Activism Calendar MONDAY, 26 JUNEThe Egyptian Association Against Torture is organizing a conference, from 6pm to 9pm, at the Press Syndicate,

The Muslim Brotherhood Parliamentary Bloc issued a statement Sunday June 25, 2006, rejecting the judiciary bill proposed by the government. The statement also said that the bill “beats around the

The Cassation Court Thursday nullified the parliamentary election results of Nasr City and Misr al Gadida constituencies. The court cited irrefutable evidences  that the election process was marred by many

The story of the high school student who failed her finals because she criticized the US policies in the region and its support for corrupt regimes, in an assay she

Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt voiced its concerns over a likely wide range campaign of detentions which could extend to include  thousands of Ikhwan in the coming days, including high ranking

In what some suggest as an attempt to ease tension with the ruling regime, the judges emergency general assembly reached a middle ground solution by issuing a statement read out

Remember when George Bush highlighted reforming education in the region, as a way of fighting “terror,” giving young Arabs a chance for a bright future and bla bla bla bla

 The Bush administration and others slam Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya for what they argue is wildly unfair coverage by the two stations of the war in Iraq and U.S.

A federal judge in New York yesterday ordered the Bush administration to decide by September whether to grant an entry visa to a prominent Muslim scholar. The scholar has been

Egypt seems to have forsaken reform in an attempt to stop radical Islamists gaining strength  THE Arab world’s tentative experiment with democracy has been dealt a serious blow by a backlash