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The Arab Tomorrow

The Arab world today is ruled by contradiction. Turmoil and stagnation prevail, as colossal wealth and hypermodern cities collide with mass illiteracy and rage-filled imams. In this new diversity may

MB annual dinner banned by Mubarak’s regime

The Muslim Brotherhood's media spokesman and Executive Bureau member, Dr. Mohamed Morsy confirmed that Mubarak's regime in power for over 30 years has banned the Muslim Brotherhood from holding their

Coptic Bishop slams ElBaradei’s tactics

A recent statement by Father Moussa, the bishop of youth for the Coptic Orthodox Church, cited criticism against former IAEA chief Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei who has emerged recently on the

A dream deferred?

MOHAMED ELBARADEI's return to Egypt in February was greeted with wild enthusiasm in Egypt's independent press, which was swift to pin long-held hopes for reform on the former chief of

MB offshoot in Jordan doubts fair parliamentary elections in the country

The Islamic Action Front Party's leader Hammam Saed described Jordan 's upcoming parliamentary elections as nothing more than formal polling.

Opposition blocs object to Shura election rigging

Political parties and opposition movement members engaged in demonstrations which were scheduled in protest to the Shura elections results.

NGO’s to monitor Shura Elections

The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights has announced that it will monitor the upcoming midterm Shura elections in 35 constituencies

Skeptism over Jordan ‘s New election law

The new electoral law approved last week in Jordan has been slammed by critics who say it will fail to support reforms and only appoint MPs with tribal connections loyal

Parties, Movements, and Prospects for Change in Egypt

Where are Egypt’s political parties in this picture? Clearly the country’s 24 licensed parties are not the engine of political dynamism.

Rashwan: Amendments to electoral districts will benefit ruling party

"New amendments did not take into account the voter's proportional representation as they equated between low population constituencies and high population ones, which proves the imbalance in the constitutional amendments.