Exclusive coverage from Lisa Desjardins and the politics team
Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm.
An Egyptian woman casts her ballot during the second round of a referendum on a new draft constitution in Giza, south of Cairo, Saturday. Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images Despite a low voter turnout, Egypt's hastily drafted constitution received a majority of "yes" votes in the second and final ...
... Morsi and Islamist groups would have too much power if the proposed constitution is passed. Margaret Warner reports on what this referendum could mean for Egyptian democracy. ... MARGARET WARNER: Finally tonight, to Egypt. Egyptians will go to the polls tomorrow to vote on whether to approve a newly drafted constitution ...
A supporter of Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood holds a Quran, Islam's holy book, at a demonstration in Cairo on Friday. Photo by Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images. Rallies for and against Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi got violent in Alexandria Friday on the eve of ...
... point. The polarization in this country right now is somewhat unprecedented between the two Egypts, as people are calling it, the secular, liberal, more diverse Egypt, and the rising Islamist juggernaut that seems to be changing the face of Egypt and much of the rest of North Africa. On these ...
Thousands of pro- and anti-government demonstrators again took to the streets Tuesday in Cairo, Egypt, ahead of a constitutional referendum this weekend.
... evening, just days before a referendum on a draft constitution. It would affirm many tenets of Sharia as the law of the land. SAID KASSEM,Egypt (through translator): I support the president. And I think that opponents of the president claim that Egypt would turn into an Islamic state. But ...
HARI SREENIVASAN: Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi called out the military today, ahead of next weekend's referendum on a new constitution. Opposition forces say the document will enshrine the power of Islamists and curb human rights. Security forces were deployed today near the presidential palace, where protesters remain camped out ...
... East at the Atlantic Council. Michele Dunne, welcome back. How serious a crisis is this for this new Egyptian government of President Morsi and for Egypt himself? MICHELE DUNNE, Atlantic Council: This is a pivotal moment in the Egyptian transition and in the history of Egypt after this revolution. What ...
... and Gaza. Since then, he's granted himself unlimited power and rushed through a draft constitution branded by liberals and Christians as a betrayal of Egypt's transition to democracy. Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood had 70 years in Egypt's political wilderness to prepare for government. His supporters point out ...
The opposition to Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi felt a change in their spirits after descending on the presidential palace to protest. Jeffrey Brown talks to Nancy Youssef of McClatchy Newspapers from Cairo about the role of the police and military in the conflict and the upcoming constitutional referendum. ... JEFFREY BROWN ...
Support Provided By: Learn more
Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else.