CAIRO: Egypt’s popular political figure Mohamed ElBaradei, the former president of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the co-founder of the al-Dostor Party, criticized the course of the current political transition phase in Egypt on Tuesday. He reiterated his warning that the election of a president according to the current constitutional declaration issued by [...]
CAIRO: The Egyptian Catholic Church issued a statement on Tuesday confirming that it stands neutral and objective, and does not prefer a certain presidential candidate in the upcoming presidential race, stressing that it “respects the freedom of its followers and their right to choose who they see as the most viable.” The Council of Catholic [...]
Sana’a – On 21 February Yemenis went to the polls and elected former vice president Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi as president in a one-candidate referendum, ending the 33 year-rule of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh. Some see this as the end of the struggle between political elites and the popular, peaceful youth revolutionary movement. But [...]
ALEXANDRIA: Across the streets of Alexandria, Egypt, there is a peculiarly subdued behavior amongst the ultra-conservative Muslims, also known as ‘Salafis’. Their characteristic certainty and preaching has been replaced with a somewhat stoic expression of disorientation and withdrawal. This feeling goes deeper than the recent disqualification of Salafist presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail. It [...]
It is easy to forget that the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) and the ultra-conservative al-Nour Party won a democratic vote in Egypt. Yes, they won fair and square. Quite sad really. The media, and the online activist community – those who love to shout – have been quick to point at the [...]
KATHMANDU: With three days of nationwide strike seemingly at an end, shops and businesses got back to work on Sunday, but the frustration over the lack of consensus on a new constitution to be finalized by May 27, has many in the country worried that the country is headed in the wrong direction. “I think [...]
CAIRO: Khairat al-Shater, the Presidential hopeful, described the ruling issued by the Cairo Administrative Court on Wednesday concerning the nationality of his mother as “a victory for the credibility of Islamists.” It should be noted that candidates are not eligible to run for president if their relatives or parents have ever held any nationality other [...]
CAIRO: Salafist Sheikh, Mohamed Abdul Maqsod, criticized the attitude of the supporters of Sheikh Hazem Salah Abu Ismail, the presidential hopeful candidate. In an interview with Al- Hayat TV channel on Tuesday, he said that their attitude will “create a new tyrant,” adding that Abu Ismail should not be treated as a “savior president.” “I [...]
NEW DELHI: An Indian Business School has begun a novel course; one that will seek to churn out better and more women political leaders into the nation’s political arena. The Center for Public Policy (CPP) at the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B), along with the Center for Social Research (CSR) based in New Delhi, is [...]
SANA’A: Amidst news that former President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s loyalists are in control of the country’s main Oil tanker, threatening to blow it up, which would be a catastrophe for Yemen, cutting its main source of income in an already ailing economy, tens of thousands of protesters came out in the streets this Friday demanding [...]
SANA’A: Sources close to Yemen’s former President Ali Abdullah Saleh told Bikyamasr.com that the veteran politician had charged his nephew, Yehia Mohamed Saleh, the Head of the Central Security Forces with the task of creating a new political party. Ever since the ascension to the presidency of President Abdu Rabbo Mansour Hadi, close advisors to [...]
Kuala Lumpur (dpa) – Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said his ruling coalition was aiming to regain its absolute majority in general elections expected to be called in June. “We will strive our best to get the two-thirds and we’ll work hard towards it,” he told foreign correspondents this week. A two-thirds majority would restore [...]
Sydney (dpa) – Wikileaks founder Julian Assange plans to run for a seat in the Australian Senate, the organization announced Saturday, despite his legal battle to avoid extradition to Sweden where he faces sexual assault allegations. “We have discovered that it is possible for Julian Assange to run for the Australian Senate while detained. Julian [...]
Sheikh Feierstein (@SheikhFeierstei) is enchanting hundreds of internet savvy Yemeni on twitter, opening a window onto Yemen which very few have ever had the opportunity to look through. He is a Yemeni satirist icon of a comedian specialized in the old Yemeni folk tradition of political-analytical humor mixed with sentiments emanating from the Arab street. [...]
SANA’A: Mohamed Qahtan, the spokesperson for Yemen’s Joint Meeting Parties and head of the Muslim Brotherhood vehemently criticized former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh for continuing to meddle in the affairs of the state when the GCC power-transfer agreement clearly enunciated that he would have to retire from political life altogether upon stepping down from [...]
Hanoi (dpa) – The image of a bird in a cage is familiar across cultures. However, when artist Lai Dieu Ha took off all her clothes, smeared herself in clear oil and got covered in blue feathers, for many Vietnamese in the audience, the medium obscured the message. The performance Fly Up was part of [...]
SANA’A: Yemen’s Human Rights Minister Hooriah Mashour recently declared that President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s return to Yemen was “not welcome,” as it sent contradicting messages to the population and could potentially trigger another wave of violence. Despite the successful election of President Abdu Rabbo Mansour Hadi, many politicians feel that the situation is still very [...]
Bangkok (dpa) – Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday approved the government’s emergency spending plan in the wake of last year’s floods, avoiding a potential crisis of confidence in the administration. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra might have faced calls to resign if the court had ruled that her administration’s emergency decrees were unconstitutional, observers said. The [...]
CAIRO: Egypt presidential hopeful and Secretary-General of the Arab Doctors Union Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh rejected being labeled an Islamist presidential candidate and also rejected the position of the Muslim Brotherhood towards his candidacy, as it dismissed him from the group and the Supreme Guide has declared that the Brotherhood would not support Aboul Fotouh, [...]
CAIRO: Egypt’s al-Wafd Party chief Sayyed Badawi has accused Arab and foreign countries of transferring funds of around $300 million to Egypt to “disrupt the democratic process and to bring about chaos.” He said during his meeting with the former Italian Prime Minister Massimo D’Alema and Claudio Pacifico, the Italian Ambassador to Cairo, that he [...]
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