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Cold War, Holy Warrior

Cold War, Holy Warrior News: Ike was president. Washington was desperate for Arab allies. Enter an Islamist ideologue with an invitation to the White House and a plan for global

Hamas coordinates with ’Brotherhood’

Hamas coordinates with ’Brotherhood’           Hamas and Egypt’s banned Muslim Brotherhood organization, which have historical ties, have begun coordinating their moves ahead of next month’s parliamentary elections in the Palestinian Authority,

ARABESQUE: A Thinly-Veiled Display of “Democracy”

ARABESQUE: A Thinly-Veiled Display of "Democracy" The Egyptian government has long made it clear that its citizens should be happy with a limited, shall we say "symbolic", political participation.  All

Egypt’s secular reformers losing out

 When the election for a new parliament began Nov. 9, Egypt’s secular opposition and democracy advocates in Washington hoped the results would produce a more open system in which political

In Egypt, the twilight of an era

In Egypt, the twilight of an era The headline of the state-owned newspaper Al-Ahram described December 7, the last day of voting in Egypt’s month-long, three-stage parliamentary election, as "the

El-Ketatny: We Seek to Introduce an Amendment to the Constitutional Article 76

El-Ketatny: We Seek to Introduce an Amendment to Article 76 of the Constitutional  Muhammad el-Ketany, the president of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Block in the parliament underlined the importance of coordination

Interview: Muslim Brotherhood’s rise in Egypt, Professor Hassan Nafaa

In its first free elections, Egypt’s parliamentary polls brought about surprising results that may change the country’s political scene for years to come.

Bush Says Iraq War Is Good for Israel

Bush Says Iraq War Is Good for IsraelView Clashes With Opinion Of Israeli Aides In sharp contrast to the growing consensus of Jerusalem’s security and political establishment, President Bush argued

Islamists Lawyer Muntasir Al-Zayyat discusses the Egyptian elections

Islamists Lawyer Muntasir Al-Zayyat discusses the Egyptian elections with Asharq Al-Awsat  The recent parliamentary elections in Egypt, in which the Muslim Brotherhood won 88 seats, reveal the extent of the

Egyptians must vote on 1979 treaty

The leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood called for the country’s peace treaty with Israel to be submitted to a referendum and described the Jewish state as a "cancer" in the