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Saudi blocks Egypt opposition website within 15 hours of launch

The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) said on Tuesday that the Saudi Arabian government “should be proud to have seized the title ‘Prime Arabic Internet Enemy’ from Tunisia.”

Saudi Arabia, Bahrain call for lifting siege on Gaza

Saudi Arabia and Bahrain have expressed concern over the continued Israeli siege on the Palestinian people especially in Gaza Strip and called for its immediate end.

Quantifying political reform in the Arab world

Can the human race have a scientific indicator of how much a government, a nation or an institution embraces the core idea of accountability, rights and freedom of expression, rule

Islam Online in crisis as administration threatens to fire journalists

Some 250 employees of the Arabic-English news website Islam Online stood in protest this afternoon in Cairo, demanding their voices be heard by the new administration.

Americans favor Egypt best

Egypt has topped the list of Arab countries that Americans expressed positive views towards, according to a survey of the views of Americans toward the world’s most publicized countries.

Arab Media: Human rights vs bill limiting media coverage

Committee to Protect Journalists reports that human rights reporting in the Arab media has seen an increase despite efforts to curtail such coverage by repressive Arab regimes.

Obama, Muslims & Islamism

Barack Obama responded to a student’s question in Istanbul in April 2009 with an interesting comment on the pace of political change.

Poll shows Obama making in roads in Arab world

The U.S Administration has seen a significant rise in its popularity during the first year of the administration of President Barack Obama in Egypt and other Arab countries, after it

An eloquent representative of Islam.

With the death of Dr Ezzeddin Ibrahim Mustafa, the Muslim world has lost an acknowledged Islamic scholar. Born and brought up in Egypt he joined the Muslim Brotherhood Movement soon

British Media Portrayals of Yemen

Until very recently, only Mauritania among the Arab countries attracted less attention in the British media than Yemen. Not any more: since 25 December 2009, Yemen is mentioned more than