25 revolution and tighten the grip of the military junta on the helm of state. Nearly 14,000 polling centers opened their gates at eight am to millions of Egyptians, ... Read More »
Many Egyptians Skip the Polls, Out of Hopelessness or Protest
Saeed sits in front of his butcher shop in the Cairo district of Manial, a few feet away from a polling station where only a few citizens cast their vote in the runoff of the first post-Mubarak presidential election. Saeed says he has lost faith in both the political elite and the state. He won’t be ... Read More »
A Fork in The Road for Egypt's Political Forces: Who Will They Choose?
On the eve of the historic Egyptian presidential elections run-off vote — slated for 16 and 17 June — political parties, revolutionary groups, and activists each have different postures towards the poll. While some have decided to boycott the run-off, refusing to vote either for Mohamed Mursi, the Muslim ... Read More »
Mursi, Shafiq or Boycott: A Voters Guide to Egypt's Presidential Runoff
Egyptians return to the polls on Saturday for the runoff round of voting in the country's first post-revolution presidential election. Ahram Online has collated all the arguments for and against both candidates – the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Mursi and Mubarak's last premier Ahmed Shafiq – as well as the arguments ... Read More »
A Third Bloc?
Since the first round of the presidential election ended, there has been much talk about the emergence of a third bloc of voters, distinct from the bloc of supporters of the ailing regime on the one hand and from that of the Muslim Brotherhood on the other. Discussions about the third bloc have been characterized ... Read More »
The Constitutional Court Rulings and Counter-Revolution in Egypt: An Interview with Lina Attalah
With presidential run-off elections set to take place 16-17 June 2012, Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court affirmed the presidential candidacy of Ahmed Shafiq (Mubarak's last prime minister) and nullified the parliamentary elections from earlier this year (thus dissoliving parliament). Despite ongoing debates ... Read More »
The Troubled Revolutionary Path in Egypt: A Return to the Basics
While many in Egypt are mourning the “death of the revolution” and the ensuing “military coup,” it is time to highlight, or re-highlight some points: 1- To talk about a military coup in June 2012 is to assume that Egypt was run by a civilian government since the toppling of Mubarak, which is completely farcical. The ... Read More »
SCAF Assumes Parliament Powers, Right to Elect Constituent Assembly: Legal Experts
Maher Samy of the High Constitutional Court (HCC) announced Thursday that both the lower and upper houses of Egypt's parliament are null and void, following the court ruling that the election of one third of the individual parliamentary candidacy seats and the Political Disenfranchisement Law were both ... Read More »
Experts: Court Rulings Constitute a Blow to Civilian Forces
Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) dealt a blow on Thursday to civilian forces by handing down rulings that effectively dissolved Parliament, returned legislative powers to the military and affirmed the legality of former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq’s bid for presidency. In a much anticipated court ... Read More »
The Journey to Tahrir: Revolution, Protest, and Social Change in Egypt
Since the overthrow of Tunisia and Egypt’s entrenched dictators, pundits and academics have scrambled to keep up with the surprising and fast-moving events across the region. Much of the journalistic coverage gravitated towards the drama and spectacle of the protests and the immediate concerns and checkered outcomes ... Read More »
The Revolution's Barometer
The Mohammed Mahmud wall remains alive and kicking through its graffiti, which is getting altered by the hour. The walls continue to be whitened thanks to the efforts of Egyptian authorities. Yet drawings keep on appearing layers after layers to cover the older ones and the white paint. Not only have the walls of ... Read More »
واحد مننا.. واحد يشبه برنامجه
لو تأخرت الجولة الأولى من الانتخابات الرئاسيّة المصريّة أسبوعًا واحدًا عن الموعد الذي جرت فيه، لكانَ المرشح حمدين صبّاحي أحد المتنافسين على الرئاسة في الجولة الثانية، وربما فاز في الجولة الأولى. هذا التقدير يردده كثيرٌ من المراقبين للانتخابات المصريّة، ولا يقتصر الاقتناع به على أنصار صبّاحي فقط، لا سيما إذا ... Read More »
Egypt Media Roundup (June 11)
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on Egypt and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Egypt Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each week's roundup to egypt@jadaliyya.com by Sunday night of every ... Read More »
Roundtable: The Presidential Poll, Unpacked
On 29 May, Jadaliyya, in collaboration with Egypt Independent, hosted a roundtable discussion on the Egyptian presidential election. The discussion featured a group of our columnists and commentators. Moderated by Ahmad Shokr, the discussion featured American University in Cairo political science lecturers Ashraf El ... Read More »
Protests in Tahrir; Drones in Turkey's Skies
This week we talk to Egyptian journalist Ahmad Shokr about the political landscape in his country after the pivotal verdict on Hosni Mubarak and members of his regime announced on Saturday, 2 June 2012. We’ll also discuss Turkey’s plans to purchase US armed drones with University of Indiana researcher, Burhan ... Read More »
