For the last few couple of weeks, everybody in Egypt, either interested in politics or not, is talking about and expecting ElBaradei’s arrival to Cairo on Friday, February 19th. Mohamed Elbaradei, the former Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has recently announced his intention to run in the 2011 presidential elections, but [...]

From Egyptian Chronicles by Zeinobia He is tired now and he is free for any position; ElBaradei did it again and this time he tackled it directly. It is not the first time he speaks about his conditions to run for the big office in Egypt but it is first time he would be specific [...]

CAIRO: Egypt has two more possible presidential candidates after Mahmoud Abaza and Osama Ghazali Harb have said they are looking into making a run against the ruling National Democratic Party’s (NDP) candidate, like President Hosni Mubarak or his son Gamal, in 2011. The announcements come as speculation continues to run high over who might contest [...]

CAIRO: Members of Egypt’s opposition al-Wafd Party renewed their calls for Dr. Mohamed el-Baradei, the current head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to join the supreme body of the party in order to be nominated for the country’s 2011 presidential elections. The party confirmed their intention to put the idea to the party’s [...]