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Interview with Andreas Jacobs
Egypt in the Grip of the Generals
Even under the newly-elected President Mohamed Mursi, Egypt's old regime remains highly influential and will likely control the Nile nation in future, says Andreas Jacobs, who led the Cairo office of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation until late May. Björn Zimprich spoke to him
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The Muslim Brotherhood's Morsi Egypt's New President
Damned to Cooperation
Mohammed Morsi is becoming Egypt's first democratically elected president under enormously difficult circumstances. He will have to find a way to cooperate with all political powers, says Loay Mudhoon
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Egypt after the Presidential Election
The Military Hands over Power ... to Itself
For most people in Egypt, it was at best unlikely that the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces would ever voluntarily cede power to a civilian president after the election. Nevertheless, few would have predicted the latest twist in the plot of Egypt's ongoing electoral drama. A commentary by Karim El-Gawhary
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Egypt's Presidential Election Run-off
Making the Best of a Bad Lot
With parliament dissolved, Egyptians find themselves caught between a rock and a hard place ahead of the imminent run-off for the presidency. For many, neither ex-Air Force leader Ahmed Shafiq nor the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Mursi represent a credible choice. Claudia Mende reports from Cairo
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Interview with Ahmed Maher of the 6th April Movement
''A victory for Ahmed Shafik would be the end of the revolution''
The results of the first round of the Egyptian presidential elections have been greeted with scepticism by the country's revolutionary youth. Nader Alsarras spoke to Ahmed Maher, one of the prominent founders of the 6th April youth movement, about the power of the generals and political perspectives in his country
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Presidential Elections in Egypt
A Duel That Nobody Wanted
The Egyptian presidential poll enters its second phase: On 16 and 17 June Egyptians must decide between the rather colourless and uncharismatic Islamist Mohamed Mursi and Ahmed Shafik, an overt representative of the old regime. An analysis by Thomas Demmelhuber
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Egyptian Presidential Candidate Hamdeen Sabahi
From Outlier to Serious Contender
Up until recently, the chances of Hamdeen Sabahi were considered slim. But new polls suggest the left-leaning social activist is now one of the top contenders for the presidential office. Joseph Mayton met up with the idiosyncratic politician in Cairo
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Elections in Egypt
Economy Trumps Religion
Egyptians head to the polls to elect a new president this week. Unlike last year's parliamentary elections, economic issues – not religious ones – are foremost on voters' minds. Kersten Knipp reports
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Prison Sentence for Egyptian Actor Adel Imam
Curbing Cultural Expression
The sentencing of the famous Egyptian actor Adel Imam for allegedly offending Islam in one of his films spotlights the latest bout of power posturing by Muslim hardliners and the increasing threat to freedom of expression on the Nile. A report by Amira El Ahl in Cairo
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Qatar's Foreign Policy
Small Emirate, Potent Influence
During the Arab uprisings, the emir of Qatar may well have become one of the most influential leaders in the Arab world. Stephanie Doetzer takes a look at the religious, political, social, economic and geographical factors that shape the creative foreign policy of the tiny Gulf state of Qatar
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The Arab Spring and the Failure of Egyptian Secularism
Opportunity Missed
Although the early uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt were markedly secular and free of ideology, it was Islamists in both countries that swept the board in recent parliamentary elections. Amira Galal examines where it all went wrong for Arab liberal secularists and suggests what they could do to reconnect with the masses
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Presidential Candidate Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh
Egypt's Future Middle-Ground Man?
More than 14 months on from an uprising that ousted the former regime of Hosni Mubarak in Cairo, the Muslim Brotherhood is in power and establishing its political strength in parliament. Once dubbed the future reformist of the Brotherhood, the independent candidate Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh now faces the ire of the country's leading political movement, whose own candidate has just been banned. Joseph Mayton reports