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Egypt’s women judges get favorable ruling

Egypt’s women judges welcomed a Constitutional Court ruling on Sunday that said women can be appointed to the country’s top advisory court. The ruling comes weeks after the State Council had voted to ban women from standing on the court...

What’s in a rumor Egypt?

Last weekend, Egyptians were wondering over the health of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and if he had in fact passed away. It left the blogosphere and Twitter users going back and forth questioning unsubstantiated reports over whether the elderly president had actually died in Germany...

Headlines from the region

Two French aid workers were freed in Darfur on Sunday after being held hostage for nearly four months, France’s government said...

An opportunity for democratizing Egypt

Egypt has been abuzz with excitement over the appearance on the scene of a serious contender in its forthcoming presidential race, due in October, 2011...

Deena Khalil: IslamOnline was more than a job

I’ve only been working here for 4 months, but I’ve grown so attached to this place. I’m trying to fathom what it means to work somewhere for 5, 7, and some even 10 years only to find out that over the course of 24 hours that in a couple of weeks it will be gone. This is the state of so many of those working at IslamOnline, the most well-known Islamic website in English...

Activists work to stop wall construction and uprooting of olive trees in Beit Jala

More markings on remaining trees and on the ground announce that soon, the family might lose the rest of its remaining land including the sight of its destroyed playground, and live immediately facing the massive gray concrete Wall...

Egypt group calls for end to shark hunting

“Sharks are currently being sold on the Egyptian market and exported overseas. Overfishing and consumption of sharks and their fins are serious threats to human health, the environment and our economy,” HEPCA said on their website...

Banning Skype rumors in Egypt

Blogger Israa el-Sakka wrote that she was unable to log into to Skype and when she called Vodafone they told her that Telecom Egypt had told the company to bar users from using Skype...

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...

Jordan: Media coverage of corruption case censored for fear of criticism

State security court attorney general Yousef Faouri issued an order on 10 March banning the press from “reporting or commenting” on the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company expansion project case “without his personal approval,” a government press release said. The reason given was the need to allow the judicial authorities to work calmly on the case...

3 protesters, journalist arrested during Beit Ummar demo

Beit Ummar demonstrators were attacked by dozens of tear-gas and stun grenades this morning as they approached Road 60 near their village. In response, the road was blocked by protesters for nearly an hour. Soldiers made four arrests, including that of an AP cameraman and a local leader...

Egypt President Mubarak well, rumors just that

On Saturday evening, as the Egyptian Twittersphere died down from a day of unsubstantiated rumors of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s health situation in Germany, the hospital treating Mubarak issued a report dispelling the myths, saying the elderly president was recovery in a German hospital...

Misrepresenting freedom in Egypt

In Egypt, activists, journalists, bloggers and the independent press relentlessly stress the need for more transparency, democracy and freedom of speech. These are noble values and their importance should always be emphasized. However, calling for transparency and openness is one thing; applying these principles to your own work are quite another...

Egypt has plan to battle Bird flu

The Egyptian health ministry said this week that the country is moving ahead with efforts to stall the spread of the deadly avian influenza, or the H5N1 virus, after a surge in reported cases were reported in recent weeks...

Talking economics, politics, development and the future of Egypt with Magdy Sobhi

Magdy Sobhi, 52, is the Deputy Director and economist at the al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies, speciailizing in the Egyptian economy and the oil and gas sector in the region, particularly the Gulf States...

Egypt condemns Israeli settlement construction in East Jerusalem

Egypt's foreign minister warned that construction of settlements may jeopardize peace-making efforts..

Headlines from the region

Morocco’s anti-drug action The global strategy to combat drugs, adopted by the Moroccan government has “significantly” reduced cannabis production in recent years in Morocco, said Monday the U.S. State Department...

Israeli Court to hear testimonies in unlawful killing of activist Rachel Corrie

The Haifa District Court will begin hearing eyewitness testimonies in a civil lawsuit filed by Rachel Corrie’s family against the State of Israel for her unlawful killing in Rafah, Gaza...

Egypt joins international gas cartel

Egypt is joining the international gas cartel, a local newspaper reported Sunday..

Muslim women wage jihad against violence

International Women’s Day on 8 March provides an opportunity to raise awareness of the work women are doing to combat gender inequality. Violence and inequality affect women around the world, including women in Muslim societies who, like their non-Muslim counterparts, are engaged on a day-to-day basis to improve their environments for the better...