The Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza

Attached are two files (pdf and powerpoint) for a slideshow prepared by Al-Zaytouna Centre for Studies and Consultations about the current humanitarian crisis in Gaza Strip in the Occupied Palestinian

Four Myths about Protest

It’s now widely recognized that social protest has become a staple of Egyptian politics, what some journalists and researchers have taken to calling an emergent “culture of protest” among an

Challenge to Cairo: Is the Muslim Brotherhood a Moderating Influence in Egyptian Politics?

The Muslim Brotherhood was formed in Egypt in 1928, initially part of the resistence to British control. However it was banned as a political party by Gamal Nasser in 1954

Forgotten but not gone

If governments around the world want the legal black hole of Guant?namo Bay to end, they need to take responsibility for those still held there

Remembering 1948 and looking to the future

Twenty-six-year-old Jamila Merhi was forced from her family’s home in Akbara village near Safad, Palestine in 1948. Now, 86, she lives in the Shatila refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon and

A Memo to the Prosecutor General Calling for El Shater’s Release

The defense panel of the 18 Muslim Brotherhood members (including MB third-in-command Khairat El Shater) who received prison sentences in the military case no 2 for the year 2007, submitted

Detainee Killed by Police in Mattariyah Station

The Ministry of Interior continues its crimes against civilians at police stations; a prisoner has been killed recently at Mattariyah’s prison at Daqahlia governorate. There are several stories about the

The Movement Against High Prices Praises Opposition and Independent MPs

The Movement Against High Prices expressed its dismay that businessman and MP Adel Ezz remains the sole monopolizer of iron industry in Egypt while he continues to chair the Planning

Egypt Shares Palestinians the 60th Nakba Anniversary

Many events have taken place today in Egypt on the 60th anniversary of the Palestinian catastrophe “Nakba” when Israel was established and Palestinians were uprooted from their houses.

Remembering Palestine

Sixty long years have passed and Vera John still vividly remembers her home in the city of Jaffa, where she lived a happy, idyllic childhood until Jewish militants arrived.