Facebook here has evolved into a lot more than just a social-networking Web site: It has become one of the latest tools for political dissent in Egypt.

One of the US government’s most important allies in the Middle East was shaken in early April by strikes and demonstrations over rising food prices.

Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Egypt’s leading democracy activist, hangs two photographs in his modest office at the Ibn Khaldoun Center for Development Studies in Cairo.

On wednesday night al Jazerra broadcasted a documentary on bloggers in the Arab World, most of it focused on Egypt, but also on Iraq and Morocco

On wednesday night al Jazerra broadcasted a documentary on bloggers in the Arab World, most of it focused on Egypt, but also on Iraq and Morocco

were quick to create their own satellite, radio and internet platforms. Unlike the governments on the one hand and the Islamic establishment on the other, the scattered and far less

The Israeli prison authority in Hasharon jail has imposed a fine of almost 100 dollars on prisoner Amal Fayez Juma and deprived her of family visits for three months.

Though the call to stay at home on Sunday endorsed by the Muslim Brotherhood and Kifaya to protest political and economic crises was met with limited public participation, it has

Hundreds remain in detention following a nationwide protest Apr. 6 against rising food prices and political stagnation. But this has not deterred activists from calling for a second general strike

Dr. Mohamed Habib, Muslim Brotherhood Deputy Chairman, congratulated Aljazeera Satellite Channel and the neighboring country Sudan on the release of Sami Al Hajj, cameraman of Aljazeera who was released last