Consultancy Chamber at the misdemeanors court of Alexandria ordered the release of eight detained parents of Al Jazeerah School students. The released are Hosam Mohamed Monir (headmaster), Hisham Mohamed Monir,

One of the characteristics of the anti-democracy backlash is that while some states are openly repressive towards independent NGOs, others maintain a more ambiguous position, allowing civil society groups to

Dr. Ahmed Bahr, the acting speaker of the PLC, on Sunday strongly denounced Egypt for preventing the council delegation from traveling through the Rafah border crossing to make visits to

Intensive security forces cordoned Kafr El Sheikh to force Dr. Hasan Abu She`esha; Brotherhood candidate for the parliamentary election, to withdraw from the elections.

North Cairo Court at the 5th Complex district rejected the demurral filed by the Ministry of Interior against the release rulings passed for 25 Muslim Brotherhood detainees last October 8th.

In exclusive statements to Ikhwanweb, Sheikh Rachid El Gannushi (head of the Renaissance Movement in Tunisia) called for a comprehensive political openness in Tunisia.

On the Washington Post’s “On Faith” blog, Daniel Brumberg writes about the “cathartic awakening” that free and fair elections can bring to a public made apathetic by years of autocratic

In a recent Carnegie Endowment paper, Omayma Abdel-Latif investigates the role and status of women in Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood. She concludes that the Brotherhood leadership continues to subordinate its women

Islamist women, increasingly restless with their subordinate status in Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, are pushing for greater representation and a wider role, according to a new paper from the Carnegie Middle

The international humanitarian conference on the support of victims of the Israeli occupation in Palestine kicked off in the Indonesian capital Jakarta Friday under the title "End the occupation for