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ActivitesHuman RightsTorture November 13, 2008

Interview: MB Secretary General Slams Egyptian Regime’s Violations

Egypt has recently been plagued by many disasters including fires that erupted in parliament and cultural palaces and theaters plus corruption that labels the government’s day-to-day work. There is also
Human RightsPalestine November 12, 2008

Khudari calls for forming international pressure groups to end siege on Gaza

MP Jamal Al-Khudari, the head of the popular committee against the siege, called during a rally held in front of the Israeli embassy in New York for forming pressure groups
ActivitesElection CoverageObama November 12, 2008

More on Obama and the Middle East

It can’t be avoided so let’s make it quick. First, Scott MacLeod at Time Magazine’s Middle East Blog writes on Rahm Emanuel and his potential influence on Obama’s Middle East
Palestine November 12, 2008

Euro-MP details assault by Israeli security forces, rips West’s boycott of Hamas

The assault on Chris Davies, Liberal Democrat party spokesman for the environment for the northwest of Britain and a member of the European Union’s parliamentary delegation to the Palestinian Legislative
Election Coverage November 12, 2008

What “Change” In America Really Means

My first visit to Texas was in 1968, on the fifth anniversary of the assassination of president John F Kennedy in Dallas. I drove south, following the line of telegraph
MB VS. Qaeda November 12, 2008

AQ and IT

Last week I was invited to give a talk about the likely impact of trends in information technology on al-Qaeda. I thought I would put at least few of the
Activites November 12, 2008

Window of Opportunity

Shadi Hamid, POMED’s Director of Research, argues at Democracy Arsenal that Barack Obama has a window of opportunity to change the region by committing to “real support for democracy and
Activites November 12, 2008

The Kefaya Movement

Kefaya, also known as the Egyptian Movement for Change, was an indigenous movement for political reform organized in late 2004 in opposition to the regime of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
Activites November 12, 2008

Lawyers Worry Over Receivership

In a statement to Ikhwanweb, Mr. Gamal Tag El Din (spokesperson of the Committee o Islamic Shariah at the Bar Association) said that the Bar is waylaid and that some
ActivitesOther Issues November 12, 2008

Brigadier General & 51 Soldiers Released After Abducted In Sinai

Sinai Bedouins released Brigadier General Hasan Kamil; a leader of Anti-Riot Police in Rafah, and 51 soldiers after abducting them Wednesday dawn from the security point of Wadi El Arzaq