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Re: The False Hope of Democracy Promotion

Greg Scoblete at RealClearWorld is right to flag a potential contradiction in a post I wrote last week on the need for the new administration to make clear to Arab

Report: Israel occupation demolished 90 Palestinian houses since Annapolis

The applied research institute of Jerusalem (ARIJ) reported that Israel occupation, since the Annapolis conference held in October last year, has embarked on building tens of thousands of settlement units

Khudari: Israel occupation disregards int’l appeals when it allows in 30 trucks

MP Jamal Al-Khudari, the head of the popular committee against the siege, considered Monday the Israel occupation intentions to open the Karem Abu Salem crossing in order to allow 30

Blogger Mohamed Khairi Arrested for the Second Time

Egyptian security forces topped by Major Amr El-Himili, stormed into the house of internet blogger Mohamed Khairi in Faiyum on Monday and arrested him.

Syria Muslim Brotherhood Denies Links to “Extremists”

Ali Sadruddin Al-Bayanouni (Muslim Brotherhood Chairman in Syria) denied online reports that claimed relationships between Muslim Brotherhood and Al-Qaeda Network.

Brotherhood MP Prevents Sectarian Sedition in Alexandria

Brotherhood MP Al-Mohammady Sayed Ahmad managed to prevent sectarian riots that might have flared up after a quarrel between a Muslim and a Christian at Ahmad Abu Suleiman district in

State Security Cancels Talk Show Hosting Essam El-Erian

Egyptian Security Apparatus prevented the broadcasting of a TV program on the Lebanese Al-Manar Satellite Channel, whose guest was Muslim Brotherhood leader Dr. Essam El-Erian.

The President’s Man

It is not often that MENASSAT gives a platform to those who call Egyptian bloggers ungrateful backstabbers who should thank God for the freedom President Hosni Mubarak has granted them.

On Obama’s Inherited Freedom Agenda

In the Washington Post, Jackson Diehl argues that opting out of the promotion of democracy in the Middle East will not be an option for Barack Obama, and all that’s

Illusion of Freedom in Egypt’s Private Universities

It was normal to learn that tens or even hundreds of university students were removed from the electoral lists and prevented from standing for student union elections, in addition to