Posted on Sun, June 24, 2012 at 16:29 pm CEST
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WikiLeaks: El Baradei Returns to Cairo

More than 1,000 supporters converged on Cairo International airport to greet Mohamed ElBaradei… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Egypt • Politics • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Sat, June 23, 2012 at 20:28 pm CEST
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WikiLeaks: New Round of Muslim Brothers Arrests

The deputy leader of Egypt’s largest opposition movement, the Muslim Brotherhood, was detained by security forces… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Muslim Brotherhood • Politics • Religion • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Thu, November 24, 2011 at 01:13 am CET
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WikiLeaks: Next Steps for Advancing Democracy in Egypt

At the time of the Bush administration… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Muslim Brotherhood • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Sat, November 5, 2011 at 14:24 pm CET
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The Battle for Egypt: The Army Strikes Back

They claim to be protecting the country from Islamic fundamentalists, who appear likely to capture a plurality of seats in parliament… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Egypt • Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Salafism • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Thu, June 2, 2011 at 12:02 pm CEST
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Egyptian Sheikh Jamal Qutb: “Sectarian Sedition was Fabricated by Mubarak Regime”

In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, a london-based Arabic newspaper, Islamic thinker and former chairman of Al-Azhar Fatwa Commission… Continue reading

Topics: Copts • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Muslim Brotherhood • Salafism • Sunni Islam 
Posted on Tue, April 12, 2011 at 02:03 am CEST
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Egypt Goes Full Circle: Back to Imprisoning Bloggers

The group that began the Egyptian revolution had just two important priorities before setting to overthrow the Mubarak regime… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Egyptian Revolution • Human Rights 
Posted on Sun, April 10, 2011 at 20:57 pm CEST
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Grand Mufti Claims Egypt’s Islam Is Moderate, But For How Long?

Well, without getting into things like official clerics endorsing suicide bombings, here’s what they don’t tell you… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Egypt • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood 
Posted on Mon, March 7, 2011 at 01:51 am CET
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Palestinian Authority: We Never Listen to What America Says, We Just Take the Money

This does not mean that they dictate to us whatever they want, because we do what we view as beneficial to our cause… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Palestinian Authority • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Wed, February 23, 2011 at 00:59 am CET
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Egypt: The Most Moderate Democracy Advocate Speaks and Says a Lot

There is no more courageous, sincere, and moderate person in Egypt than the blogger who is known as Sandmonkey. He faced serious harassment… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Hamas • Islamism • Israel 
Posted on Fri, February 11, 2011 at 10:55 am CET
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Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty: A Warning Sign

The idea that a new government in Egypt might simply cancel Egypt’s Peace Agreement with Israel has been greeted with disinterest by both the… Continue reading

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Egypt • Israel • Palestinian Authority • Peace Process • Satire