As parliamentary elections near Egypt has witnessed more and more control by the ruling regime over state media.

With the issuing of two presidential decrees the battle of parliamentary elections is in full swing, reports Gamal Essam El-Din.

Egypt’s strongest political opposition the Muslim Brotherhood has embarked on its electoral campaigning in the city of Alexandria just days after announcing their fielded candidates. Posters bearing the group's electoral

A letter sent to President Mubarak by the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) of North America a major American academic association devoted to Middle East studies has indicated that it

With Egypt’s parliamentary elections drawing closer, the Hosni Mubarak government has begun cracking down on the media.

A recent commentary titled “U.S.–Egyptian Relations on the Eve of Egypt’s Elections” by Michele Dunne senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and editor of the online journal,

The arrest and transportation to unknown destinations of 11 Muslim Brotherhood members in Alexandria has triggered wide condemnations and abhorrence in Egypt.

Al-Dostour’s recently dismissed chief editor, Ibrahim Eissa, was not fired due to ordinary disputes over administrative or editorial issues. The decision to remove Eissa was without a doubt political.

Prosecution in the Mansoura city in the Daqahliya governorate issued a 15 day detention order to the 10 Muslim Brotherhood members who were arrested yesterday.

Two Members of the Muslim Brotherhood were arrested from their homes and taken to the State Security Headquarters, while a third was taken from his car and beaten by police