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Former Brotherhood official hopes new initiative will bridge Egypt's social rifts

Former spokesman for the Muslim Brotherhood, Kamal Halbawi, has launched an initiative to mend the social rift in Egypt. Will it be successful?
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CAIRO — Kamal Halbawi has launched an initiative to be added to the series of previous initiatives aimed at bridging the social rift in Egypt post-June 30, 2013. Halbawi is a former spokesman for the Muslim Brotherhood abroad and a member of the National Council for Human Rights. He left the Brotherhood on March 31, 2012, and later announced his support to the June 30 camp and the regime of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

Several similar initiatives were previously launched by political science professors such as Hassan Nafea, Amr Hamzawi and Saad Eddin Ibrahim; judge Tariq al-Bishri; as well head of the Tunisian Ennahda movement Rached Ghannouchi and head of the Strong Egypt Party Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh Abdel.

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