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l visits to neighboring countries. These visits came in the wake of numerous meetings among Morsi and international officials and organizations in Cairo. Many believe that such visits might help the president define Cairo's foreign policy orientations, which until now remain unclear, given that Egyp
day after. In fact, Egypt will soon conduct a poll on the new constitution, and parliamentary elections will follow to appoint the MPs for the new Constituent Assembly. Cairo realizes that there are still unsettled affairs between Egypt and Iran, most importantly regarding Iran's relations with the Arab Gulf count
ime again, it is delusional to assume the Egyptian military is pro-American and thus a reliable bulwark against the advance of Islamic supremacism. Cairo's armed forces reflect the broader society, whose able-bodied men are required to serve — and, as even the Times now concedes, the Egyptian mainst
e now rivals. "Salafis are against drafting a constitution. They think it is the Koran," grumbled Merhezia Labidi, the vice chairwoman of Tunisia's Constituent Assembly and a member of Ennanda. Salafis are deepening the divide between Sunni and Shiite Muslims and challenging the "Shiite Crescent," a term coined by
political system. Article S. The Washington Post E FTA_R1_00298259 EFTA01883840 Egypt's Morsi defies predictions Ernesto Londoho August 14 -- Cairo — A month ago, as President Mohamed Morsi was sworn in, Egyptians who loved and loathed him could agree on one fact: The Islamist would be a relati
l of Mubarak, however, the Muslim Brotherhood has had a history of overreaching. It tried to stack the first formation of the Constitution-drafting Constituent Assembly with Islamists, only to be met with widespread objections from all non-Islamist constituencies. And it undermined its credibility with a sudden re
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