Katatni Elected Chairman After Brotherhood Bloc Elections

Dr. Mohamed Saad El Katatni was elected chairman of the bloc after gaining 51% of the MB MP votes (40 votes) with whom MP Sobhi Saleh 16 votes) was about

Ging calls for opening Gaza crossings, warns of worsening humanitarian crisis

The director of UNRWA operations in Gaza Strip John Ging on Tuesday said that all Gaza crossings should be opened and warned of a worsening humanitarian crisis in the beleaguered

Hamas: Abbas’s speech full of contradictions, reflects ill will

The Hamas Movement on Tuesday described PA chief Mahmoud Abbas’s speech on the 4th anniversary of late PA chief Yasser Arafat’s death as hollow and full of contradictions that attempted

POMED Notes: “Arab Youth Between Hope and Disillusionment”

Yesterday afternoon, the Brookings Institution hosted an event featuring Ahmed Younis, Senior Analyst at the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies; Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, Nonresident Guest Scholar at Brookings; and Tamara Cofman

More on Obama and the Middle East

It can’t be avoided so let’s make it quick. First, Scott MacLeod at Time Magazine’s Middle East Blog writes on Rahm Emanuel and his potential influence on Obama’s Middle East

Conned Again

If the change President-elect Obama has promised includes a halt to America’s wars of aggression and an end to the rip-off of taxpayers by powerful financial interests, what explains Obama’s

Lawyers Nomination Doors Open On November 22

South Cairo Court Head and Professional Syndicate Election Supervisor Judge Farouk Sultan decided yesterday, November

Seven Brotherhood Released & Camera Martyr Released

North Cairo Court ordered seven Muslim Brotherhood affiliates released on Saturday November 8th after keeping them in custodies for hundred days.

Four MB Arrested From Sharqyia

Egyptian security forces arrested four Muslim Brotherhood members on Monday November 10, 2008. Those detained are Dr, Mohamed El Hawari, Dr. Amgad Abdul Aziz, Abdullah EL Zahwi, and Abu Obaidah

Four MB Released After Four Months In Custody

North Cairo Court ordered the release of four Muslim Brotherhood members from Kafr El Sheikh on Monday November 10th after spending more than four months in Wadi EL Natroun.