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More Reactions to Obama’s Ankara Speech

As the dust settles from President Obama’s first address to the Muslim world from the Muslim world, commentators continue to take stock of its meaning and implications. In The Daily Star, Rami Khouri observes that Obama “made some important new statements and changes in style, while repeating some silly old bad habits and simplistic insults…he gets high marks for intent and execution, and medium marks for substance.”..

Legal Scholar Dr. Tawfeeq El-Shawy Passes Away

Prominent legal scholar Dr. Tawfeeq Mohamed Ibrahim El-Shawy, from the first MB generation who accompanied Hasan El-Banna, passed away this morning at the age of 91...

Anti-siege Gov’t committee: Shortage of medicines will adversely affect patients

The government committee to break the siege warned Tuesday that the continued scarcity of medicine stocks in the Gaza health ministry as a result of the closure of crossings and the Israeli restrictions imposed on the entry of medicines would have a negative impact on the lives of dozens of patients..

13,000 Workers Displaced, 81 Protests in March

In light of the ongoing unsuccessful government policies, static wages, skyrocketing prices, and financial crisis, last March witnessed a drastic change in the pattern of labor dynamics manifested in the laying off and displacement of more than 13,000 workers, 32 sit-ins, 18 strikes, 16 demonstrations, and 15 protests, according to a report issued by Sons of the Earth Center for Human Rights...

MB MP: Nazif’s Statement To Parliament For Media Consumption

MB Parliamentary Bloc Geographical Sectors Secretary MP Sobhy Saleh rejected PM Ahmed Nazif’s statement in front of the Parliament Monday despite the MB Bloc’s and some independents’ withdrawal...

Khudari meets with delegation of int’l council of Swedish industry

MP Jamal Al-Khudari, the head of the popular committee against the siege, met with a delegation of the international council of Swedish industry who visits the Gaza Strip to get informed about the humanitarian and economic conditions, urging the delegates to convey the image of the humanitarian situation in Gaza to the world...

It’s Time for Change on “the Day of Rage”

In the light of the Day of Rage which was organised by Egyptian opposition youth on 6th April, in solidarity with this call Egyptian political forces declared “Cairo Declaration” titled “It is time for change” which calls for allowing freedoms and abolishing all restrictions imposed on them...

EMHRN Delegation Denied Permit To Enter Gaza

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) condemns Israeli decision not to deliver entry permits to the members of the EMHRN working group on Palestine, Israel and Palestinians (PIP), and consequently to deny them the possibility to hold their bi-annual meeting in Gaza City and gathering first-hand information on the humanitarian and human rights situation in the Gaza Strip from 1 to 5 April 2009. ..

Egyptian authorities urged to release peaceful protestors

At least 20 people are still held in detention in Egypt after peaceful protests on Monday. The protesters, who took part in nationwide strikes and demonstrations, were calling for a range of political and economic reforms in the country. Others who were arrested during the weekend or on Monday were released the same evening...

37 Detainees in The Day of Rage

The number of detainees on the Day of Rage has reached 37 detainees of students and youth activists until the time of writing and the number is expected to increase in the next few hours...

Ain Shams Students Tortured, Aswan Institute Students Beaten

MB students Ahmed Abdel-Mon’em Abul-Futuh and Mansour Naser were assaulted, beaten, and tortured at the hands of State Security in Nasr City. Marks of the beating showed on their bodies, a matter which delayed their release as opposed to their three colleagues from the Student Rights Defense Committee..

Children the Biggest Victims of the War on Gaza (Report)

The recent war waged by Israel against Gaza Strip resulted in nearly 1500 children joining the already lengthy list of orphans in Gaza. This was disclosed by the Minister of Social Affairs, Ahmad Kurd, during the Ministry’s observation of Arab Orphans Day on Thursday,..

University Professors Gave the Government One Week to Fulfill Their Demands

Members of the Faculty of Teaching in Egyptian universities gave the government one week to implement and fulfill their demands regarding their income, before escalating, as they also demanded the inclusion of assisting teaching staff, full-time assistant teachers and professors to the list..

Anniversary of the April 6 Protests

On the one-year anniversary of the April 6 protests “Egyptian police were out in force to deal with a nationwide protest called by pro-democracy groups, arresting Islamists and containing small demonstrations in the capital.” The Muslim Brotherhood endorsed the protest, calling on people to ..

Talking with Hamas and the Taliban

In the New York Times, Roger Cohen discusses a recent interview with Recep Tayyip Erdogan where the Turkish PM called for a new balance in U.S. policy toward the Middle East and argued “Hamas must be represented at the negotiating table. Only then can you get a solution.” Cohen explains, “how Hamas is viewed is a pivotal issue in the current American Middle East policy review. The victor in 2006 Palestinian elections, Hamas is seen throughout the region as a legitimate resistance movem..

In Turkey, Obama Addresses the Muslim World

Helene Cooper at the NY Times reports, “[i]n a wide-ranging speech before the Turkish Parliament in the capital, Ankara, Mr. Obama extended his campaign of outreach to the Muslim world, painting himself as a man who understands it and would seek to build a bridge between Islam and the West.”..

Security Arrest Ain Shams Students, Prevent Press Coverage

The security apparatus arrested a number of student leaders in Ain Shams University including commerce student Ahmed Abdel-Mon’em Abul-Futuh, Ahmed Samir, an activist in the Student’s Rights Defense Committee, and April 6 movement activists Mohamed Hegazy and Ahmed Samir..

BBC: Egyptian police stifle protests

Police in Egypt have been deployed in large numbers to prevent a national strike by pro-democracy activists..

Kefaya Coordinator, 4 Students Arrested

Security forces in Menoufiyya arrested early this morning Mamduh El-Nidhami, General Coordinator of Kefaya in Menoufiyya and four other college students, whose names are unknown, also from Menoufiyya..

Heavy security presence in Cairo prevents demonstrations on strike anniversary

A planned nationwide strike and series of demonstrations by pro-democracy activists in Cairo fizzled Monday in the face of a massive security presence and widespread apathy...