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Egypt’s Muslim Brothers in online fight

A dispute over the Muslim Brotherhood’s website has led some to believe that a power struggle is going on inside the Islamic group. But caution is warranted; there has been

Egypt’s independent press lives in fear of ’a new September’

Next week will see the resumption of the trial against Ibrahim Issa, editor in chief of the Egyptian daily Al-Dustour. Issa’s case is part of a ruthless crackdown on Egypt’s

Egypt’s cartoon revolution

The success of Egypt’s opposition newspaper Ad-Dustour is partly the result of its policy to attract the best of the country’s cartoonists. But do cartoons have the power to change

Wael Abbas: the Arab Internet’s unlikely superhero

He is the first blogger ever to be given the Knight International Journalism Award, next Thursday in Washington. Menassat.com tracked down Egypt’s Wael Abbas in Beirut and sat him down

Secret email that freed the mole at the Foreign Office

The case against Derek Pasquill, accused of handing a journalist secret papers, collapsed dramatically as it became clear it could embarrass the government. Peter Beaumont reports

Khudari: Int’l community must rescind economic sanctions on Palestinians

Chairman of the Siege Popular Committee Against Siege in the Gaza Strip, Dr. Jamal Al-Khudari, has welcomed Saturday the decision of the International Food Program to increase humanitarian assistance to

Speedy IOF jeep runs over little Palestinian girl in Nablus

An IOF speedy jeep hit a little Palestinian girl called Jihan Samaro from the Hawara town south of Nablus city, northern West Bank, while trying to cross to the other

U.S. DOMESTIC ISSUES BLOCK MIDEAST PEACE

During his current trip to the Mideast, President Bush said any peace treaty between the Israelis and the Palestinians would require “painful political concessions by both sides.”

US Elections: Just Like the Movies

The United States political process bears an uncanny resemblance to mainstream filmmaking. Elections and speeches are scripted to the letter,

On YouTube, a U.S. soldier reacts to the Huckabee-Ron Paul debate on Iraq. WATCH THIS!

On YouTube, a U.S. soldier reacts to the Huckabee-Ron Paul debate on Iraq. WATCH THIS!