Date of source: Monday, March 7, 2011
My fifteen years living in Egypt has given me a lot of connections, including Egyptian diplomats, who are now providing me with stories about current developments in Egypt. It is very common among diplomats that they are ready to give visitors an off the record insight in what is happening in their...
Date of source: Monday, January 21, 2008
The European Parliament has recently issued a resolution criticizing the Egyptian government’s practices toward human rights.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 26, 2008
The following article presents a response to Majdī Khalīl’s article [art. 26 in this issue].
Date of source: Tuesday, December 18, 2007
The Egyptian press analyzes the various repercussions of the declared introspections of the Jihād Group. Political observers and specialists in political Islam differ in their evaluation of these introspections.
Date of source: Sunday, December 9, 2007
The first conference of the Middle East Freedoms Forum was held in Cairo under the title: “Where is Egypt heading?” The following lines present information about the participants and the main subjects that were discussed during the conference.
Date of source: Saturday, April 21, 2007 to Friday, April 27, 2007
Mustafá Rajab, the author, criticizes the senior researcher at the Washington-based Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Dr. ‘Amr al-Hamzāwī, of seeking media fame by attacking the Egyptian regime in Western media outlets.
Date of source: Friday, December 8, 2006
The writer talks about the political role of Islamic groups in
the Arab Muslim world in an attempt
to answer the question: Is Arab democracy possible without Islamists?
Date of source: Monday, May 29, 2006
The spokesman and general coordinator of the Egyptian Movement for Change, Kifāya, George Ishāq, has been interrogated by leaders of the movement about his participation in a dubious U.S. conference, held last month in Istanbul, Turkey and attended by a large number of Israeli academics.
Date of source: Sunday, June 12, 2005
A recent honeymoon has recently emerged between Western governments and a number of political Islam movements in the Arab world.
Date of source: Saturday, June 4, 2005
The recent period has seen a lot of talk about a so-called détente between Western governments and a number of political Islam movements in the Arab world, with conflicting analyses about the objectives, declared or covert, of either party.