Letter From Egypt: Looking for nostalgia in a glass of juice

There appears to be a particular way to drink sugarcane juice. Standing outside the most popular sugarcane shop in Cairo, customers carefully hold the tall, slim glass between their thumb

Ayman Nour not being released yet…

More from AFP... Earlier: Ayman Nour’s wife blasts the US for abandoning democr

War games

Just to re-assure my readers, we are alive and well. I’ve just been busy reporting and filming and simply trying to go on with my life. The situation has a

Interview: As’ad Abukhalil on the Nahr al-Bared siege

Thousands of Palestinian refugees are fleeing from Nahr al-Bared refugee camp in northern Lebanon as five days of fighting by the Lebanese army and a militant group known as Fath

Gamal Mubarak: Egypt’s Next President?

Hosni Mubarak has consistently evaded questions on who will succeed him as president of Egypt. Mubarak, who celebrated his 79th birthday on May 4, has ruled Egypt for over 26

The Politics of Elections in the Arab World

Wednesday, May 30, 20073:30 PM - 5:00 PMBunche Hall 10383UCLALos Angeles, CA 90095 Ellen Lust-Okar is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Yale University.  Her research concerns the dynamics of

The Military, the Cops, and the Islamists

Michele gets right to the heart of the matter: What’s in the black box that is Egypt’s military-security establishment? There is, of course, a ton of rumor-mongering and innuendo-peddling on

New “Arab Insight” Journal Available from WSI Cairo

The World Security Institute is proud to announce that the first edition of Arab Insight, a quarterly journal dedicated to bringing Middle East perspectives to Washington, is now available. CONTACT:

Kafr Al-Sheikh security forces arrested on Wednesday at dawn 10 supporters of Dr. Al Ghobashi

Kafr Al-Sheikh security forces arrested on Wednesday at dawn 10 supporters of Dr. Al Ghobashi Al-Atawi, the Muslim Brotherhood’s (MB) candidate for the constituency of Baltym, Al Hamul and Riyadh

Morsi: Detentions Aim At Preventing MB From Winning Shura Elections

Dr. Mohamed Morsi, the member of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) Executive Bureau, attributed the latest detentions to the regime’s ill intention of preventing MB candidates from entering or winning the