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Statement by MB Parliamentary Bloc on Latest Arrests

The Parliamentary Bloc of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) denounces the insistence of the security apparatus on terrorizing innocent people and on using the emergency law against honest Egyptian citizens, through

Morsy: 60% of Parliament Activities Are Performed By MB Deputies

Despite the Egyptian regime’s continuous media blackout on the activities of Muslim Brotherhood (MB) deputies in parliament, some reports described the activities of those deputies as “irritating performance but without

Inside the belly of the dog, A blog on his birthday for Sasha

SCOUNDREL TIME Every day the Seattle Times runs a few inches slugged "Terrorism Digest." Aside from the usual shorts on Moussaoui, a rumored attack during March Madness, and an elderly

Hala Gorani: A postcard from Cairo

 I never thought I’d ever spend a birthday in a Sushi restaurant in Cairo. On the evening in question, my producer Schams Elwazer surprised me with a chocolate cake. My

The Democracy Promotion Backlash (and the The Need for a “Third Way”)

Suffice it to say that I knew the backlash had begun, and it was to rage with increasing ferocity. I look back now and wonder if I had seen it

Keeping It Quiet: The Israel Lobby’s Crushing of Dissent

The first weapon of choice for the Israeli lobby when someone with prestige publishes a soundly researched paper or book critical of Israel or its powerful lobby is silence. If

Govmnt. Forces Judges to Cancel Meeting With US Rights Group

A group of Egyptian judges that has been pushing for more judicial independence said yesterday it had cancelled a meeting with a visiting Human Rights Watch delegation because of government

United Parliamentarians Against Emergency Law

For the first time in the history of Egyptian Parliament, more than 120 members of the parliament of different political backgrounds, agreed to form a legislative lobby to rescind emergency

IOF kill Palestinian child, wound two others in West Bank

 A Palestinian child was killed and two others were wounded with Israeli occupation (IOF) bullets in the early hours of Tuesday during an IOF storming operation to the Palestinian refugee camp

The List Goes on, More Arrests in Al Minya

personnel launched a new wave of arrests in the Minya governorate in Upper Egypt, in which they detained eight members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), including the son of an