Egyptian Woman Council Chief Refuses to Meet Relatives of MB Military Detainees

The Executive Director of the Egyptian National Council for Women refused to meet a delegation of the relatives of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) detainees currently facing a military trial.

Egyptian Price Hikes…Will they trigger Popular Ranger

Egyptian markets are facing in early 2008 a crisis of rising prices which Egypt has never witnessed before.

Egyptian Court Orders Retrial in Torture Case

The Egyptian Court of Cassation turned over acquittal rulings for three police officers and a police informant in a case of torturing a man to death 13 years ago. The

Egyptian Doctors Demonstrate, Call for Applying Special Cadre

Hundreds of Egyptian doctors staged on Sunday Feb, 10th, 2008, a vigil in front of the People’s Assembly, the lower chamber of parliament, calling on government to approve a special

A tidal wave of misery is engulfing Iraq

A tidal wave of misery is engulfing Iraq—and it isn’t the usual violence that Americans are accustomed to hearing about and tuning out. To be sure, it’s rooted in that

Israeli foreign ministry’s token Arab

Ishmael Khaldi has been all the rage amongst Israel advocacy groups in the United States, especially in the liberal San Francisco Bay Area. An Arab Bedouin who embraces his Israeli

“Where are you from?”

I live in an apartment building adjoining the Arab American University - Jenin (AAUJ) on a hill surrounded by farmland and quiet villages. As I write, the wind outside my

UNRWA Gaza appeal making very slow progress

A UN special appeal for the Gaza Strip has managed to bring in only a small percentage of the US$9.8 million needed for urgent food aid and cash assistance for

The US-NATO Preemptive Nuclear Doctrine: Trigger a Middle East Nuclear

What the Western allies face is a long, sustained and proactive defence of their societies and way of life. To that end, they must keep risks at a distance, while

Does Religion Have Anything to Do With Terrorism?

Distortions of the teachings of various organized religions have always been used to justify everything under the sun. Similarly, great wrongs have been committed in the name of the family