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Egypt's Opposition: Will ElBaradei Embrace the Islamists?

Mohamed ElBaradei has taken Egypt's stagnant political scene by storm since his reincarnation two months ago from Nobel Peace Prize–winning international nuclear watchdog to domestic reform campaigner...

Egypt's Crackdown: When a U.S. Ally Does the Repressing

US human rights' scale tilts towards allies revealing a biased not so human right advocating US...

Taliban buying guns from former warlords

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, northern Afghanistan - Evidence is mounting that Taliban insurgents are purchasing the weapons they need to fight government and international forces..

In Egypt, Debate Grows over a Successor to Mubarak

The younger Mubarak was given a starring role in this month's annual conference of the ruling National Democratic Party, in what many see as an effort to position him to run in 2011 — and that would make his accession to the presidency largely a formality, since Egypt's regime does not tolerate a genuinely competitive democracy, and controls the political process to prevent it challenging the status quo. The most popular opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, remains banned, although its members running as independents have garnered a substantial minority of parliamentary seats. (See pictures of women in Cairo.)..

Carter: No Peace in Israel Without Hamas

Former President Jimmy Carter Thursday reiterated that there can be no peace between Israel and the Palestinians without involving the militant group Hamas...

A Quiet Revolution Grows in the Muslim World

Three decades after Iran’s upheaval established Islamic clerical rule for the first time in 14 centuries, a quieter and more profound revolution is transforming the Muslim world. Dalia Ziada is a part of it...

Dealing with Hamas: Can the U.S. Avoid It?

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown promised the U.S. Congress on Wednesday to "work tirelessly with you for peace in the Middle East." But Britain clearly has some ideas of its own about how to move the process forward, and those ideas clash with the orthodoxies still in place in Washington..

Surrendering to Hizballah

There are no longer any Hizballah fighters surrounding the grand red sandstone Beirut town house belonging to Walid Jumblatt, a member of Parliament and one of the leaders of Lebanon’s governing coalition...

How Hunger Could Topple Regimes

The idea of the starving masses driven by their desperation to take to the streets and overthrow the ancien regime has seemed impossibly quaint since capitalism triumphed so decisively in the Cold War...

Successful Muslim in Europe

The world media is not interested in the news of Osama Bin Laden and Ayman Ath-Thawahri only, also; the Muslims who carry out the terrorist bombings in Europe and America are not the symbol of Muslims living in the west or even the spokespersons of Islam there, but there are other Muslims of another type; there are many Muslims who realized that integration with the western society is not against adhering to the moderate teachings of one’s religion. They realized that Islam is not inte..

Breaking Through

When Famile Arslan showed up for her first day of work, the receptionist pointed her toward the broom closet. "’The cleaning supplies are over there,’" Arslan recalls being told. "I had to say, ’No, I’m not the cleaner. I’m the lawyer.’" In fairness to the receptionist, Arslan was making history that morning, as the first attorney to wear a hijab in the Netherlands...

Islam’s Stake

Jerusalem was central to the spiritual identity of Muslims from the very beginning of their faith. When the Prophet Muhammad first began to preach in Mecca in about 612, according to the earliest biographies, which are our primary source of information about him, he had his converts prostrate themselves in prayer in the direction of Jerusalem...

The Big Question in Egypt: How’s Your Health?

President Mubarak’s health is said to be fine these days, but we can’t say the same for press freedom in Egypt. On Thursday,..

Undermining Democracy in the Middle East

Bush’s denials to the contrary, the Administration is holding its breath hoping Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki will resign. It only now has figured out that Maliki is too close to Iran. And if Maliki turns out to be obstinate, the Arabic word for coup d’etat is "inqilab."..

Are Islamists Heading to Power?

The struggle for Egypt’s future is heating up again, with Sunday’s arrests of Essam Erian, political coordinator for the Muslim Brotherhood, and several other top Brotherhood operatives...

Arab Bloggers Exercise Democracy and Prompt Debate Despite Tough Opposition From Governments

Wael Abbas, an Egyptian blogger that was recently awarded the 2007 Knight International Award for Civic journalism said to the press in a recent statement “We are establishing a new school of journalism.”..