Upcoming Events

I know I already announced these once, but here are some upcoming events for this week.

Egyptian media mogul defends hijab comment

9 Egyptian billionaire and media mogul Naguib Sawiris countered criticism he launched TV channels to oppose the wearing of traditional garb linked to Iran.

Support For Democracy Must Be Consistent

I don’t think many Americans would argue that the answer for the sometimes lethargic elected Karzai government in Afghanistan should be a coup by a Pashtun warlord and his battle-hardened

Terrible week for the Democrats and consequentially the world

This week the committee let Mukasey pass even though he doesn’t have the decency to admit that waterboarding is torture, and they got the impeachment of Cheney

Egypt president’s son Gamal edges towards power

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has left open the question of his successor even as his son Gamal’s progress towards inheriting power edged forward at the ruling party’s national congress.

Former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark denounces Brotherhood trial

Ramsey Clark, the former attorney general of the United States, is visiting Cairo this week to denounce the military trial of Khayrat El Shater and 39 other leaders of the

Al Qaeda hijacking the Palestinian cause

Anthony Lowstedt has been described as the leading Swedish researcher of Palestinian-Israeli conflict. He currently teaches and researches at Webster University in Vienna and just finished the 4th edition of

Egyptian Security Forces Arrest 15 Dakahliya MBs

Egyptian security services detained on Friday afternoon Dr. Mohamed Abdul Rahman- the deputy chairman of the Muslim Brotherhood’s () administrative office in Dakahliya, after raiding house without stating any reason

Why are Western officials hesitant to talk to moderate Islamists ?

What exactly do Western governments and policymakers want from Islamists, i.e. individuals and groups who believe that their system of government should be based on Islamic

It’s the Politics, Stupid

On October 19, in a letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, President Bush declared, "I hereby certify that Saudi Arabia is cooperating with efforts to combat international terrorism and