Various political opposition parties and human rights organizations agreed on the signing of a petition sent to President Hosni Mubarak calling for integrity in the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections.

Over at the Hudson Institute’s Hudson New York blog, Khaled Abu Toameh writes that Hosni Mubarak’s goal in attending the Middle East peace summit was to build support in the

King Abdullah II of Jordan was urged by US Human rights watch to free a student who was detained and accused of writing a poem criticizing the ruler.

Central Asia poses a problem for those who like to spread anti-Muslim stereotypes. The region is profoundly Muslim while at the same time historically inclusive and tolerant.

With approaching parliamentary and presidential elections politics has become the focus of all conversations in Egypt . Unsurprisingly, any discussion about politics rarely comes without a mention of the Muslim

An Algerian ship loaded with aid for the besieged people of the Gaza Strip has arrived on Thursday at the Egyptian port of al-Areesh where the cargo will be unloaded

ncertainty about who will lead Egypt after President Hosni Mubarak, 82, who has been in power for almost three decades, is the overriding risk to watch in the next year

The recent arrest of an Israeli journalist who allegedly leaked materials to a reporter, and the gag order that followed, is just the latest in a long string of Israel's

Amid a fevered atmosphere, of controversy and anticipation concerning Egypt's approaching presidential elections a strange campaign has sprung up to nominate Egypt's head of intelligence General Omar Suleiman to run

Although this raises legitimate fears amongst the western media, the Muslim Brotherhood denounces labels like “fundamentalist” as the media pigeonholing them, and draw attention to their "15 Principles" for an