 After his brief stint on Al-Libia, Qandil returned to Egypt to write for the newspaper "Al-Masry Al-Youm" in 2008 and later began writing for "Al-Shorouk".He co-founded and served as the media spokesman for National Association for Change (NAC) headed by Mohamed ElBaradei in early 2010.The NAC's stated purpose is push for democratic and other reforms in Egypt.