Fatal attraction: the Hamas-Iran alliance

The Iranian regime and Hamas are currently upgrading their alliance, which is over a decade long. It is an alliance across the great Islamic divide, between a Sunni group and

Letter of Solidarity With Judges from Group of Egyptians in U.S.

As Egyptians living in the United States, we have been following the alarming setbacks of democratic reforms in Egypt. We strongly condemn the attempts to influence and limit the independence

ladies are under arrest

In the 7th of May 2006, Egyptian women were arrestedIncluding Nada ElKassas, Rasha Azab, Soha Ali and Asma Abd Elgalil, as well as few young men;Alaa seif, Fady Eskander, Kareem El

Call For Volunteers

Ikhwanweb is calling for volunteers to join our vibrant and growing staff. Due to the overwhelming interest in learning about Muslim Brotherhood movement from people all over the world, Ikhwanweb

The US and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Al-Jazeerah

In interactive editorials, the editor of Al-Jazeerah answers questions and or responds to comments of readers, which are more general than readers’ responses to specific articles or issues. It is

Egypt puts pressure on judges to toe the line

Mubarak government cracks down on jurists advocating judicial and election reforms Facing his colleagues inside the small hearing room at the High Court building in downtown Cairo, Hesham Bestawissi could

Public Campaign to Aid Palestinians Kicks off in Cairo

The Human Relief Committee of the Arab Physicians’ Syndicate launched a public campaign under the slogan "Palestine will never starve” to collect donations for the Palestinian Authority to ease embargo

Egypt: What’s Up With The Brotherhood?

 The arrest this week of 23 activists from Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has turned the spotlight on the powerful Islamist movement. Still officially banned, it was allowed to stand in last

Preaching Democracy

Branding Islamists as quintessentially undemocratic and secular liberals as the new heroes of the Arab world is patronising colonial thinking,writes Amr Hamzawi I recently attended the fourth assembly of the

Mr. Akef Weekly Address: Unity Among Muslims is Necessity

Describing the current international scene, Mr. Mohamed Mahdi Akef, Chairman of Muslim brotherhood, stated that many aggressive and unjust international powers forgot about their own huge disputes and united to