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Government Violence Against University Students Continues

In a continuation of the of excessive interference by authorities in the activities of university students and staff; both the Jordanian and Egyptian universities witnessed a series of brutal attacks on university students last week..

Muslim Brotherhood Announces It Will Run for Upcoming Municipal Elections

The Muslim Brotherhood group declared today that they would participate in the coming municipal elections on April 8th, confirming that the principle of the Muslim Brotherhood is based on fielding candidates in different elections including Parliamentary, Shura council, and even students’ elections. ..

Demonstrations all around Egypt protesting high prices

Egypt has witnessed mass demonstrations protesting their low wages and the great increase in prices of basic commodities in more than five governorates yesterday...

MB Parliamentary Bloc condemn republishing the Danish caricatures

The Muslim Brotherhood Parliamentary bloc has totally condemned the recent acts of Denmark after reprinting cartoons of Prophet Mohamed in 17 newspapers...

European Warnings of Dutch Movie that Offends Holy Quran

Geert Wilders, the controversial leader of the Dutch ultra-rightist Freedom Party PVV, and the producer of a movie which is reportedly offending the Holy Quran, said is that his movie will be released next March amid many reactions from officials in the Dutch administration and various Islamic organizations...

Judges’ Club Threatens More Measures Unless New Financial Cadre Endorsed

The Judges’ Club is preparing for a new battle for improving judges’ salaries and for endorsing a new financial cadre (degree), especially as prices are uncontrollably sky-rocketing in the current economic crunch that the country is facing...

Drug, commodity Shortage Hits North Sinai After Palestinian Crisis

Under the current high costs of living already engulfing Egyptian people nowadays, people in North Sinai governorates faced more difficulties due to the sharp decrease in consumer commodities and drugs. This took place after the Palestinians who suffer from the siege of Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) bough huge amounts of goods causing a shortage which the Egyptian market hasn’t addressed yet...

State Court Dismisses Ayman Nour’s Health Release Appeal

Egypt’s State Court rejected the appeal submitted by Ayman Nour, previous leader of Al-Ghad Party, against the attorney general in which he demands overturning the Administrative court’s ruling of denying him a release for health reasons. ..

Egyptian Authorities Block Aid Convoys to Gaza Strip

Thousands of Palestinians have flocked, for the fourth day in a row, into the Egyptian side of Gaza-Egypt borders to buy required commodities, food, medicines, and fuel, while Egyptian security forces denied access to Gaza all convoys carrying shipments of food and other needs offered by Egyptian relief agencies and civil society institutions to Gaza Strip residents. ..

Egyptian Authorities Block Aid Convoys to Gaza Strip

Thousands of Palestinians have flocked, for the fourth day in a row, into the Egyptian side of Gaza-Egypt borders to buy required commodities, food, medicines, and fuel, while Egyptian security forces denied access to Gaza all convoys carrying shipments of food and other needs offered by Egyptian relief agencies and civil society institutions to Gaza Strip residents. ..

Mashaal to PNC: Ready for Unconditional Dialogue with Palestinian Authority

Khalid Mashaal, Hamas political Bureau chief, told the Palestinian National Conference (PNC) that Hamas is ready to hold talks with the Palestinian Authority, calling for maintaining public rage over the tight blockade imposed on Gaza Strip. The PNC- kicked off on Wednesday,..

Egyptian Protests, Sit-ins over Economic Setbacks, Price Hikes Unabated

2007- dubbed the year of unprecedented strikes and sit-ins- came to a close after witnessing thousands of political and popular peaceful protests staged by various sections of the Egyptian people in demonstrations, protests and strike ...

Arab, Int’l Protests Snowball, Call for Lifting Gaza blockade

Gaza Strip has witnessed since Sunday another peak of the Israeli escalation as the coastal Strip’s suffering increased from tightening the blockade on residents and denying access to any supplies to reach a power outage on the whole region due to the complete shortage of fuel hitting the whole strip with a a complete paralysis...

Forum Of the Alliance of Civilization.. A step to build a bride among the world

The forum of the Alliance of Civilization opened last Tuesday in Madrid . It has been a two-day meeting with the theme of improving dialogue and understanding between both Western and Muslim countries...

Security Intervention in Egyptian Universities, More Step towards Establishing Police State

Every Egyptian university has a unit which is shouldered with protecting university facilities. This unit is under direct supervision of the University President. However, we got used to notice that our universities are actually under control of the security bodies that handle many files in these universities, including giving the go-ahead to appointing lecturers, approving guest provincial students and organizing student activities. They have intervened even in theses discussions...

Egyptian Public Opinion Denounces Bush’s Egypt Stop

US President George Bush arrived in Egypt on Wednesday Jan, 16th, 2008 in the last stop of his Middle East tour that. Although the meeting between both Egyptian and US presidents was brief, the Egyptian public opinion declared, throughout the past few days, his full rejection to this visit...

Security Treatment with Arab Peoples…When Will It end?

The Arab world is witnessing day after day more repressions against public freedoms not only against opposition groups but also against all sections of the society...

Demonstrations in Gaza , Pessimism Over Bush’s MidEast Visit

US President George Bush has arrived in Israel on Wednesday to start a week long tour to a number of countries in the region. He aims during this visit to provide a support for the Palestinian-Israeli final status negotiations. However, this visit raised various reactions and expectations all over the world, as an atmosphere of pessimism and frustration clouded the Palestinian public opinion towards this visit. ..

New Ray of Hope as One More Egyptian Policeman Jailed for Sodomizing Citizen

Alexandria Criminal Court sentenced Saturday, Jan, 5th, 2008, three policemen to prison periods for psychologically and physically torturing an Egyptian citizen accused of theft...

Mushir Al Masri: End of Pilgrims Crisis a Victory for Egyptian, Palestinian Will

The crisis of the pilgrims stranded for a week ago on Egyptian borders came to end on Wednesday, Jan, 2nd, 2008, and they were allowed to enter Gaza Strip through Rafah Border Crossing. ..