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MB joins drive against presidential "inheritance"

The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) opposition movement has agreed to send representatives to an upcoming forum for opponents of presidential inheritance...

The future of Egypt's political system

We reached a conclusion in last week's article that what is being said about "the bequeathal of power" in Egypt is not just an "illusion contrived by the opposition and believed in" as alleged by members of the ruling party's policy committee...

Farouk Hosni and the conspiracy theory

Following Farouk Hosni's losing bid to UNESCO, official sources in Egypt said, "The European-American alliance and the Jewish lobby managed to defeat the Egyptian candidate for UNESCO, Culture Minister Farouk Hosni who lost to his Bulgarian competitor Irina Bokova...

El-Khodeiry speaks out on resignation, state of the judiciary

Counselor Mahmoud el-Khodeiry in a post-resignation interview gives a look at the conditions of the judiciary system, says the state disrespects the legal system..

The Egyptian regime: From modernization to bequeathal

I talked last week about the crisis that the current Egyptian regime is facing at the moment. That regime has now reached a new crossroads after having blocked all means of a proper transfer of power...

Arab media on hard times

Lebanon-based Menassat, which launched in September 2007 with much fanfare, but abruptly ended publishing on September 1, shocking the region’s journalists who had seen the company grow over the past two years into one of the staples of Arab media coverage...

Who is the “suregoen-reformist?”

Political action has become full of dangers and risks, not just resulting from security interventions and the restrictions imposed on the political parties and forces, but also from the state of lawlessness that dictates deviations on any political actor-- deviations that are no different from those committed by the ruling party...

Gamal and Nour

Is Egypt living in a political mess? Has the country become weak about confronting minority groups? Are we going to wake up one day to find ourselves involved in the conflicts of these groups while marginalizing the intellectuals?..

What constitutes a cybercrime?

Over emails and postings, Bloggers and rights activists continue to debate a code of ethics for their websites and readers' comments, after Khaled el-Balshy,..

On torture in Egypt: Consistent practices?

Romuald Durand, a French citizen, was arrested and detained on 21 April at the Cairo International Airport, on allegations of being connected to terrorist groups, according to his testimonial to the London-based Amnesty International. After having spent two days at the airport, Durand was transferred to one of the State Security headquarters in Nasr City, east of Cairo, where he was tortured. ..

Reformist in the balance

In an exclusive interview to the English Edition of Al Masry Al Youm before his arrest last week, Abdel Moneim Abul Fotouh talks about reform and the future of the Muslim Brotherhood...

Why Does Islamists’ Dialog With The West Stumble?

When posing their questions about Islamic trends seriousness regarding democracy, Western researchers have to differentiate between the cases in which Islamists rose to power without elections and without a discourse with a clear democratic vocabulary like in Iran and Sudan, and the discourse and practices of democratically-elected Islamists in Arab parliaments. ..

Us State Department Chooses April 6th Movement To Take Part In Anti-Extremism Conference

Us State Department Chooses April 6th Movement To Take Part In Anti-Extremism Conference..

Arab Reform Bulletin

On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the issuance of the Arab Reform Bulletin – a monthly online journal issued by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Arabic and English covering political and economic change in the Arab world – bulletin editor Michele Dunne and head of Development Partners Center Dr. Mustafa Kamel el-Sayed made a workshop in Cairo last Saturday and Sunday about the conditions and challenges of reform..

Obama One More Time

The Arabs make a mistake if they look at Obama’s victory of the US presidential elections from their regional perspective or try to understand quite hastily how US policies in the Middle East might change...

Exit Hossam. Enter Hisham

Hossam Abou el Fottouh went to prison on an incredible charge: possessing a weapon without a licence- incredible, because he has nine others that are licenced! And the court verdicts ran from one extreme to the other. ..

Aid Conditions

I concluded my article last week with a question about the US attempt to make its military aid to Egypt contingent upon conditions relating to democracy. In the following lines, I cast doubt on the effectiveness of such condition. I’m convinced that the national forces have nothing to do but to reject it...

The Doha Debates

I took part last Wednesday in renowned broadcaster Tim Sebastian’s Doha Debates Show, which is shot in the Qatari capital and broadcast monthly on the BBC World channel...

April 6 Youth Protests to Have a Blogger Released

Members of the April 6 Youth Movement, Ghad Party, General Nasserite Conference and Arab Youth Forum staged a protest yesterday in front of the Public Prosecutor’s office, calling for the release of blogger Mohamed Refaat in accordance with a State Security Prosecution decision...

MB in Dakahlia Celebrates Farmers’ Day amid Tight Security Measures

The Muslim Brotherhood in Dakahlia celebrated two days ago farmers’ day amid tight security measures. Security forces prevented a large number of farmers and group leaders to participate in the celebration held at the Pharmacists’ Club in Talkha. ..