LOOKING AT EGYPT

2012-07-08

Emergency meeting

Egypt’s military council, which handed powers to an Islamist president last month, held an emergency meeting on Sunday to discuss a presidential decree ordering the dissolved parliament to reconvene, the state news agency reported.

Egypt’s army to hold emergency session over Mursi’s decree to convene parliament

Egypt's president orders return of parliament

President Mohamed Morsi has defied the Egypt's top court and its powerful military council by ordering the country's dissolved parliament back to work, according to the state news agency.
Egypt's president orders return of parliament - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

2012-07-04

Why do we still live in Cairo?

I ask myself this question every day, much like millions of inhabitants of this city, as I curse every God in the heavens while trying to navigate my way through the streets of Cairo to get from one neighborhood to the next.

Move.. - Daily News Egypt

Egyptian deported by CIA gets residency in Sweden | Egypt Independent

2012-07-03

Liberals looking At SCAF for support?

Since Morsy’s victory and inauguration, liberal forces are reassessing their position in the new order and deciding how they will proceed under a Muslim Brotherhood presidency. The Free Egyptians Party, one of the largest liberal groups, plans to hold a series of “national reconciliation” discussions with political, cultural and economic figures in order to overcome the rivalries hatched during the election...

With Brotherhood dominant, liberals look to SCAF for support | Egypt Independent

Is This th authentic Morsi

"When he lifted his jacket and moved closer to the people, to speak to them directly, I felt he was trying to claim leadership ... for himself as Mohammed Morsi, not the Muslim Brotherhood man," columnist Emadeddin Hussein wrote in the independent el-Shorouk daily.

"The man we saw was the real Mohammed Morsi, not the spare tire," he said, referring to the unflattering moniker thrust on Morsi as a reminder that the Muslim Brotherhood only fielded him after its first-choice candidate was thrown out of the race over a Mubarak-era conviction.

Egypt's new leader claims revolution's mantle - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online