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Egyptian Current Party

1 Nov 18 2011 by Parties & Movements [Jadaliyya and Ahram Online]

Egyptian Current Party [Note: The Revolution Continues Alliance, of which the Egyptian Current Party is a member, has announced on 20 November 2011 that it suspended its election campaigns in protest of the recent clampdown against protesters in Tahrir Square.] The Egyptian Current Party is one of many political parties founded in the wake of former president Hosni Mubarak’s ouster. Many of its leading members formerly belonged to the Muslim Brotherhood’s youth wing and the April 6 youth movement, along with several independent young activists involved in the January 25 Revolution. Before the Revolution The April 6 movement played a prominent role in the political ...

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Free Egyptians Party

2 Nov 18 2011 by Parties & Movements [Jadaliyya and Ahram Online]

Free Egyptians Party Prominent Coptic-Christian business tycoon Naguib Sawiris, ranked number sixty on Forbes’ 2008 list of billionaires and owner of multinational enterprises throughout Africa and the Middle East, founded the Free Egyptians Party shortly after Egypt’s January 25 Revolution. The party's main objective, as stated on its website, is to promote the economic and social development of Egypt “and make it a nation in which civil rights and equality of duties prevail, free from any form of religious, gender, ethnic or social discrimination.” While the party is rumored to have access to considerable financial resources due to its ties with Sawiris, it unclear ...

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Al-Karama Party

0 Nov 18 2011 by Parties & Movements [Jadaliyya and Ahram Online]

Al-Karama Party Supporting an Arab nationalist agenda, Al-Karama (“Dignity”) Party has been part of the Egyptian political landscape since 1997, when its founder, Hamdeen Sabahi, broke ranks with the Nasserist Party. Al-Karama believes that Egypt represents the fountainhead of Arab nationalism, and a true Arab renaissance can only be realized through social equality and scientific and cultural development. While the party was “founded” more than a decade before the January 25 Revolution, it only received legal status in August 2011. Before the Revolution Party founder Sabahi ran in the parliament’s lower house elections for the first time in 1995 as an independent ...

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Egypt Elections Watch: Use with Caution

0 Nov 16 2011 by Jadaliyya Egypt Editors

[Revolutionaries besiege the Egyptian parliament. Image Source: Hossam el-Hamalawy, http://www.flickr.com/photos/elhamalawy/]

In a context in which emergency law, military trials of civilians, official bans on workers strikes and demonstrations, state use of violence against peaceful protesters, and frequent detention of political dissidents are all prevalent, it is hard to look at the upcoming parliamentary elections in Egypt with anything but a healthy dose of skepticism. For many observers, these elections signify a historic moment for Egyptians and a monumental step in their so-called transition to democracy. According to such perspectives, Egyptians will finally be allowed to vote in multiparty elections that are not managed by deposed President Hosni Mubarak or his ruling party, the ...

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Al-Wafd Party

2 Nov 18 2011 by Parties & Movements [Jadaliyya and Ahram Online]

Al-Wafd Party Al-Wafd Party is one of Egypt’s oldest liberal parties and is expected to play a significant role in the upcoming elections. With deposed President Hosni Mubarak’s ruling party officially disbanded, Al-Wafd has emerged as an influential player in the political arena. The party commands the largest network that any political party in Egypt possesses today, covering major cities in twenty-four out of twenty-six Egyptian governorates. With a distinguished group of top Egyptian businessmen on ...

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Al-Wasat Party

0 Nov 18 2011 by Parties & Movements [Jadaliyya and Ahram Online]

Al-Wasat Party Al-Wasat Party was “formed” in 1996 well before Egypt’s January 25 Revolution. It was denied license four times until it was formally recognized as a legal political party by court order a week after Mubarak’s ouster in February 2011. The Al-Wasat Party has often been portrayed to be a moderate Islamist alternative to the Muslim Brotherhood. Before the Revolution Al-Wasat’s founders include several Muslim Brotherhood defectors, most notably Abul Ela Madi who currently heads the party. ...

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Democratic Workers’ Party

0 Nov 17 2011 by Parties & Movements [Jadaliyya and Ahram Online]

Democratic Workers’ Party The Democratic Workers’ Party (DWP) was founded by former members of the Revolutionary Socialists and other labor activists right after the ouster of Hosni Mubarak in February 2011. DWP’s main aim has been to defend labor rights and press for better working conditions. In addition to labor, party membership includes students and farmers. The party is experiencing an ongoing debate on whether its name should be changed to reflect the wide spectrum of its membership. During ...

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