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Youssef: European Parties Seek Political Space for Hamas in the West

hmed Youssef, the political adviser of Prime Minister professor Ismail Haniya, that there are authorities and official European and semiofficial parties seeking the formation of a political field to the

From Jordan to Morocco; Are the Arab Islamist Movements in Decline?

In his article .Is the Arab Islamists Spring Over,. writer Khalil Al.Anani correctly points out that what appears to be a recent decline in the influence of Islamist movements is

Egyptian Interior Ministry Refuses to Enforce Ghozlan Release

This includes Dr. Mahmoud Ghozlan, a member of the MB Executive Office, who was detained seven months ago...

An interview with Marwan Barghouthi

This interview was originally published by Yedioth Ahronoth in Hebrew; it has been translated by Diana Buttu of The Institute for Middle East Understanding.

Egyptian Security Ends Al-Arish Protests, Attempts to Solve the Crisis

Egyptian security forces at Al-Arish city ended a sit-in staged by hundreds of members of Al Fawakhriya tribe, and detained dozens of strikers and controlled over streets of the biggest

Asyut University Dismisses 19 Students, Monofiya 23

Asyut University administration has dismissed nineteen students for periods ranging between a full semester and two weeks. Seven students received a dismissal for a complete term and seven other students

A Division within the Muslim Brotherhood?

Two of the Muslim Brotherhood.s leading personalities, Gamal Hishmat and .Abdel-Moneim Abu-Al-Futuh, both signaled their disagreement with the three most controversial points of the Brotherhood.s platform, pointing towards an important

Administrative Court Issues Retrial in Appeal against MB Military

The appeals circuit at the Supreme Administrative Court issued on Monday its ruling over government appeal against ruling rejecting referring Muslim Brotherhood (MB) top leaders to a military tribunal.

Despite Economic Growth, Political Freedom in North Africa is Stagnant or Declining

Most of the countries in the region have made strides economically in the past two years. In Tunisia, the government continues to have some success with new economic strategies, as

The government trumpets free speech while trampling on it

The very week of the Labour conference a man named Derek Pasquill, an official at the Foreign Office, was charged under the Official Secrets Act. The authorities have been playing