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Blogger of the Brotherhood

Egyptian bloggers have received a fair mount of press attention lately for their calls for greater democracy under Hosni Mubarak, who has ruled the country for the past quarter-century and

Media Honours Blog about Ikhwan

In General, it seems that Mubarak deals with bloggers like he deals with most dissenting voices - gaols them for a long time. This kind of response by the Egyptian

Where’s the international movement to Free Monem?

My friend Marc Lynch offered a challenging and provocative post ten days ago about “selective indignation”. He pointed out that Kareem Amer Soliman - a blogger sentenced to four years

’Brotherhood’ Blogs In Egypt Offer View Of Young Islamists

Like many young bloggers, Shaza Essam uses her personal Web site to list her favorite Hollywood movies, talk about a popular song and complain about her studies. But some of

Journalist Ahmed Ezzuddin Suffers Slipped Disc in Prison

Journalist Ahmed Ezzuddin, the editor-in-chief of the Egyptian Al Shaab newspaper and Kuwaiti Al-Mujtamaa magazine had a slipped disc inside Tora prison . 

Seven More Arrested in Behira, Al Shater Detention Extended

Egyptian government continued its unabated crackdown against members of the Muslim Brotherhood by arresting 7 more today in Behira province bringing the total number of detainees to 234 since the begining

Egypt: Gov’t Blocks Ikhwanweb After Exposing Torture Cases

After exposing recent torture cases committed by police officers in Mubarak’s regime; authorities in Egypt blocked access to Ikhwanweb throughout the country since early this morning.

Abul-Fotouh Calls On“government of disasters” to Leave

In what seemed to be a fresh chapter of a series of government neglect and laxity, another accident happened today when two trains crashed on the same railway line at

Muslim Brotherhood Statement on Border Incident & Olmert Visit

The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt issued today a statement in the aftermath of the border incident, which took place at the Egyptian Israeli border yesterday, June 2, 2006, in which