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Statement by FJP Women’s Committee in Support of the Syrian People

We, the Women’s Committee of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) in Cairo, reiterate our full support for all the Syrian people’s efforts to defend their right to freedom and

Muslim Brotherhood Rejects Censorship on Creativity, Has Clear Vision on Art and Politics

Heated confrontation at Dar El-Hilal (publishing house) symposium on Culture and Art in Muslim Brotherhood Thought, as Islamist and leftist intellectuals debate the Brotherhood’s cultural vision.

Huda Ghaniya: New Constitution Will Make Women Worthy First-Class Citizens

Egyptian lawmaker Ms Huda Ghaniya affirms that allocating a quota for women in Egypt’s constituent panel entrusted with writing the country’s new national charter is an unjustified overt encroachment upon

Dr. Omaima Kamel: New Constitution Will Safeguard Women’s Rights in Full

According to Ms Kamel, member of Egypt’s charter-authoring panel, the best guarantee that women will always get their full rights is through education and enlightenment.

Pew Study: Most Muslims Want Democracy, Personal Freedoms, and Islam in Political Life

More than a year after the first stirrings of the Arab Spring, there continues to be a strong desire for democracy in Arab and other predominantly Muslim nations. Solid majorities

Azza Al-Garf Regrets Attacks on Freedom and Dignity of Women

Following last Sunday’s sex assault on British journalist Natasha Smith, by a mob of thugs, MP Azza Al-Garf stresses that existing laws must be applied firmly to stop this becoming

Journalists for Reform: Assault on Foreign Journalist in Egypt is Unrepresentative

Egyptian young journalists condemn mob-attack on UK Daily Mail’s Natasha Smith, in Egypt; and assert that the Egyptian Journalists' union is quite capable of safeguarding her rights.

Head of Evangelical Church in Egypt: Morsi Win Egypt’s First Democratic Experience

Bayadi, President of the Protestant Churches of Egypt, hails Morsi’s presidential victory as the first real taste of democracy in Egypt for many long decades.

Morsi and National Accord Front Vow to Keep Revolution Peaceful; Maintain Freedoms and Democracy

Dr. Mohamed Morsi, together with leading public and political figures, form a national unity front to face the ruling Military Council’s maneuvers to evade relinquishing power to the democratically elected

Omaima Kamel: Women and Copts to Be Represented in Presidential Institution

Dr. Morsi pledges, should he emerge the winner in the runoff elections, a Presidential Institution that boasts a female and a Copt for real, rather than ‘honorary’, Vice Presidents.