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Gamal Mubarak and the Discord in Egypt’s Ruling Elite

Whether Gamal Mubarak will be the ruling National Democratic Party’s (NDP) candidate in the 2011 presidential election is one of the most discussed questions in Egypt today.

Jordan’s PM urges MB offshoot to reverse decision to boycott Fall polls

Jordan's Prime Minister Samir Rifai called on the Muslim Brotherhood offshoot, the Islamic Action Front (IAF) in Jordan to reverse its decision to boycott the upcoming parliamentary elections.

The Wrong Threat

The misnamed "Ground-Zero Mosque" debate continues with verbal religious attacks from all sides. Responding to claims that Political Islam is the new communism, Zachary Karabell offers a pre-9/11 American view

Erdogan and the future of… Egypt

Egypt, like Turkey, is a large and important country. Culturally Egypt is by far the most important Arab state and significantly, the Muslim Brotherhood has its origins there. Quite a

Egypt: Security detains activist involved in ElBaradei campaign

Cairo's institute for human rights studies in a statement asserted that Sources claimed that eyewitnesses saw activist Amr Salah seized outside his home and pushed into a vehicle with dark

MB rejects allegations it’s downplaying significance of Islamic ethics and teachings

The MB refutes the claims and wishes to state in the strongest possible terms that just as it is firmly committed to condemning any dictatorial, corrupt and oppressive action it

Egypt: Campaign supporting intelligence’s chief for president

Amid a fevered atmosphere, of controversy and anticipation concerning Egypt's approaching presidential elections a strange campaign has sprung up to nominate Egypt's head of intelligence General Omar Suleiman to run

Ikhwanweb: Freedom and democracy are more important than Laila ElBaradei’s bikini

Today, rumor and gossip feed a press and public hungry for scandalous tales. Shedding light on this thought is the emergence of a new campaign initiated by an anonymous individual

Opposition participates in protests against rising prices

Egyptian opposition parties and political movements staged protest marches on Wednesday in Cairo 's poorest area the Matareya district demonstrating their anger over escalating bread prices.

Egypt’s obvious future successor

A trip last August by the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to the US highlights what the ruler had in mind regarding the future where he assured Middle East experts in