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Three Big Challenges Threatening the Arab Uprisings

With the fall of Muammar Qaddafi’s headquarters in Bab Al-Aziziyyah in Tripoli on August 23, Libya became the third country to oust its long-serving dictator after the fall of Tunisia’s

Secular Alliance With Sufists Aims to Polarize Egyptians, Says Coptic FJP Leader

Dr. Rafiq Habib, Vice President of Freedom and Justice Party, said in statements to Ikhwanweb that the demonstrations endorsed by Sufists and secular forces scheduled to take place next Friday

Closing Statement of the National Coalition’s Conference to Support Syrian Revolution

In light of the revolution taking place in Syria and in the midst of the Syrian regime's increasing crimes that has exceeded all limits against our people in the homeland,

Egypt Protests – Changing the Rules of the Game

Egyptians have taken to the streets demanding an end to the 30-year rule of President Hosni Mubarak and protesting economic hardship and rampant corruption. Demonstrations in Tunisia brought down the

Tunisia’s Deposed President — Corrupt, Anti-Democratic, and One of America’s Close Friends

Across the Middle East and Central Asia, U.S. allies are invariably corrupt dictators, maintained in power by lavish patronage and the military.

ElBaradei: Egypt’s democracy needs less talk more action

Egypt urgently needs a new beginning. Dissent is escalating as political opposition become vocal. Those from many different ideological orientations, parts of society, and faiths unite with a single voice

Will the NDP’s House of Cards Collapse?

The regime argues that it won the 2010 elections because of its efficiency – despite the documented fraud -, as its candidates were highly trained and because communication groups were

The US national image and its contradictions

Lawrence Davidson analyses the reasons behind the widening gulf between the US national self-image as “the world’s prime purveyor of good government, stability and progress” and the reality of imperial

A Conversation with Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi

Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat- In an extensive interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi revealed that he turned down the post of "Muslim Brotherhood guide" on numerous occasions, preferring to remain

Parliamentary Elections and the Mubarak Regime

The present election results, however, will make it rather difficult for the Egyptian regime to portray the poll with a democratic sheen.