Talk:List of political parties in Egypt

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I think the parties should be categorized by their ideology in such manner:

Left
- Secular
- Islamist

Right
- Secular
- Islamist

It would be a huge improvement of the article -- The Egyptian Liberal (talk) 06:16, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Left, Center, and Right is not a good classification. It is better to classify them according to their Political (authoritarian/democratic), Social (liberal/moderate/conservative), and Economic (liberal/centrist/socialist) orientations. 90.181.66.134 (talk) 23:49, 22 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Is Liberal perhaps a confusing term to use? It seems to have a different meaning in the USA than it does elsewhere. Since Wikipedia tends to be Amerocentric, it can be confusing on which definition to go by. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.6.0.32 (talk) 19:35, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think there is much difference between US and other places in being liberal regarding social issues. In any case this is the term used in the political sciences (see the article on political spectrum) and also by news networks. Liberal is in contrast to conservative. In US Democrats are economically left of Republicans and are socially liberal (aka progressive but I think the term would be more misleading regarding parties in Egypt). Liberal is different from Libertarian. ps: This is the first time I hear that Wikipedia is Amerocentric. It is an international encyclopedia, if some Americans insist on using scientifically incorrect terms it is their problem. 195.113.30.252 (talk) 18:12, 1 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

List

There was a badly out of shape list on political afiliations over at the List of Egyptian presidents. I streamlined it but now move it over here for further use:

Affiliations

Short form	Name (Alternative names)	Duration	Ideology	Notes
ASU	Arab Socialist Union	1962-1978	Nasserist	sole legal party 1962-1978
FP	Federal Party
HDW	al-Hizb al-Watani al-Dimuqrati National Democratic Party	1978 established	social democratic	government party 1978-2011
HS	Hizb ash-Shaab People's Party	1930-1946	pro-Ismail Sedki anti-Wafd
IP	Ittihad Party Union Party		royalist
LCP	Liberal Constitutional Party		royalist
LR	Liberation Rally	1953-1962	nationalist	sole legal party 1953-1962
NU	National Union	1957-1962	pro-Nasser nationalist
SIP	Saadist Institutional Party
Umma	Hizb al-Umma] (Umma Party)	1907-1925	moderate nationalist
Wafd	al Wafd al Misri Egyptian Delegation	1919-1953	national-liberal
WP	Watani Party National Party	1907-1953	nationalist, islamic conservative

Deposuit (talk) 15:06, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A good resource

Here is a good resource giving information on parties and alliances: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/spotlight/egypt/2011/11/2011111510295463645.html 90.181.66.134 (talk) 08:43, 24 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]