Students Demonstrate and Sit-in At Helwan Univ. For Releasing Detained Students

A delegation from Helwan university students went to meet Minister of Higher Education, Dr. Hani Helal, to discuss their demands. But they did not find the Minister in his office

Syrian Brotherhood: US Administration, Occupation Forces

Muslim Brotherhood in Syria hold the US administration, US forces in Iraq, and the Syrian regime responsible for the assaults that took place against Syria leading to eight martyrs of

Human rights center slams Israel for barring int’l figures from entering Gaza

The Palestinian center for human rights strongly denounced the IOA for preventing 100 multinational human rights activists from entering the Gaza Strip through the Beit Hanoun crossing to participate in

Hamas affirms insistence on participation of all factions in dialog

The Hamas Movement on Monday renewed assertion that all Palestinian factions should attend the expected national conciliation dialog in Cairo

Hamas strongly denounces IOF shooting at school

Hamas condemned the Israeli occupation forces’ shooting at a Palestinian school for girls in Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, that wounded a child and inflicted material damage

The Bush Legacy Ctd.

MESH concludes its series assessing the legacy of the Bush administration in the Middle East: Steven Cook praises Bush for effort, and gives him credit for speaking out on Arab

2008: Memo To The Next President

Richard Haass, in a memo to the next president about the world that awaits him and what he should do about it, offers the following advice on democracy promotion to

Economic crisis could turn democracy’s stagnation into retreat, report warns

Democracy’s forward march has halted, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index 2008. The third wave of democratization has given way to stagnation and regression. The EIU cautions that

Democracy assistance – what works?

Academic analyst Arthur Goldsmith questions some of the premises of “undifferentiated democracy promotion”, highlighting the security risks of partial democracies and the limitations of external actors as agents of change.

Six MB Affiliates Arrested in Alexandria

The State Security Investigations Bureau arrested six MB affiliates in Alexandria yesterday night, Monday, October 27 from one of their houses. The detainees who are currently being held in the