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Islam Online in crisis as administration threatens to fire journalists

Some 250 employees of the Arabic-English news website Islam Online stood in protest this afternoon in Cairo, demanding their voices be heard by the new administration...

Egypt rejects UN rights investigator criticism

Cairo: The Egyptian government has denied all observations made by the United Nations Human Rights Council report, local NGOs have reported. The report by Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms while Countering Terrorism Martin Scheinin says that Egypt’s use of the Emergency Law to justify arbitrary detention and the use of exceptional courts was examined today...

Egypt: Brotherhood accuses gov’t of corruption, ruling party dismisses investigation

Egypt’s largest and most active opposition group the Muslim Brotherhood has revealed its dismay at the government’s refusal for an investigation into corrupt practices of government officials and legislators...

Retrial for Egyptian mogul in Lebanese pop singer murder

An Egyptian appeals court has ordered a retrial in the murder of a Lebanese pop singer to businessman Hisham Talaat Mustafa, much to the anger and frustration of Egyptians...

Not buying Egypt gov’t line over synagogue attack

The past week has seen the rise of two separate, yet eerily related stories: Mohamed ElBaradei’s return to Egypt and his savior-status; and an attack on a downtown Cairo synagogue...

Sleepless in Gaza … and Jerusalem: Video diary of 4 Palestinian women

The “Sleepless” YouTube site was launched on Sunday afternoon and already the hits are pouring in from across the region and the globe. As of noon Monday, over 1,000 viewers had watched the trailer that launches the innovative and unique experience of looking inside Palestine through the eyes of its women...

Egypt Water official: Nile Basin has no water scarcity

Attempting to debunk the idea that the Nile Basin is suffering from water scarcity, a senior Egyptian water ministry official said that the Nile Basin nations do not suffer from these shortages and if they do it is because of misuse of the resource...

Egypt: fist fight erupts in Parliament over workers’ strike

MB MP and NDP MP traded insults over strikes in Tanta's Flax company which has continued for over three weeks...

Egypt: Calls for solidarity with Egyptian anti-torture blogger Wael Abbas

Egyptian activists and bloggers are gearing up for today’s showdown between the government and leading blogger Wael Abbas, who was sentenced last fall to 6 months in prison...

Egypt: female judges not allowed on top court

Human rights groups and activists have lashed out against the government’s ruling to bar women from the Council of State’s association – the body that advises the government. According to the official MENA news agency, the association voted with an overwhelming majority against appointing women as judges on the council...

Egypt: Top blogger found not guilty, no jail time

One of Egypt’s top bloggers and anti-torture activist, Wael Abbas, has been found not guilty by a Cairo court on Thursday. The ruling means the blogger will avoid what could have been 6 months in prison...

Muslim Brotherhood is young at heart.

The recent ascension of Mohamed Badie as the eighth supreme leader of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood group has been met with widespread frustration among the movement's reform-minded younger generation...

MB lashes out against Egypt gov’t over terror charges

“The MB is based on reform on the basis of correct and complete Islam through all and any peaceful means,” the statement said...

Egypt arrests top Muslim Brotherhood leaders

That all changed when the group’s top deputy, Mahmoud Ezzat, Guidance Bureau and spokesman Essam al-Erian and Guidance Bureau Abdul Rahman al-Bir were arrested by Egyptian security forces in yet another pre-dawn raid on their homes on Monday...

Al-Azhar says no fatwa against Facebook

“If people think Facebook will lead to sex, then they need to grow up,” said Ahmed Badrawi, a 22-year-old university student. “The Internet has so many things and to say Facebook is the problem is ridiculous.”..

Copts Abroad: tone down the language

The Christmas Eve attack that left 6 Copts and one Muslim man dead on January 6, has reignited the Coptic community living abroad’s charge to Washington, demanding President Barack Obama intervene to “save” Christians in Egypt from the Muslim majority...

Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood “not brothers”

Experts seem to support this claim. In a conversation with one of the world’s leading experts on the Muslim Brotherhood, Khalil al-Anani, the question of Hamas and its connection with the Brotherhood arose. He argued that in order for a member of the Brotherhood to turn toward violence “they would ostensibly have to leave the group, because the Brotherhood is not an extremist or violent entity and adheres to peaceful transitions of power.”..

Egypt: tourism drops slightly in 2009

CAIRO: Mahmoud Amr gets the call and knows it is big, the smile creasing across his lips says it all...

The Internet killing the freelance journalist

Aspiring freelance journalists came to Egypt and the Middle East in abundance in recent years, but with the continued fast-paced Internet age, timing has become vitally important for news organizations to remain afloat...

Egypt beats Cameroon 3-1, to face Algeria in semi-finals.

CAIRO: Egypt struck twice in the final five minutes of Monday’s quarterfinal match in Angola to book their place in the final four of the African Cup of Nations...