POMED Report: “Strategies for Engaging Political Islam”

Political Islam is the single most active political force in the Middle East today. To offer insights into this critical issue, the Project on Middle East Democracy partnered with the

Brotherhood to Egypt: Don’t squeeze out moderates

The new leader of the Muslim Brotherhood said on Tuesday government efforts to squeeze Egypt's biggest opposition group out of politics would only spur on "deviant" and potentially violent Islamic

Barhoum: Abbas should focus on national reconciliation not on futile negotiation

Hamas Movement has urged Thursday Mahmoud Abbas, former PA chief, not to return to the table of negotiations with the Israelis, warning that returning to the futile negotiations would benefit

Dwaik: Hamas’s parliamentary experience an asset to the Palestinian issue

MP Dr. Aziz Dwaik has unveiled Friday his intention to prepare for a Palestinian national reconciliation without “external or regional” intervention, asserting that Hamas’s parliamentary experience had broadened the momentum

Cohen hails political and security relations between Israel and Egyptian regime

Outgoing Israeli ambassador to Egypt Shalom Cohen hailed the political relations and security coordination between Israel and the Egyptian regime however he expressed dismay of the absence of cultural relations

Zahhar urges Egypt to resume its reconciliation efforts

Dr. Mahmoud Al-Zahhar, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, on Wednesday called on Egypt to turn over a new leaf and resume its efforts to achieve the inter-Palestinian reconciliation.

Mashaal: Egypt’s role towards Gaza shrank opening the door for Turkey and Iran

Khaled Mashaal, the head of Hamas’s political bureau, stated Tuesday that the withdrawal of the Egyptian role opened the door for Turkey and Iran to extend their hands to the

Hamas: Depriving Gaza of fuel needs crime against humanity

Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said Wednesday that the Palestinian authority’s agreement with the European union to stop supplying the Gaza Strip with its fuel needs to operate the power plant

Executive Bureau: Political participation will continue in full swing under the new Chairman.

Elections are not the sole criterion of political participation and the Muslim Brotherhood will be active.

MB Parliamentary bloc calls on ruling regime to respect Court orders.

Abu Fagr has also used his blog Bedna Ne`ish (We Want to Live) to raise difficulties faced by Egypt 's Bedouin community. He is a member of the Democratic Front