ISSUE
Seven!
Egyptian pre-election special
September 2005
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Hosni Mubarak’s campaign poster. Caption reads: “Leadership… and crossing into the future. ©2005 Hosni Mubarak |
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Ayman Nour campaign banner. ©2005 Ayman Nour |
Editorial
Count on Mubarak
Egypt is about to experience a first: its citizens
will get the opportunity to go to the ballot box to select a new president in
the country’s first-ever multi-candidate elections. Given our inexperience with
such polls, Diabolic Digest has decided to go out on a limb and predict
the outcome of the presidential race and peer into the future of Egyptian
democracy. Read on
Experiment
Testing
Mubarak’s democracy
A young university student decides to put
Egyptian democracy to the test by joining an opposition party, giving his
support to one of the other presidential candidates and revealing his real name
in print. Read on
Analyses
Between
democrat and autocrat
Hosni Mubarak may be a
semi-authoritarian ruler, but he takes his legacy seriously and has a genuine
vision for a democratic future for Egypt, argues Carlos Tiny*. Read on
Outcomes
of the unexpected
To an alien visitor, it would look like a full-blown election. But we mortals expect Hosni Mubarak to win the election. But, asks Khaled Diab, what if the unexpected occurs… Read on
Crystal ball
Egypt
2008
Hosni Mubarak dies suddenly in 2008 and the
presidency is up for grabs, KM peers into the future… Read on
Satire
The odd-ventures of Haflatoun
Episode
III – Haflatoun needs your vote
Caught between mild delusion and total
confusion, Haflatoun abandons the cushioned comfort of an Athenian ‘soul
asylum’ (aka psychiatric hospital) and the profound Pandora to return to Cairo
and become the Political Apathy Party’s presidential candidate. Read on
Past analyses
and comments
Will
Mubarak let Egypt’s people pick a president?
April 2005 –
Citizens of the Arab world’s largest country have been promised the chance to
choose a replacement for their long-serving president. But not everyone is
convinced that Egyptian democracy will run smoothly. Read on
Not
a love letter to the Egyptian president
January 2005 – Faced with the grim prospects of
prolonged political virginity, Khaled Diab decides to make President Mohamed
Hosni Mubarak an indecent proposal. Read on
Useful links
Mubarak’s campaign website: www.mubarak2005.com
al-Wafd Party: http://hezb.alwafd.org/
Kifaya!: http://www.harakamasria.net/english1.asp?id=15
Al-Ghad party: http://www.elghad.org/
Nour campaign website: www.vote4nour.com
Muslim Brotherhood: www.ikhwanonline.com
ã2005 K. Diab. Unless otherwise stated, all the content on this website
is the copyright of Khaled Diab.