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Moroccan PJD Criticizes New Cabinet Lineup

Moroccan Islamic Justice and Development Party (PJD) denounced the cabinet lineup approved by the King of Morocco last Monday, after a series of rows among parties in taking portfolios without

El-Erian says Al-Hayat misquoted him, confirms Brotherhood position on Israel

Prominent Muslim Brotherhood (MB) member Essam El-Erian denied telling the London-based Al-Hayat newspaper that the group would recognize the state of Israel and cooperate with it once the MB reaches

Re: Who’s to Blame for the Middle East’s Problems

In response to my blog-colleague Michael’s post below, I find it surprising that the notion that U.S. policy is “partly responsible” for the very bad situation the Arab world finds

An Argument for Pragmatism

The only way democracy or civil society can take root in Iraq, devastated by military, sectarian and political strife, is for the United States to withdraw its military presence.

Security Harassments in First Stages of Egyptian Student Union Elections

The student union election process kicked off in Cairo University . Candidacy for the union elections opened for one day according to a notice read by student...

MB Helwan University Students Protest against Striking Them off Initial Lists

Muslim Brotherhood (MB) students at Helwan University staged sit-ins at offices of the deans of Faculties of Commerce and Science and other faculties in protest at striking their names off

Haniyeh interview:

“We want to say to President Abbas: don’t endorse the deceitful conference that President Bush wants to hold in order to try to whitewash his failure in the Middle East.

MB Bloc Launches Campaign to Cancel Egyptian Supreme Press Council

Mohsen Radi, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) parliamentary bloc, called for canceling the Supreme Press Council, which is affiliated to the Shura Council, and headed by Safwat Al

Crackdowns On Bloggers Increasing, Survey Finds

"Countries that were not sentencing journalists to prison terms anymore have been doing it these last months for bloggers. This is the case in Egypt and Jordan," she said yesterday

Summary of seminar held at the House of Lords on human rights abuses and report

The House of Lords hosted a seminar organised by Justice International on 16/10/2007 around Egypt, in an attempt to shed light into the recent human rights abuses in the country.