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ActivitesHuman Rights May 5, 2009

Egypt: the failure of the virtual protest movement?

Young Egyptian activists like Salma Mahmoud are hoping the Muslim Brotherhood’s support of a May 4 "stay-in-home" protest against the Egyptian government will translate into numbers. "The Brotherhood’s pledge will
ActivitesOther Issues May 5, 2009

Shura Council Calls On Emergency Government For Confronting Crises

In a heated meeting in front of the Health Committee led by Dr. Saleh El-Shimy, Shura Council members called on President Mubarak to form an emergency government responsible for confronting
ActivitesHuman RightsPalestine May 5, 2009

The Israel Boycott is Biting

On May 4, protesters will greet Motorola shareholders, already disgruntled by the company’s losses, as they arrive for their annual meeting at the Rosemont Theater in Chicago, Illinois.
ActivitesHuman RightsPalestine May 5, 2009

’Tell Her’: a Play for Gaza

Do not tell her that her father was flying an F-16 and that he bombed the school in Gaza. Tell her F-16s deliver milk sometimes, writes Iqbal Tamimi.
ActivitesHuman RightsPalestine May 5, 2009

Addressing U.S., Hamas Says It Grounded Rockets

The leader of the militant Palestinian group Hamas said Monday that its fighters had stopped firing rockets at Israel for now. He also reached out in a limited way to
ActivitesHuman Rights May 5, 2009

International Report Ranks Egypt 3rd Among Most Despotic Countries

In its latest report, the International Bank’s Center for Economic and Social Research and Studies ranked Egypt as the third among the 50 most despotic countries in the world, after
ActivitesHuman Rights May 5, 2009

Nascent Egypt opposition group seeks regime change

An emerging Egyptian anti-government group, among the few movements willing to call people onto the streets, says it is intent on a democratic regime change for which members are ready
ActivitesMB UnderstandingPalestine May 5, 2009

Hamas renews election of Mishaal as political bureau chairman

The Hamas Movement has completed its internal elections process and renewed chairmanship of Khaled Mishaal for its political bureau for the fourth consecutive time, a responsible source in the Movement
ActivitesIslamic IssuesPalestine May 5, 2009

Conference on Jerusalem, Al-Aqsa; Judaization hazards called in Cairo

We are pleased to invite you to attend political and national powers Forum under the title: Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa... Judaization hazards
Human RightsMB NewsPrisoners of Conscience May 5, 2009

6 MP activists arrested in Port Said

State security forces yesterday detained 6 of Ikwan members in Port Said in a continuous escalation of State Security Service campaigns against the Muslim Brotherhood members