A case of selective hearing

In her opinion page article on Dec. 8, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the former Dutch legislator and author of "Infidel," accused the so-called "moderate" Muslims of remaining silent instead of condemning

Egypt’s YouTube Democrats

Is the cause of liberal democracy in the Arab Middle East dead? It would be easy to jump to such a conclusion in Washington, given the Bush administration’s shameless retreat

Is The Islamic Project Backpedaling?

Whenever an Islamic experience faces a failure whether it is resulting from the Islamic movement itself or due to external factors, like what happened to Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood in latest

Hamas on Its 20th Anniversary

Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas has recently marked its twentieth anniversary. It was founded on Dec, 14th, 2007. Historically speaking, the movement was founded decades before this declared date of foundation.

Press Release: Top-Down Political Reform in Arab World Prolongs Stagnation

Despite passing considerable economic and social reforms Arab regimes continue to avoid substantive political reforms that would jeopardize their own power

GWOT: Egypt

There’s a story that when the news arrived that airplanes had flown into the World Trade Center, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak turned to one of his aides and said, "My

42 Al Fayyum MBs Rounded up on Eve of Adha Feast

The state security force rounded up these dozens in front of mosques, including 26 from district of Abshway in a raid led by officer Hisham Fahim, 4 from district of

Omar Barghouti: No State Has the Right to Exist as a Racist State

Omar Barghouti belongs to a new generation of Palestinians who never adhered to the solution of « Two States, Two peoples ». They are advocating, instead, the boycott, divestment, and

Anatomy of a State Security Case

On April 19, 2006, Egyptian and international media reported that authorities had just arrested members of an extremist armed group in Cairo that was alleged to have been plotting terrorist

Arab Reform Bulletin: December 2007

The six candidates often cited as most likely to win their parties’ nomination (Senators Clinton, Edwards, and Obama on the Democratic side; Senator McCain, Mayor Giuliani, and Governor Romney on