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DemocracyMB in Arabian pressReports November 17, 2009

US Embassy conducts survey to determine Egypt’s political powers’ influence

"The United States Embassy in Cairo is preparing to conduct a comprehensive survey which includes a large number of academic intellectuals, Political Science Professors and Social Activists.
Human RightsMB NewsPrisoners of Conscience November 17, 2009

Release of Dr Aboul Fotouh.

In a related note Dr Ossama Nasr and his companions who were merged in the same case have also been given release orders and started making their way home.
IkhwanWeb in PressMB NewsReports November 17, 2009

Release of Dr Aboul Fotouh.

In an urgent news release "Ikhwanweb" the official English Muslim Brotherhood website posts the news that State Security decided on the release of Dr Abdul Monem Aboul Fotouh Secretary General
Eye on IOFHuman RightsPalestine November 17, 2009

IOF artillery shells slam farmland in Gaza, settlers attack shepherds

Local sources said that the IOF fired two artillery shells that exploded in an empty agricultural field causing material damage to nearby homes but no casualties.
Human RightsPalestine November 17, 2009

Agha warns of unfolding food crisis in besieged Gaza

Palestinian minister of agriculture Dr. Mohamed Al-Agha warned of what he called “the unseen famine” which started to manifest itself in the besieged and impoverished Gaza Strip.
PalestineParliament NewsReports November 17, 2009

Bardawil: PFLP initiative under careful study

MP Dr. Salah Al-Bardawil, the spokesman of the Hamas parliamentary bloc, has said that his Movement was carefully studying the initiative tabled by the popular front for the liberation of
Human RightsPalestine November 17, 2009

IOA moves Palestinian detainee to where his wife is held

The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has moved detainee Obada Bilal, who is blind, from the Negev prison to Petah Tikva detention center where his wife has been under interrogation for
MB in International press November 17, 2009

Akef may stay to lead Muslim Brotherhood

Mohammed Mahdi Akef, the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, has said he could stay on in his position after his six-year term expires in January, as his banned political party
DemocracyHuman RightsWomen November 17, 2009

Egyptian women alliance against Mubarak succession plan

Over recent years, speculation has been rife that Mubarak, 81, is grooming his younger son Jamal, a banker-turned-politician, to take over after him. Both Mubaraks have repeatedly denied such claims.
DemocracyIran November 17, 2009

Iran’s Islamic regime is no model to follow

In 1979, the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, was overthrown and replaced by an Islamic Republic basing much of its governance practices on its interpretation of Islam.