Yemeni Islah Condemns Marib Bombing

Yemeni Islah Condemns Marib Bombing, Urges Authorities Take Tough Measures Against Perpetrators Abdulwahab Al-Anisi, the secretary general of the Tajamma’ al-Yemeni li al-Islah (Yemeni Gathering for Reform) condemned the hideous bombing

Internet as a Forum for Conflict Between MB and Al-Qaida

NEFA Conference Slides: "The Internet as a Forum for Conflict Between the Brotherhood and Competing Salafi-Jihadists" My colleagues Doug Farah and Jeff Breinholt have written two excellent posts on points

Parting the Veil II

Last Friday I published this post about an article which was sent to me to review, written by Shadi Hamid, Project on Middle East Democracy’s Director of Research, called “Parting

Al-Jazeera English: Why one channel can make a world of difference

Al-Jazeera English: Why one channel can make a world of difference The summer of 2001 was a low point for TV news, what with wall-to-wall coverage of a missing Washington,

Phone threats against bloggers continue…

Blogojournalist Wael Abbas recorded the recent phone threats against him…

Police threatens Mahalla labor leaders

State Security has been summouning on a daily basis Ghazl el-Mahalla labor leaders, including Mohamed el-Attar and Sayyed Habib, for hours of interrogation before and following the

Labor protest in Alexandria

While walking in the street Alexandrian blogger Moneer unexpectedly bumped into a protest by Tersanet Iskandriya (Alexandria Arsenal) retired workers, who accepted an early buyout, only to get ripped off

Egyptian Press Election Kicks Off, No MB Attitude Yet

Preparations are underway for holding the elections of the Egyptian Press Syndicate to elect a new board and a new head for the journalists during the next period. Asked whether the

Understanding the Palestinian crisis

I have been scouring the web, trying to gain a deeper understanding of what’s been going on in Palestine. So far, the very best account and analysis that I’ve found