In his memo, Lynch urges Akef to “use your political capital” and remain committed to democratic processes. But I feel that our commitment to democracy should not be the real

In September, the White House voiced displeasure with the media crackdown and the closure of a human rights group.

The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information said today that this week is full of trails that will have a great effect on the freedom of opinion, expression and press

A senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) Essan el-Erien said Friday his group ’did not and would not recognize’, Israel contrary to his earlier comments carried by the al-Hayat

The Military Tribunal will hold on Monday, the 23rd session trying 40 top Muslim Brotherhood (MB) leaders and businessmen, topped by engineer Khairat Al Shater the MB’s second deputy chairman.

US army forces raided on Saturday at dawn the general headquarters of the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) in Baghdad, and randomly disheveled its contents.

The words ’feminism’ and ’Middle East’ are not often used in the same sentence. But, increasingly, women in the Arab world are beginning to demand greater authority for themselves in

Government repression in some countries has shifted from journalists to bloggers, with the vitality of the Internet triggering a more focused crackdown as blogs increasingly take the place of mainstream

For years, Egyptians have suffered from air pollution in the autumn; they call it "the black cloud," as its dark smoke covers the Egyptian capital and some other cities.

The only way democracy or civil society can take root in Iraq, devastated by military, sectarian and political strife, is for the United States to withdraw its military presence. But