Egyptian protestors tackle joblessness for first time   Egypt in recent months has witnessed a spate of protests by opposition groups voicing a broad range of complaints ranging from the 24-year-old

Egypt opposition’s poll boycott gathers steam Many opposition figures pull out of presidential election race they charge is parody of democracy.  By Riad Abu Awad - CAIRO A growing number

Rice warns Mubarak world will watch elections in EgyptDebate rages in Washington over amount of pressure should be exerted on Egypt.

What’s Next for Egypt: Democracy or the Fundamentalism of the Muslim Brotherhood?Wahid Abdel-Majid  At a small party to mark the 60th birthday of Egyptian novelist Gamal Ghaitani on 9 May,

Much More is Still Needed to Be DoneJihad El Khazen     Dr. Condoleezza Rice left the Middle East at the end of her flying visit and left the rulers discontent, without

 How the Islamists have changedThe Arabist NetworkFriday 20 May 2005How the Islamists have changed From Roula Khalaf’s article on democracy and Islamists in the Financial Times:  The Islamists, however, have

Before 9/11, the prevailing belief in the European capitals, not to mention Washington, was that democracy leads the "extremist Islamists" to power. With the growth of violent movements concealed in

A New Power Rises Across Mideast Advocates for Democracy Begin to Taste Success After Years of Fruitless Effort By Scott Wilson and Daniel Williams    First of two articles  

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US State of Department Human Rights Report on EgyptReleased by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor-  The Arab Republic of Egypt has been governed by the National Democratic