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The Strong Egypt Party, the Constitutional Decree, and Gaza: An Interview with Abdel Moneim Abul Futuh

[Strong Egypt Party's official registration at the Supreme Court in downtown Cairo on 31 October 2012. Image by Zeinab Mohamed via Flickr]

Abdel Moneim Abul Futuh was a leading candidate in the 2012 Egyptian presidential election held last May, garnering approximately seventeen percent of votes cast in the first round (compared to approximately twenty-four percent and twenty-three percent for the two eventual run-off candidates—Mohamed Morsi and Ahmed Shafik, respectively). He is a physician by training, and has been the president of the Arab Medical Association since 2004. Abul Futuh is a former member ...

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Abdullah Al-Arian

 

Abdullah Al-Arian is an assistant professor of history at Wayne State University. He is also a contributor to the Al Jazeera network and website. His first book, entitled Answering the Call: Popular Islamic Activism in Egypt (1970-1981), will be published by Oxford University Press next spring.