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Book review: Alastair Crooke’s “Resistance: The Essence of the Islamist Revolution”

The title of Alastair Crooke's book Resistance: The Essence of the Islamist Revolution may easily invoke the late Palestinian thinker Edward Said's critiques of trying to essentialize Islam.

Egypt: El-Baradei, a serious candidate

CAIRO - Possible candidate for the Egyptian presidency, the former IAEA chief Mohammed El-Baradei could well become a dangerous opponent even if his chances of winning are very slim, analysts

Ex-IAEA chief could become Egypt’s leading dissident

Former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency Mohamed ElBaradei’s comments about his candidacy in Egypt’s 2011 presidential elections caused a stirring debate in the country,

Egypt blocks Muslim Brotherhood hospital for poors

Construction workers have been hacking away since Monday with heavy duty compressors at the walls of the Islamic Medical Association's Central Charity Hospital, witnesses said. It was due to open

Egypt: Dispute Over Veil Spreads Across Country

Cairo — A decision by the government to banthe veil in some academic institutions has reignited debate about personal rights.

This Is What Democracy Might Look Like!

Khalil al-Anani’s recentish article on the young reformists of the Muslim Brotherhood, and particularly the desire, expressed in the article and elsewhere,

Egypt’s laborers and employees are gaining political power

While Western and Egyptian media have been preoccupied in recent years with small demonstrations in downtown Cairo protesting the widely-held belief that President Hosni Mubarak is grooming his son Gamal

Bastion of Impunity, Mirage of Reform

Today the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies released its second annual report on the state of human rights in the Arab world for the year 2009.

Report: Human Rights on the Decline Part II

As we reported earlier, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) has released a comprehensive and thorough report, called “Bastion of Impunity, Mirage of Reform,”

Nobel: Obama’s Speech and Reaction

President Obama accepted his Nobel Peace Prize yesterday in Oslo, Norway.