On Mubarak's Trial, Presidential Elections, and the Return to Tahrir: An Interview with Sharif Abdel Kouddous
In the following interview Egyptian journalist Sharif Abdel Kouddous discusses developments in Egypt in the wake of last Saturday's verdict in the Mubarak trial. The interview begins with an overview of the verdict, the legal process that led up to it, and the erruption of protests in its aftermath. It then tackles ... Read More »
Tahrir Protests Continue (Photos and Video)
Hundreds of thousands took part Tuesday in protests across Egypt, calling for a "political isolation" law to be implemented against General Ahmad Shafiq and remnants of the old regime. Protesters in Tahrir Square and elsewhere demanded the retrial of Hosni Mubarak, his sons, and the police leaders in front ... Read More »
حيرة واشنطن بين شفيق ومرسي
باستثناء المصريين، لا يسبق أحد الإدارة الأمريكية قلقاً وفضولاً لمعرفة هوية واسم الرئيس المقبل. وأثبتت خبرة الستين عاماً الأخيرة أن الرئيس المصري يمثل حجر الأساس الأهم للعلاقات بين القوة الأكبر فى عالم اليوم من ناحية، وبين القوة الأكبر فى الشرق الأوسط من ناحية أخرى. ويثبت التاريخ أن ميول ورؤية رئيس مصر هي ما يدفع ... Read More »
Beejo and Oum Loubna: About Mubarak (In both Arabic and English)
هذا الشريط ضمن سلسة من الأفلام تنشرها ”جدلية“ بالإتفاق مع موقع ”العربي الحر“ ومن انتاجه. توثق هذه الأفلام الوثائقية القصيرة التي تتراوح مدتها بين دقيقتين إلى ثلاث دقائق لجوانب في الحياة اليومية لهؤلاء الذين تتحدث عنهم، وتبعات الثورات العربية سلباً وايجاباً على حياتهم. تتبع الكاميرات حيوات أفراد من أجيال وطبقات ... Read More »
Saeeds of Revolution: De-Mythologizing Khaled Saeed
On 6 June 2012, I will join countless others in commemorating the second anniversary of the death of Khaled Saeed, the twenty-eight-year-old Alexandrian who was beaten to death by plain-clothed policemen. The screams of Khaled echoed through Egypt and sparked the rapid countdown to the 2011 Egyptian ... Read More »
The Missing Ikhwan and An Electorate Split in Three
The first round of the Egyptian presidential election, like every other election over the past year and a half, and unlike those over the previous sixty years, brought its own surprises. The usually unreliable polls were again wrong, as were most of the pundits (both Egyptian and foreign). In first place was ... Read More »
Egypt Media Roundup (June 4)
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on Egypt and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Egypt Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each week's roundup to egypt@jadaliyya.com by Sunday night of every ... Read More »
The Egyptian State: Both Deep and Shallow
A few months ago analysts started talking about “the deep state” of Egypt. They were referring to the forces that have resisted the sweep or revolution and made the path to change and transformation both difficult and unclear. The deep state is comprised of the security and administrative apparatuses and ... Read More »
In Disappointing Transition, Analysts Say Mubarak's Verdict Mocks Justice
The only trial that has taken place against one of the fallen dictators of the Arab revolutions ended today. The verdicts in former President Hosni Mubarak's trial may have symbolic importance for the region, but many feel they have mocked the hundreds of martyrs who died fighting against a thirty-year-old ... Read More »
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Egypt Elections Watch Update
A Jadaliyya and Ahram Online Initiative
As part of the Egypt Elections Watch (EEW), Jadaliyya and Ahram Online, with the Center of Contemporary Arab Studies (Georgetown University) and the Middle East Studies Program (George Mason University) as co-sponsors, will produce articles/posts/profiles on a weekly basis, covering organizations, political parties, coalitions, relevant laws and procedures, and profiles of key individuals related to the Egyptian elections. This is in addition to news updates summarizing major developments surrounding the lead-up to the election, such as emerging or shifting alliances, new political positions, and candidacy announcements. If you have questions, comments, contributions, and/or an eye-witness account, please email us at: eew@jadaliyya.com. For a listing of EEW’s team members please click here.
Coalitions
Democratic Alliance for Egypt
Egyptian Bloc
Islamist Bloc (Alliance for Egypt)
Revolution Continues Alliance
Parties
Al-Adl Party
Egyptian Current Party
Egyptian Social Democratic Party
Egyptian Tahrir Party
Democratic Workers’ Party
Free Egyptians Party
Freedom and Justice Party
Ghad Al-Thawra Party (Hizb Ghad Al-Thawra)
Al-Karama Party
National Progressive Unionist (Tagammu) Party
National Democratic Party Offshoots
Al-Nour Party
Reform and Development Party-Misruna
Socialist Popular Alliance Party
Al-Wafd Party
Al-Wasat Party
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Egypt Map and Stats
Population 82,079,636
GDP $497.8 billion
Unemployment 9%; Youth Unemployment (ages 15-24): 24.8%
Internet Users 20.136 million (2009)
Exchange Rate 5.6124 Egyptian pounds per US dollar
GDP Growth Rate 5.1%
Military Expenditures 3.4% of GDP (World Rank: 35)
Health Expenditures 6.4% of GDP (World Rank: 94)
Population Growth Rate 1.96%
Age Structure 0-14 years: 32.7%; 15-64 years: 62.8%; 65 years and over: 4.5%
Literacy 71.4%
Religious Demographics Muslim (mostly Sunni) 90%; Coptic 9%; other Christian 1%
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