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Power outage in Gaza threatens lives of thousandsGaza

The PA caretaker government in Gaza headed by Ismail Haneyya has warned of an imminent humanitarian disaster as a result of the power outage that affected large areas in the Gaza Strip...

Hamas: The Palestinian people cannot be blamed if they break the siege

The Hamas Movement stated Saturday that the Israeli occupation turned the Gaza Strip into a dark tomb, warning that the Palestinian people cannot stay passive towards that and cannot be blamed if they break the siege by their own means. ..

Protest Crackdown on Workers’ Movement in Egypt

Over the last month, mass protests have erupted in Egypt - centered in the textile mill of Mahalla. These protests have erupted in response to spiraling food prices and severe hunger, anger at the dictatorship of Hosni Mubarak and long unmet demands of the Mahalla workers..

Gaza’s sole power station shuts down, Gaza city plunges into darkness

The sole power generation station in the Gaza Strip on Saturday evening shut down after it ran out of fuel necessary to operate it, plunging Gaza city into complete darkness, Kanan Obeid the chairman of Gaza energy authority announced...

Egypt Strike: Failed?

The strike of May 4th did not fail, it was less successful. But the name of the strike had nothing to do with failing or succeeding. But it had to do with expressing public anger...

The strikers’ strike

If someone was destined to visit Egypt on the 6th of April, 2008 and came back on the 4th of may in the same year he wouldn’t believe that he is visiting the same country and dealing the same people...

Brotherhood MPs Condemn Barring Candidate From Seeking Vacant Seat

The Egyptian regime continues it irresponsible practices against the constitution that add fuel to public discontent and diminish all hopes of reform and development. ..

Kidnapping Two High-Ranking Brotherhood Members After Rally Against “Factory of Death”

Chairman of Muslim Brotherhood office in Damietta governorate Dr. Mohamed Biyali was kidnapped by security officials following a rally against establishment of the hazardous Agrium petrochemical plant in the coastal city. ..

Another Facebook activist detained and abused

The administrator and arguably the real creator of the April 6 Strike group on Facebook Ahmed Maher was detained briefly Wednesday and beaten, his lawyer told Daily News Egypt..

« Lebanon’s crisis not really a Sunni-Shia crisis (unless it is)

For those in the area and interested, just a quick note that I will be appearing on an Institute for Middle East Studies panel discussion Monday afternoon entitled "What have we learned about Islamist political movements?" It is the public portion of a day-long academic workshop featuring a number of leading political scientists whose work focuses on various dimensions of Islamist activism. ..

Zahraa El Shater Appeals for Justice

Daughter of imprisoned Muslim Brotherhood third-in-command Khairat El Shater has written a letter of appeal after her father was denied medical treatment four times by prison officials, which she says will threaten his life. ..

Statement: Muslim Brotherhood Calls for Ceasefire in Lebanon

The Muslim Brotherhood expresses deep sorrow and concern over the ongoing infighting among Lebanese factions in Beirut. We fear that the situation will deteriorate, leading to dangerous disputes and bloodshed...

Brotherhood MP: Gov’t Raised Prices Without Parliament’s Approval

Mustafa Mohamed (member of the MB parliamentary bloc and chairman of the National Committee Against Price Hikes in Alexandria) said Thursday that the rise in fuel prices is a blatant violation of the Egyptian constitution. ..

Brotherhood Hopeful Candidate Barred from Registering for Vacant Parliament Seat

Security officials banned Muslim Brotherhood potential parliamentary candidate for Kafr Sakr constituency from submitting his registration papers to a Zagazig security headquarters for four consecutive days, MB eye-witnesses reported Wednesday...

Ministry of Interior Impedes El Shater’s Medical Examinations

Khairat El Shater (second deputy chairman of the Muslim Brotherhood who was sentenced to 7 years in jail in the latest controversial military tribunal case) was prevented from completing his medical examination last Tuesday. He suffers from dilated coronary artery and is in need for periodical medical examinations and radiology...

Political Islam and Democracy - What do Islamists and Islamic Movements want?

“The Draft Party Platform of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood: Foray Into Political Integration or Retreat Into Old Positions?” - Dr. Amr Hamzawy, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace..

Syria: Harsh Verdicts Against Syrian Muslim Brothers

Ismail El-Sheikhah received death sentence by the Syrian exceptional state security court after accusing him of membership in the Muslim Brotherhood. The court alleviated the ruling to 12 years with hard labor, fined him and deprived him from his civil rights...

Italy: Muslim official backs president in Turin book fair spat

Italian president Giorgio Napolitano is right to inaugurate the Turin book fair on Thursday to affirm Israel’s right to exist, according to a senior official from one of Italy’s Muslim groups...

Two Unfair sentences against Islamic Detainees

The exceptional Supreme State Security Court in Damascus issued on Monday 5/5/2008 two unjust sentences on two Islamic citizens:..

Democratization and Human Rights challenges in the Middle East

in thThe human rights situation e Arab world is very grave. Positive developments in some countries, such as Morocco and Mauritania, are overshadowed by a continuing pattern of human rights abuses, political violence and a faltering Arab-Israeli peace process..