Vol 51 No 1 | EGYPT Generational change 8th January 2010 After three decades, President Mubarak is determined to keep a grip on power for as long as it takes to prepare his son Gamal to succeed him The suggestions that the internationally respected diplomat Mohamed Mostafa el Baradei is an enemy of the Egyptian state show the desperation of the power clique around the fading,...
Vol 51 No 1 | EGYPT Succession is a family business 8th January 2010 First Lady Suzanne Mubarak (née Thabet, born in El Minya to an Egyptian doctor and his Welsh wife) is increasingly important in politics, building national alliances and an interna...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 6 | EGYPT Mahmoud Mohieldin 22nd April 2010 Former Minister of Investment, Egypt. A Managing Director of the World Bank Group Egypt’s Minister of Investment has shown unusual initiative in tackling the country’s long-running budget deficit. Mahmoud Mohieldin has knocked on doors throughout Asia in search ...
Vol 50 No 24 | ALGERIAEGYPT Football fuss 4th December 2009 Algeria and Egypt stopped just short of war over qualification for the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa. We hear that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika had considered a special...
Vol 50 No 8 | EGYPT Hamas and Hezbollah 17th April 2009 Last week, President Hosni Mubarak’s government arrested 49 Egyptians, Sudanese and others whom it accuses of forming Hezbollah cells in Egypt, planning attacks on Israeli tourists...
Vol 50 No 1 | EGYPT House of Mubarak 9th January 2009 After Sadat’s assassination in 1981, Mubarak came to power by virtue of his military seniority; many believe similar principles apply today President Hosni Mubarak will be working to ensure that his term ends with his son, Gamal, at the helm. The main electoral challenge would come from Al Ikhwan al Muslimeen (Muslim B...
Vol 2 (AAC) No 3 | EGYPT Ibrahim Ali Hassan 29th January 2009 Assistant Foreign Minister for African Affairs, Egypt The Assistant Foreign Minister for African Affairs is a fixture at the major Asian development events, the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation and the Tokyo International Conferenc...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 10 | EGYPT Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu 5th November 2008 Secretary General, Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Heading the unwieldy OIC, Ihsanoglu needs all his considerable reserves of tact and political determination. It may help that he can draw on his wide-ranging personal history, w...
Vol 48 No 7 | EGYPT Constitution clampdown 30th March 2007 Only 27% of Egypt's voters turned out for President Hosni Mubarak's referendum on constitutional change and anti-terrorism powers.
