The Boiling Point

How you feel about the following YouTube video probably says something about how you feel about the broader effort to promote Middle East democracy

Is the Arab world ready for a literary revolution?

It’s been published in 38 countries, translated into 42 languages, turned into an Oscar-nominated movie – and sold more than 10 million copies. The haunting tale of The Kite Runner

HRW: Military Court Rulings Show Government Contempt for Democratic Rights

A military tribunal�s conviction of 25 leading members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood demonstrates the Egyptian government�s continued determination to crush any organized political opposition, Human Rights Watch said today.

Hossam el Hamalawy’s Interview on NPR

In Egypt, twenty-five members of the opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, were sentenced to jail by a military court on Tuesday. Among those sentenced was the group’s second most senior

Journalists and MB Supporters Harrassed Prior to Military Verdict

The verdict in the military tribunals in which 40 Muslim Brotherhood (MB) leaders are tried, topped by Eng. Khairat Al-Shater, second deputy chairman of the Muslim Brotherhood, is expected to

European campaign: Mass death in Gaza during the coming five days

The European campaign to lift the siege on Gaza warned that Palestinian patients in the Gaza Strip are going to die in large numbers if the Israeli occupation continues to

What is wrong with Egypt?

Not since the downfall of the British puppet King Faruq in 1952 has the Egyptian national will been so shamefully subservient to a foreign power, namely the United States, whose

Egypt: Rights Groups Reject Military Court Rulings Against MB

The military court of the Haikstep military base handed down its final verdict on the military tribunal in which 40 Muslim Brotherhood (MB) leaders have been tried for more than

State Prosecutor Orders Ikhwanweb’s Chief Editor Released

The New Cairo state security prosecution ordered the release of Khaled Hamza, Ikwanweb’s editor in chief, and other two MB detainees who were previously detained during the municipal elections phase,

Abul-Futouh: MB Major Factor in Egypt’s Stability

Abdul-Moneim Abul-Futouh, member of the MB executive bureau, denied charging the MB with weakening Egypt through demonstrations or boycotting the local elections under an international strategy aiming at undermining Egypt