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May 6, 2006

Public Campaign to Aid Palestinians Kicks off in Cairo

The Human Relief Committee of the Arab Physicians’ Syndicate launched a public campaign under the slogan "Palestine will never starve” to collect donations for the Palestinian Authority to ease embargo
Judges ActivitesReform Issues May 6, 2006

Egypt puts pressure on judges to toe the line

Mubarak government cracks down on jurists advocating judicial and election reforms Facing his colleagues inside the small hearing room at the High Court building in downtown Cairo, Hesham Bestawissi could
Other Opinions May 6, 2006

The US and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Al-Jazeerah

In interactive editorials, the editor of Al-Jazeerah answers questions and or responds to comments of readers, which are more general than readers’ responses to specific articles or issues. It is
May 5, 2006

23 Members of the Muslim Brotherhood Arrested

State security police arrested 23 members of the Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo including Yasser Ghazlan, son of Dr. Mahmoud Ghazlan member of the MB Executive Bureau.The arrests came while the
May 5, 2006

Mr. Akef Weekly Address: Unity Among Muslims is Necessity

Describing the current international scene, Mr. Mohamed Mahdi Akef, Chairman of Muslim brotherhood, stated that many aggressive and unjust international powers forgot about their own huge disputes and united to
Other Opinions May 5, 2006

Preaching Democracy

Branding Islamists as quintessentially undemocratic and secular liberals as the new heroes of the Arab world is patronising colonial thinking,writes Amr Hamzawi I recently attended the fourth assembly of the
MB in International press May 5, 2006

Egypt: What’s Up With The Brotherhood?

 The arrest this week of 23 activists from Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has turned the spotlight on the powerful Islamist movement. Still officially banned, it was allowed to stand in last
May 4, 2006

Wolfensohn: West Shouldn’t Starve Palestinians Into Submission

At a news conference with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Australian-born Mr. Wolfensohn announced his resignation after a year as envoy of the Middle East "quartet": the US, UN,
MB in International press May 4, 2006

Bush turns a blind eye to repression in Egypt

By extending emergency laws that were put in place after Anwar Sadat was assassinated in 1981 by Islamist extremists, President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt has brought the curtain down on
Judges ActivitesReports May 4, 2006

Egypt: Investigate Election Fraud, Not Judges

 Egyptian authorities should drop threats to dismiss two senior judges protesting election fraud and investigate the violence and fraud that plagued elections last year, Human Rights Watch said today. The