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Egypt: A war on the press?

The surprise verdict that came down this morning against the editors of four independent political tabloids is the herald of more repression to come — at least when it comes

Sinai Bedouins protest against security practices & begin an open sit-in

Hundreds of the north Sinai Bedouins resumed on Friday 7 September 2007, their protests against what they called the "security practices targeting them" by launching a sit-in in Rafah on

State Security Forces Storm Behera Islamic Bookstores

Al-Beheira State Security forces accompanied by IPR officers and some detectives broke almost simultaneously into Islamic bookstores in most regions in the governorate of El-Behera.

Planning for Defeat

Foreign Policy An Iraqi whom I will call Ahmed lives in Saidiya, an area in south Baghdad where, in the nineteen-eighties, the regime of Saddam Hussein built large houses for

Amid civil war, reports mean little

The intense focus on Gen. David H. Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker obscures the essential irrelevance of the report they will make to Congress on Monday and,

Non-Turkish Misgivings

What causes astonishment, rather than admiration, in the aftermath of the recent victory of the Turkish Justice and Development Party, are the congratulations and comments expressed by many Islamists in

Brotherhood trial adjourns to Sunday amid allegations of police theft

The military trial of Muslim Brotherhood Deputy Chairman Khayrat El Shater and 39 others has been adjourned to Sunday, Sept. 9, after its tenth meeting on Tuesday devolved into an

Egypt Strives to Quell Mubarak Rumors

A prosecutor plans to question the editor of a newspaper that raised questions about the health of Egypt’s leader, a judicial official said Tuesday in the latest step by the

New version of political Islam

he victory of moderate Islamists in Turkey’s general and presidential elections coincided with a concerted crackdown by authorities in Egypt and Jordan against the Islamists.

Hamas disbands journalists union amid continuing incidents

Reporters Without Borders today condemned Hamas’ decision on 3 September to dissolve the Gaza Strip branch of the Union of Palestinian Journalists,