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Election CoverageIslamic MovementsPolitical Islam Studies December 5, 2007

Islamist threat is exaggerated

Is the Greater Middle East region ready for reforms designed to broaden the decision-making base of the state? The question has been at the heart of a debate triggered in
InterviewsPalestine December 4, 2007

Bottom-up peacebuilding in the Occupied Territories

Alastair Crooke, former special Mid-East adviser to European Union’s Foreign Policy Chief, Javier Solana, and adviser to the International Quartet, is the Co-director of Conflicts Forum. An edited version of
Other Issues December 4, 2007

Younger Muslims Tune In to Upbeat Religious Message

Muna el-Leboudy, a 22-year-old medical student, had a terrible secret: She wanted to be a filmmaker. The way she understood her Muslim faith, it was haram -- forbidden -- to
Human RightsMB NewsPrisoners of Conscience December 3, 2007

13 Sohag MBs Detained

Egyptian security forces detained on Sunday evening 13 Muslim Brotherhood (MB) members from the upper Egyptian governorate of Sohag.
News releasesPalestine December 3, 2007

Press Statement on Palestinian Situations

Mohamed Mahdi Akef, the chairman of the Muslim Brotherhood group said that the Arabs and Palestinians who participated in Annapolis conference returned with no concrete results as much as rights
ActivitesReform IssuesReports December 3, 2007

Professors review their options

University teachers have decided to escalate their protests, warning that the current policy threatens to render higher education meaningless.
Election CoverageHuman Rights December 3, 2007

Reactions to Ayman Nour’s arrest

Meanwhile, Ayman nour’s sentence was more succesful to get the Moroccan bloggers’ attention last week. Amazigh qualifies the arrest of Nour as a very bad surprise at the end of
Prisoners of ConscienceReports December 3, 2007

Rights & Wrongs: China, Egypt, Rwanda and More

Members of the European Parliament, human rights activists and dissidents appeared before a hearing of the European Parliament’s Human Rights Subcommittee Nov. 26 to testify about efforts to put pressure
Islamic MovementsPalestine December 3, 2007

“The Tumult And The Shouting Dies…”

"THE TUMULT and the shouting dies, / The captains and the kings depart…" Rudyard Kipling wrote in his unforgettable poem "Lest We Forget" ("Recessional") King George departed even before the
Other Views December 2, 2007

The Problem of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood

Although the Bush administration established a diplomatic quarantine of the Brotherhood after September 11, 2001, members of the U.S. House of Representatives held several meetings in Egypt in the spring