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“Mundos Arabes: Ideas, Players, Spaces” Paper Presented to the Forum

Preface**:Until recently, the Arab use of the internet was described as a new tool for entertainment, chatting, and accessing pornographic websites. This image may seem logic when comes from the

Brotherhood children launch ‘Children for Freedom’ movement

Children of detained Muslim Brotherhood (MB) members gathered at the Al Azhar Park and called on Egyptian authorities to observe human rights on last week. They used the event to

For Egypt’s Mubarak, how much power is enough?

Long backed by generous foreign-aid handouts from the United States, what’s the dictatorship of democracy-crushing Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak up to now? (After Israel, which has routinely received the largest

Results!

After a weeklong campaign to focus attention on this Monday’s Egyptian constitutional referendum,

Egyptian FM slams Rice

Egypt’s foreign minister sharply criticised US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice after she raised concerns over planned constitutional amendments, saying hours before her arrival in the country yesterday that Egypt

Islamists between Regime and Electorate’

There is an urgent need for a new conceptualization of how Islamist groups and parties interact with and negotiate a rapidly changing political environment. Today, the electoral map looks considerably

Hear out Muslim Brotherhood

On a quiet, one-way street in Cairo’s middle-class Manial district, two bored security guards sit idly sipping tea. The building behind them houses a small apartment that serves as the main

Rice Urges Egypt to Reform Its Democracy

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday she raised U.S. criticism of Egyptian democracy efforts with President Hosni Mubarak, but added the United States would not try to dictate how

Former Kifaya Coordinator George Ishak Reportedly Arrested

Sources inside Kifaya Movement (a political movement opposing the Egyptian regime) reported that George Ishak, the former general coordinator of the Movement, is missing.The sources attributed his disappearance to the

Alexandria MB Leader Arrested

Egyptian state security service in Alexandria arrested Mohamed Kamal Khamis, an MB leader and board director of a real-estate investment company in Alexandria . The state security forces in Alexandria arrested