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Faiyum University Complain Of Security “Terrorism”

Students at the University of Faiyum complained of the security terror and persecution they face at the university.

Obama One More Time

The Arabs make a mistake if they look at Obama’s victory of the US presidential elections from their regional perspective or try to understand quite hastily how US policies in

Islamist Parties and Democracy: Going Back to the Origins

On Islamism’s own original terms, the very existence of Islamist parties is a paradox. Do such parties thus represent a decisive break with the Islamist past that may portend revisions

Supporting Arab democrats – for sustainable security

While the “tyranny of other priorities“, including Iraq and Afghanistan, will provide more pressing foreign policy challenges for the new U.S. administration, the issue of Arab democracy is unlikely to

What Moderate Islamists Expect from Obama?

How will president-elect Barack Obama deal with moderate Islamists in the Middle East? That is the question that is preoccupying Islamists and Arab authoritarian regimes alike. Despite President Bush’s tragic

Top-Down or Grassroots in Egypt?

Two pieces this morning that explore how the U.S. can support political reform in Egypt:

Top-Down or Grassroots in Egypt?

Two pieces this morning that explore how the U.S. can support political reform in Egypt:

A Historic Opportunity for President-Elect Obama

The countdown to the most important event for the future of the Middle East has begun. In 2011, the term of President Hosni Mubarak (in power since 1981) will end

Alexandria Judges Demand Urgent General Assembly

A number of members of Alexandria Judges Club are leading a campaign to collect signatures, starting from tomorrow November 14, 2008 to demand holding an urgent general assembly to examine

Four Muslim Brothers Detained

The Ministry of Interior issued detention decisions against four Muslim Brotherhood members in the Nile Delta governorate of Al-Sharqiyya after arresting them last Friday from an MP rally.