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Islamist Govts Not the Enemy, Say Mideast Experts

Scores of Middle East and democracy experts released an open letter to U.S. President Barack Obama Tuesday asking him to focus more of his foreign policy efforts at making reforms

Khalid Mishal on Hamas’ Growing Recognition

Paul McGeough has an interesting op-ed in the New York Times addressing the recent uptick in foreign delegation visits to Hamas’ Khalid Mishal. In an interview, Mishal stressed that despite

Will You Be Angry? In Egypt, April 6 Falls Short of Hopes, Expectations

We welcome this guest post on the April 6 movement in Egypt by Chris Assaad, POMED’s Research Associate for Egypt and editor of our Egypt Country Page.

Violations Against Fayoum students

The families of the ten detained students from Fayoum University stressed that their children had been exposed to different forms of restrictions, intransigence and abuse as they were transferred from

El-Katatny In Beirut Discusses Post-Islamist Political Participation

Dr. Mohamed Sa’d El-Katatny, head of the MB parliamentary bloc in Egypt, participated in the Cargenie-organized conference in Beirut, Lebanon titled: “Post-Islamist Political Participation,” throughout April 10-11

Ikhwanweb News Digest 13-04-09

Egypt is interrogating 49 people for allegedly belonging to the Lebanese Shi’ite Hezbollah organization and for funding and supporting Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Egypt has accused the 49 suspects

British foreign office: Dialog with Hamas after Palestinian conciliation

The British foreign office spokesman John Wilkes has said that there was a possibility for opening dialog with the Hamas Movement in the event a Palestinian national unity government was

Journalist Detained For Covering Security Assaults on Fayyoum Students

The Fayyoum security apparatus raided the house of Ahmed Seif El-Nasr, El-Dustour paper correspondent in Fayyoum, at 2 a.m. Friday morning, April 4, and arrested him after his coverage of

MP Calls On MOI To Fulfill Its Role In Face Of Increase In Child Kidnappings

Member of the MB Parliamentary Bloc MP Hasanein El-Shoura requested an urgent briefing from the Minister of Interior, PM, and Ministry of Interior on the terror that has permeated many

‘’Independence’’ To Challenge Alexandria Elections

The Judicial Independence trend decided to challenge yesterday’s election results of the Alexandria Judges club in the upcoming days.