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- ↑ Ahmed el-Khatib Hany ElWaziry, Democratic Alliance to submit 'preliminary paper' on constitution, Egypt Independent , 13 December 2011
- ↑ Results of Egypt’s People’s Assembly Election, Guide to Egypt's Transition, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 25 January 2012
- 1 2 Zeinab El-Gundy,Who's who in the Egyptian Constituent Assembly, Ahram Online , 26 March 2012
- ↑ Al-Masry Al-Youm, Mediation fails to solve constituent assembly stalemate, Egypt Independent , 2 April 2012
- ↑ Al-Masry Al-Youm, MP says FJP, Nour Party to occupy 22 seats on Constituent Assembly, Egypt Independent , 26 April 2012
- ↑ Official: The 100 members of Egypt's revamped Constituent Assembly, Ahram Online, 12 June 2012
- ↑ Saleh: Constitution ready by end of Ramadan, Egypt Independent , 18 July 2012
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