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Free Speech in Egypt

At the Guardian, young Muslim Brotherhood activist Ibrahim Houdaiby writes about the increasing restrictions on free speech in Egypt, both in print and online.

Egypt’s NDP Conference Underway

The fifth annual NDP political convention began on Saturday, and like most political conventions, it has been high on platitudes and swipes at the opposition. The Daily News Egypt reports

Major Challenge to Arab Democracy

In a debate at Bitter Lemons, Saad N. Jawad argues that while the failure to create a Palestinian state is the greatest challenge to the region, “the lack of democracy

Saudi Activists Plan Hunger Strike

The legal defense teams of 12 Saudi activists jailed without charge have announced plans to observe a hunger strike later this week. In the first ever public protest of this

Cyberspace conference blasts Mubarak government

As President Hosni Mubarak’s ruling party is holding its annual convention to lay the blueprint of future policies, young activists took to cyberspace, launching a parallel conference to condemn and

Pension Holders Strike Again

Thousands of pension holders protested yesterday in front of the National Social Insurance headquarters in downtown Cairo against the Finance Minister’s procrastination in executing the Supreme Constitutional Court’s decisions no.

Arresting Former Secretary of Students’ Free Union at Helwan University

Students of Helwan University launched a campaign of signatures Sunday, November 2, to endorse the release of detained students. On the second day of the campaign, seven thousand students signed,