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aboul futouh getty
Egypt
MENA
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Egypt presidential candidate in solitary confinement for 7 years

Egyptian opposition leader Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh has spent seven years in solitary confinement since his arrest in 2018

The New Arab Staff
15 February, 2025
Tunisian President Kais Saied
Tunisia
MENA
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Tunisia: Saied says he will seek new presidential term

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
20 July, 2024
Abd Ellatif Mekki has been banned from all media appearances [Getty]
Tunisia
MENA
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Tunisia judge imposes media ban on presidential candidate

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 July, 2024
Lawyer Mohamed Aboul Diyar led the presidential campaign of Ahmed Tantawi before he had withdrawn from the race.
Egypt
MENA
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Egypt upholds sentence against Ahmed Tantawi's campaign manager

Thaer Mansour
04 June, 2024
The Lebanese parliamentary building.
Lebanon
MENA
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Lebanon judicial body rejects five electoral appeals

The New Arab Staff
21 October, 2022
US midterms
World
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Pro-Israel PAC makes midterm endorsements for November

Brooke Anderson
13 September, 2022
Hard-line conservative Ebrahim Raisi is the front-runner in Iran's presidential elections [Getty]
Iran
MENA
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A look at the candidates in Iran's presidential election

17 June, 2021
Iran's presidential election campaign began on Friday with little fanfare [Getty]
Iran
MENA
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Iran judiciary warns candidates against crossing 'red lines'

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 May, 2021
Algeria protests - Getty
protests
MENA
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Huge #NoVote protests sweep Algeria ahead of contentious elections

The New Arab & agencies
07 December, 2019
tunisia election commission getty
Youssef Chahed
MENA
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Tunisia reveals final list of candidates for presidential election

The New Arab & agencies
01 September, 2019
Saudi elections - woman voter
women
MENA
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At least twenty Saudi women win municipal council seats

The New Arab
13 December, 2015
Saudi women voters - elections
women
MENA
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1,039 Saudi women to run for local council seats

Khaled al-Shayea
30 October, 2015