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Syria Today (Saul Landau)

The bus ride from Damascus north takes us – a rare group of American visitors — to Sednaya, thirty miles north and the site of All Convent of Our Lady,

Protests In London, NY And Washington Against Amendments

Egyptians in several major cities throughout the world are protesting on Monday against government’s constitutional amendments. Egyptian activists in

Egypt: Bloggers Among Egyptian Demo Detainees

It is happening all over again..and may recur in a bigger way tomorrow (Monday March 26) as more Egyptians are th

Police crack down on Kefaya demo; activists kidnapped

I managed to escape. I’m home now. Will file a report shortly. UPDATE: Here’s the report… Police cracked down today on Kefaya’s demo against Mubarak’s dictatorial constitutional amendments, arresting more

Referendum: the night before

With the Egyptian referendum scheduled for tomorrow and a major demonstration scheduled for today, and international criticism mounting, all kinds of chaotic information is swirling about.  Here’s some of what

The Brotherhood and America Part One

There are three major events that have shaped the Western world’s knowledge of political Islam; namely, the 1979 Iranian Revolution, the 1981 assassination of the late Egyptian President, Anwar Sadat

The Brotherhood and America Part Two

Despite what may be considered a ‘stalling’ in the interactive activities between the Americans and the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) members in the region by virtue of the Iraqi war (2003),

The Brotherhood and America Part Three

Reports on the international Muslim Brotherhood movement are few and far between and information on the movement is even scarcer. A number of leading figures within the movement in the

The Brotherhood and America Part Four

There are at least two levels of relations between the various Islamic organizations in the region; the first is on the level of ‘coordination of ideologies and positions’, which is

The Brotherhood and America Part Five

The American invasion of Iraq led to a significant deterioration in the relationship between the United States and the Muslim Brotherhood organizations. Many Muslim Brotherhood members had frozen or restricted