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MB News March 11, 2007

Team Of Next Egyptian Dictator

The Egyptian political arena is riddled with question marks about the future of Egypt under the coming constitutional amendments which are currently tailored inside the Egyptian presidency
Palestine March 10, 2007

Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories

In a report handed over to the United Nations Human Rights Council, John Dugard draws up a detailed balance sheet of Human Rights conditions in the Palestinian territories. The famous
MB in International press March 10, 2007

Popular anger at Israel grows, but state does not follow, say experts

The temperature of Egypt’s cool peace with one-time adversary Israel appeared to be heading towards record lows this week, amid allegations that the Israeli military executed Egyptian prisoners of war
March 10, 2007

Interview with Alaa Al-Aswani:Writing out of Nostalgia

The novel "The Yacoubian Building" by Alaa al-Aswani was published five years ago by a small Egyptian publishing house. The book has since been translated into many languages and won
MB in International press March 9, 2007

The Multifaceted Muslim Brotherhood

Making sense of the “extraordinarily dynamic” Islamist movement can be an extremely bewildering task, Hillel Fradkin of the Hudson Institute noted at The Nixon Center yesterday. That’s why those in
Palestine March 9, 2007

Hamas Seeks to End Ties with Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan

Jordanian Islamic sources told the London daily Al-Hayat that Hamas had asked the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan to end the organizational ties between the groups. Among the reasons for the
Reform Issues March 9, 2007

No More Socialism

Egypt officially removed from its constitution all references to Egypt as a socialist country. For this occasion Sandmonkey published a post that’s surprisingly harsh on Egypt’s reformers. The Arab economic
Reform Issues March 9, 2007

Democracy or Stability?

There are prompt attempts to put democracy and stability in contrast – i.e. no stability with democracy. This statement has a clear objective: justifying dictatorship as a requirement of stability
Other Opinions March 9, 2007

All is not lost

As President George Bush’s State of the Union address and Secretary Condoleezza Rice’s recent Middle East trips showed, the Bush administration has shifted its public rhetoric back from the democrats-
Iraq March 9, 2007

Could 650,000 Iraqis really have died because of the invasion?

The statistics made headlines all over the world when they were published in The Lancet in October last year. More than 650,000 Iraqis – one in 40 of the population