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, by ALI Tariq
I wrote this poem in response to the demonstration in Egypt’s capital after prayers last Friday. I address this poem to the Muslim brothers who demonstrated in Cairo’s Tahrir Square after Friday prayers on 29 July.
Patience exhausted You emerged from the shadows To tell us what was forbidden and (...)
, by NOWAIRA Amira
The real scandal at Cairo University is not the lesbian scene in a reading list text, but the cynical propaganda launched against it.
Academic freedom comes once again under attack in Egypt. An article published in the state-owned al-Akhbar newspaper under the provocative title “Teaching (...)
, by Almasry Alyoum.com
Mahmoud Ezzat, the Muslim Brotherhood’s deputy Supreme Guide, said in a forum held in the Cairo district of Imbaba on Thursday that the group wants to establish an Islamic state after it achieves widespread popularity through its Freedom and Justice Party. Meanwhile, Brotherhood leader Saad (...)
, by ACHCAR Gilbert
After the revolution, a newly respectable Muslim Brotherhood, supportive of the army, is emerging. Could it become the best bet for the ‘orderly transition’ that Egypt, and the US, hope for?
Egypt’s uprising, contrary to most predictions, was initiated and driven by coalitions – including (...)
, by NAGUIB Sameh, OMAR Mostafa
We are reproducing here extracts concerning the role of the Muslim Brotherhood taken from a much longuer interview. To read the full interview: Conversation with an Egyptian socialist.
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WHAT WAS the role of Revolutionary Socialists and other left forces (...)
, by Almasry Alyoum.com
“Political parties have the right to nominate women or Copts for the presidency,” said Muslim Brotherhood member Mohsen Radi. “But we find it unsuitable. Perhaps they should be nominated only for ministerial positions.”
Radi also said the group would not play any role in the caretaker government. (...)
, by BRANIGIN William, SOCKOL Samuel, WHITLOCK Craig
CAIRO - The once-banned Muslim Brotherhood said Tuesday that it would form a political party and assist in rewriting Egypt’s constitution, positioning itself to play a key role in the country’s political future.
As Egyptians shifted their focus to the work that lies ahead in their transition to (...)
, by DREYFUSS Robert
Here’s the basics on the group that has Glenn Beck going batshit.
As the revolutionary upsurge in Egypt builds toward its conclusion, some of the key questions involve the role of the Muslim Brotherhood—the Islamic movement that has been characterized as anything from a benign prodemocracy (...)
, by MARFLEET Phil
The Muslim Brotherhood is Egypt’s largest opposition organisation—more a movement than a political party. It has millions of supporters. Many are involved in the uprisings.
Why then did the Brotherhood enter talks with the regime—defying the protesters who are clearly insisting that, before (...)
, by TAMMAM Hossam
Any discussion of the status of Islamists in a new Egypt makes little sense if it’s based on the same data that was previously used to study religious movements, and if it ignores the fact that Egypt has witnessed a revolution that destroyed many of the old features of its religious scene.
The (...)
, by JOHNSON Ian, JOHNSTONE Diana
As US-backed strongmen around North Africa and the Middle East are being toppled or shaken by popular protests, Washington is grappling with a crucial foreign-policy issue: how to deal with the powerful but opaque Muslim Brotherhood. In Egypt, the Brotherhood has taken an increasingly forceful (...)
, by HUSAIN Ed
Egypt is ablaze. Hundreds of thousands protested in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Tuesday, but for fear of an Islamist regime the US now risks being remembered as a democracy that abandons democrats. After generations in opposition, the Muslim Brotherhood now wants to play a part in Egypt’s future, (...)
, by ELCHOUBAKI Amr
The Muslim Brotherhood must be incorporated within the political process, argues Amr Elchoubaki*. But this requires movement by both the organisation and the regime
Sometimes it appears that conflict between the government and the Muslim Brotherhood has been destined to be Egypt’s fate not (...)
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