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Human RightsReform Issues May 4, 2008

Egyptian politics

Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Egypt’s leading democracy activist, hangs two photographs in his modest office at the Ibn Khaldoun Center for Development Studies in Cairo.
Human RightsReform Issues May 4, 2008

Egypt rocked by class struggle, food crisis

One of the US government’s most important allies in the Middle East was shaken in early April by strikes and demonstrations over rising food prices.
Human RightsMB BlogsReform Issues May 4, 2008

Facebook Becomes Tool For Activists in Egypt

Facebook here has evolved into a lot more than just a social-networking Web site: It has become one of the latest tools for political dissent in Egypt.
Human RightsMB NewsNews releasesParliament NewsWorkers May 4, 2008

El-Katatni: MB Endorses Sunday’s strike to Protest Political Corruption

Dr. Mohamed Saad El-Katatni, the head of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) Parliamentary bloc, confirmed in a press release that the Muslim Brotherhood’s decision to endorse May 4 strike is based
Human RightsMB OpinionsReform Issues May 4, 2008

The Brotherhood and May 4 Strike: MB Bloc Secretary General Writes

First: The stay-at-home call of May 4 2008 to protest policies and figures of the ruling regime in Egypt has originally started in the political, media, and public scenes since
Human RightsOther OpinionsReform Issues May 3, 2008

Who Sets The Agenda?

In Egypt, something remarkable happened on Thursday. On Labour Day (May 1st), just ahead of a strike scheduled to take place on his birthday tomorrow (May 4th), President Mubarak announced
Human RightsOther BlogsReform Issues May 3, 2008

Follow Up : Pre the 4th of May ,the day before the storm

Today I found Al Ahram newspaper in the first page publishing this piece saying "4 th of May a day for the nation !!" calling to make this day ,
Human RightsPrisoners of ConscienceReform Issues May 3, 2008

Appeal of one-year jail terms given to four Egyptian editors to be heard on World

We, the undersigned 40 members and partners of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX), are concerned with the ongoing court case against four editors of independent newspapers in Egypt
Human RightsMB StatementsPalestine May 3, 2008

Muslim Brotherhood Statement on Exporting Gas to Israel

The Muslim Brotherhood is dismayed by the government’s decision to export gas to Israel at reduced prices at the time when Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) are committing daily massacres against
Research May 3, 2008

Missing in Action: The Democracy Agenda in the Middle East

From the time of the Cold War policy of propping up dictators to the current failing democratization efforts, U.S. meddling in the Middle East has nearly always produced harmful results.