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Reform Issues March 29, 2007

Carnegie endowment experts focus on democratic contradictions in amendments

In a report released March 23, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace outlined contradictions between the democratic appearance and authoritarian reality of the current constitutional amendments and analyzed the Mubarak
MB in International press March 29, 2007

Addendum

I realize in my previous post on the poppy trade I said “the Taliban and other terrorist groups,” thus calling the Taliban “terrorists” by association. Unless we take a broad
Human Rights March 29, 2007

Sent To Prison Over Drugs, Released Deformed, Handicapped

"They tortured me, deformed me, cut my fingers in Wadi Al-Natrun prison, I can not work and I need help from society." With these words Mohamed Mabrouk Mohamed Eliwa, 32 years,
MB News March 28, 2007

Al Fayyum MB Detainee Released

The Higher State Security Prosecution in Cairo released sheikh Azmi Ahmed Abdul Tawwab on 100 pounds bail. Sheikh Azmi, a Muslim Brotherhood detainee in Al Fayyum, appeared before the prosecution on
Election Coverage March 28, 2007

Video: Stuffing ballots

Here’s a video of government officials in Belqas, stuffing ballots in yesterday’s glorious referendum… Also, the Sandmonkey called in to say he was so excited about the carnival of democracy
Other Views March 28, 2007

Is the Muslim Brotherhood Moderate or Radical?

I have been doing some research on the Muslim Brotherhood (Ikhwan al-Muslimeen) for some time and am still a little bit unsure about whether to classify them as a moderate
Other ViewsPolitical Islam Studies March 28, 2007

The Convenient Islamist Threat

What would George W. Bush and Hosni Mubarak (Egypt) do without a good old "Islamist threat" to lean on? Here’s a stupid question: is the "Arab World" Islamist? Is it
Election Coverage March 28, 2007

Referendum Results

The official results of the Egyptian referendum have been announced:  27.1% participation, 75.9% voting yes.  Al-Ahram, the official mouthpiece of the Egyptian regime (it used to be "semi-official" until a
Fanatic Messages March 28, 2007

A SMALL PEEK INTO A POLICEMAN’S MIND

The sit-in organized by Kefaya started Sunday,3/25,07, at the press syndicate continued under siege until late Monday. After
MB in International press March 27, 2007

Analysis: Egypt’s ailing democracy movement

It was a time when you felt you were covering a profound historic shift. Not a single, compact, dramatic event but rather gradual but palpable change which shakes all your