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Uncloaking art in Egypt

What people see, hear, and read matters. It shapes what individuals think and how they act. Consequently, LGBT rights activists in Egypt and the Middle East are particularly sensitive to

Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood and Women

A recent spat of press reports detailing Egypt’s powerful opposition Muslim Brotherhood group’s row over the role of women has left the Islamic group under pressure from the country’s liberal

Superpower

Logline: "The only thing new in the world is the history you don't know." ~Harry S. Truman

America is not a Democracy

America is not a democracy, nor was it intended to be.

Accountability for War Crimes is Imperative

President Barack Obama recently visited Dover Air Force Base where he was photographed with the flag-draped coffins of soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan and Iraq. Why did Obama do

Mr. 10%: Our Man in Islamabad

In my office hang photos of this writer with Pakistan's last four leaders. Two of them - Zia ul Haq and Benazir Bhutto - were murdered. Former prime minister Nawaz

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood future

Former deputy secretary of state Richard Armitage foresees a radical Islamic future for Egypt:

Egypt activists rebuke constitution

Controversy over article 76 of the Egyptian constitution has now resurfaced after Amr Mousa, the general-secretary of the Arab League and a former Egyptian foreign minister, said it is an

Dakahleya: Lawyers subjected to intimidation and harassment file complaints.

Lawyers in Dakahleya have united in open solidarity protesting to the offensive treatment of the lawyers by the Prosecutor General.

Court Hearings begin for charity workers in Jordan.

Twenty-four members of Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood Movement on Thursday went on trial before a criminal court, charged with corruption and money laundering linked with their running of the Islamic Centre