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Muslim Brotherhood Blogger Abdel Monem Mahmoud Banned from Traveling to Morocco

Muslim Brotherhood journalist and blogger Abdelmoneim Mahmoud (Monem) was banned from traveling to Morocco on Thursday. He was invited to a conference on freedom of the press in Africa organized

Muzzled Egyptians turn to Facebook

Egyptians are using the online social networking tool Facebook to defy the government’s attempt to muzzle the media and hush reported incidents of police brutality during a strike by workers

Days of protest

The confrontation between Egyptian physicians and the government entered a new stage last week when, on 23 April, amid intense security, doctors staged peaceful protests at their syndicate headquarters in

Democracy – Egyptian Style

Hopes for political reform and increased participation in Egypt faded with the events that marked the 2008 local council elections, which have cast a gloomy shadow over the future of

Facing Facebook

Rumours abound that the government is considering closing down access to Facebook, the website that has become a favourite venue for Egypt’s disaffected young. But what good will it do

Backing into the future

It has been 80 years since Hassan El-Banna founded the Muslim Brotherhood. During this period, the organisation evolved from a small community association based in the Suez Canal city of

Bloggers Call for Coordination Among Opposition for May 4 Strike

A group of anti-NDP youth called in their blog no4watany.blogspot.com for a coordination between opposition forces on the day of May 4 strike to act as the beginning of a

Jordan Muslim Brotherhood elects new, hawkish leader

The Consultative Council of Jordan’s influential Muslim Brotherhood movement has elected hard-line Hammam Saeed as new leader, reliable Islamic sources said Thursday.

Is Turkey’s Justice and Development Party a future model for the Arab world?

The Justice and Development Party (AKP) is now engaged in a political struggle with the country’s secular establishment, and the outcome is unclear.

Tension in Egypt shows potency of food crisis

Well before 8 o’clock on a late April morning, a line of about 30 eager customers forms at a modest bakery in this working-class neighborhood.