When it comes to US's foreign policy template in the Middle East, Egypt's geopolitical relevance is strictly rooted in the idea of geographically containing the 'Palestinian threat'. It came as

Why is it that at the beginning of the 21st century the Arab world seems stuck in time? Why are most Arabs still ruled by kings or military dictatorships? And

Questions and wonderment are seeping into Egypt’s ruling National Democratic Party (NDP), with party members giving contradictory statements over who their possible candidate will be in the 2011 Presidential election.

Egyptian papers published provocative comments by the Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif, who asserted he fully supported the idea that Egypt 's 82 year old Hosni Mubarak seek a sixth term

Security forces in the Egyptian constituency of Qalyubeya launched a massive campaign against Muslim Brotherhood Shura candidate Mohamed Abdul Magid Desouky.

The ruling regimes suppression continues as it employs the security forces to arrest political opposition

Tensions rose and verbal clashes took place during the final session of the conference in the U.S. titled "The Future of Democracy in Egypt".

Egypt's 82 year old President Mubarak was bombarded with questions regarding his successor by press reporters during his visit to Italy on Wednesday

Muslim Brotherhood chairman Dr. Mohamed Badie is expected to meet with the Shura Council candidates early next week

Muslim Brotherhood chairman Dr. Mohamed Badie is expected to meet with the Shura Council candidates early next week.