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Gaza’s sole power station shuts down, Gaza city plunges into darkness

The sole power generation station in the Gaza Strip on Saturday evening shut down after it ran out of fuel necessary to operate it, plunging Gaza city into complete darkness,

Egypt Strike: Failed?

The strike of May 4th did not fail, it was less successful. But the name of the strike had nothing to do with failing or succeeding. But it had to

The End of the New Middle East

Note from Steve Clemons. My colleague Nir Rosen who has been one of America’s most significant chroniclers of the Islamic dimensions of America’s war in the Middle East is now

The strikers’ strike

If someone was destined to visit Egypt on the 6th of April, 2008 and came back on the 4th of may in the same year he wouldn’t believe that he

Ellison spreads word in Egypt about benefits of U.S.-style democracy

But on Tuesday, Ellison’s was the face on a large television screen inside the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, where a group of Egyptian journalists and academics gathered to see the

Brotherhood MPs Condemn Barring Candidate From Seeking Vacant Seat

The Egyptian regime continues it irresponsible practices against the constitution that add fuel to public discontent and diminish all hopes of reform and development.

Kidnapping Two High-Ranking Brotherhood Members After Rally Against “Factory of Death”

Chairman of Muslim Brotherhood office in Damietta governorate Dr. Mohamed Biyali was kidnapped by security officials following a rally against establishment of the hazardous Agrium petrochemical plant in the coastal

Another Facebook activist detained and abused

The administrator and arguably the real creator of the April 6 Strike group on Facebook Ahmed Maher was detained briefly Wednesday and beaten, his lawyer told Daily News Egypt

Zahraa El Shater Appeals for Justice

Daughter of imprisoned Muslim Brotherhood third-in-command Khairat El Shater has written a letter of appeal after her father was denied medical treatment four times by prison officials, which she says