Obama: don’t surrender to the Jewish lobby

Barack Obama’s landslide victory against the republican candidate John McCain is undoubtedly a landmark event in American history. A Blackman, after all, has for the first time been elected President

A reluctant Middle East

As far as Washington is concerned there are four aspects to the crisis in the Middle East. Firstly, it is exacting an enormous political price -- especially the US military

The View from Cairo

I’ve been in Cairo for the last week attending a conference and conducting research. I witnessed the US elections from the Egyptian capital. People here, like others around the world,

Hamas Says it is Ready to Talk to Obama

Hamas’s exiled leader says the Palestinian militant group is ready to talk with U.S. President-elect Barack Obama on the basis that his administration respects Hamas’s "rights and options."

MB MP Demands To Reformulate Relationship Between Student And Teacher

Mahmoud Attiya (member of the parliamentary bloc of the Muslim Brotherhood and member of the Education Committee in PA) stressed on the need to respect and reformulate the relationship between

Kafr el-Sheikh: Detaining Eight, Pursuing Sheishaa’s Supporters

The security agencies in Kafr el-Sheikh governorate continued its arbitrary procedures against Dr. Hassan Abu Sheishaa, Muslim Brotherhood candidate in the supplementary parliamentary elections scheduled to be in November10, 2008

Postponing Case Of Selling Alexandria University To December 23

Administrative Judiciary Court headed by Chancellor Mohamed Attiya, decided today to postpone the lawsuit, filed by a number of university professors to stop the decision of the minister of higher

500 Employees At Monufyia’s Info Centers Demonstrate Before Governorate HQ

More than 500 employees at the local units’ information centers of Monufyia rallied for the second time this week before the governorate headquarter to protest against delaying their salaries for

Police Officer Case Against Al Jazeerah And Others Postponed Till September 11

North Cairo Court put off the trial of an action brought by Officer Samir Magdi Salamah (officer at Ain Shams police station) against Al Jazeerah Satellite Channel chairman, chairman of

Obama and my Grandmother

My father called my grandmother in Cairo yesterday. He told me that she was very excited about Obama’s victory, and that she said she was "praying for Obama." (In Arabic,