Amr Mahmoud El-Shobaki is no longer with the Carnegie Middle East Center.
Amr Mahmoud El-Shobaki was a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center, where his research focused on Arab and Egyptian political systems and political Islamic movements. He also serves as member of the Egyptian parliament.
El-Shobaki is the author of a number of books and articles, including Les Frères Musulmans des Origines à Nos Jours (Khartala, 2009); The Crisis of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt (al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies, 2008); and Islamists and Democrats: The Problems of Building a Democratic Islamic Movement (al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies, 2004). His publications on Arab and Egyptian political systems, political Islamic movements, European political systems, and European Islam have appeared in numerous newspapers and journals, including al-Masry al-Youm, al-Hayat, al-Sharq al-Awsat, and Le Figaro France.
If the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood refuses to evolve and learn from its mistakes, it will squander any future opportunities to be an influential component of the Egyptian political spectrum.
Mismanagement of Egypt’s transitional period has only exacerbated the challenges facing the country and prevented Egypt’s first civilian president from implementing any notable political reforms.
Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court recently issued its verdict on the parliamentary elections law, ruling that not granting military personnel the right to vote would contravene the constitution.
