Posted on Tue, July 2, 2013 at 22:21 pm CEST
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What Now in Egypt? Informed Speculations

These are speculations I’m thinking through but want to share them with you… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Muslim Brotherhood • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Wed, November 23, 2011 at 19:48 pm CET
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Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Versus Army: Disastrous Elections or Bloody Civil War?

Only days before parliamentary elections, Egypt is in a huge crisis whose outcome will determine the future of almost… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Muslim Brotherhood • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, November 22, 2011 at 23:36 pm CET
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Cairo Riots: Military Junta and Muslim Brothers Alliance?

The riots in Cairo and other Egyptian cities do not count as the country’s second revolution this year… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood 
Posted on Mon, August 1, 2011 at 01:38 am CEST
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The Ultimate “Arab Spring” Quote

Rania Rifaat is the ultimate secular-oriented, social media-using, Egyptian “Arab Spring” activist… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Egyptian Revolution • Islamism • Salafism 
Posted on Sat, July 30, 2011 at 00:20 am CEST
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A Day in the Life of the Middle East: Egypt, Islamist Terrorism, Libya, Turkey

Where’s the outrage? Where’s the policy shift?… Continue reading

Topics: Britain • Egypt • Islamic Terrorism • Libya • Norway • The Middle East • Turkey 
Posted on Tue, July 26, 2011 at 23:37 pm CEST
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Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood, Sensing Power, Now Opposes Protests as Zionist Plot

Here’s how revolutions — at least ultimately undemocratic ones — work… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood 
Posted on Sat, July 23, 2011 at 19:27 pm CEST
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When will Egypt go broke?

With demonstrators back on Tahrir Square in Cairo, Western media outlets once again are focused on the demands of urban protesters… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Economy • Egypt • G8 • GCC 
Posted on Tue, July 12, 2011 at 00:02 am CEST
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Syrian Revolutionary Song Says It All

Wow, watch the less-than-four-minute video below and you get the flavor of the Middle East and the “Arab Spring” in every respect… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Syria • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Tue, May 31, 2011 at 01:32 am CEST
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Palestinians, Arabs prepare for ‘Naksa’ marches on Israel’s border

Following the example of this month’s Nakba Day marches, Palestinians and their supporters are preparing to launch another multipronged assault… Continue reading

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Jihadism 
Posted on Sat, May 14, 2011 at 14:07 pm CEST
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Massive Anti-Israel Rally in Egypt Organized by…Facebook

Repeatedly we were told about the alleged absence of anti-Israel rhetoric and signs in Tahrir square during the revolution. I don’t think it was true… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Egypt • Islamism 
Posted on Thu, March 31, 2011 at 21:03 pm CEST
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Mass Media Now Admits It Was Also Wrong About Post-Mubarak Egypt’s Foreign Policy

Now that the New York Times tells us that the Muslim Brotherhood is really strong, organized, widely supported by the army, and capable of taking… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Egyptian Revolution • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Mon, March 14, 2011 at 21:13 pm CET
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Foreign Troops go into Bahrain

Saudi and United Arab Emirates troops crossed into Bahrain Monday, March 14 to support the king against escalating anti-throne demonstrations… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Bahrain • Egypt • Jordan • Kuwait • Saudi Arabia • Syria • U.S. Middle East Policy • United Arab Emirates • Yemen 
Posted on Wed, March 9, 2011 at 18:27 pm CET
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Egypt: Women Suffer Assault and Derision at Tahrir March

The romanticism of the Egyptian Revolution meets the reality of Islam dominated society. Read this report by Ali Abdel Mohsen about the Million Women March… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Global Islam • Human Rights 
Posted on Mon, February 28, 2011 at 00:14 am CET
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Egypt’s Future Starts Coming Into Focus: There’s Good News and Bad News

Is this the long-awaited Arab Spring of Democracy or is it a stealth Islamist revolution? Every country is different and most governments other than… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Copts • Democracy • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Global Islam • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • The Middle East 
Posted on Thu, February 24, 2011 at 19:34 pm CET
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Hamas Tries to Exploit the Egyptian Revolution

Hamas tries to take advantage of the events in Egypt and its ties with the Muslim Brotherhood to improve its standing with the Egyptian government and to… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Gaza and Westbank • Hamas • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Islamic Terrorism • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood 
Posted on Wed, February 23, 2011 at 20:27 pm CET
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Hamas’ Ismail Haniya Invites Sheikh Yussef al-Qaradawi to Visit the Gaza Strip

Ismail Haniya, head of the de facto Hamas administration in the Gaza Strip, invited Sheikh Yussef al-Qardawi, who recently returned to Egypt… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Gaza and Westbank • Hamas • Muslim Brotherhood 
Posted on Sat, February 19, 2011 at 00:16 am CET
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Egypt: Qaradawi Tries to Take Charge of the Revolution

Let history show that neither the New York Times nor the Washington Post reported on the return of the world’s single most important Islamic cleric to Cairo… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood 
Posted on Fri, February 18, 2011 at 06:24 am CET
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Egypt Gets Its Khomeini: Qaradawi Returns in Triumph

Friday, February 18 may be a turning point in Egyptian history. On this day Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the best-known Muslim Brotherhood cleric in the world and… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Zionism • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood 
Posted on Wed, February 16, 2011 at 22:08 pm CET
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Egypt: Supreme Council of Armed Forces hopes to Transfer Power to Elected President

The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces said it hopes to end its mission and transfer power in the next six months to a civilian authority and a president… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Egyptian Revolution 
Posted on Tue, February 15, 2011 at 03:51 am CET
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Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Rejects Khamenei Calls for Iran-style Islamic State

Egypt’s main opposition party, the Muslim Brotherhood, have rejected calls by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei for an Islamic Revolution similar to… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Iran • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Shi'ism 
Posted on Tue, February 15, 2011 at 00:28 am CET
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Egypt: 6th Statement of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces

Egypt’s Military released a statement Monday to persuade Egyptians to end the demonstrations and strikes that culminated last… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Egyptian Revolution 
Posted on Sun, February 13, 2011 at 16:45 pm CET
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Egypt Army Council Communiqué No.5

The army council has released its 5th communiqué. Here are the new decisions of the army council… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • The Middle East 
Posted on Sat, February 12, 2011 at 21:03 pm CET
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Egypt’s Military Announces Policy, Economic Factors Emerge

The Egyptian military’s Armed Forces Supreme Council has released its fourth communiqué. The group includes the heads of the army, navy, and air force… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Egyptian Revolution 
Posted on Sat, February 12, 2011 at 13:09 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: Egypt’s Military Will Ensure Transfer of Power

NDP insider and former minister Dr. Ali El Deen Hilal Dessouki said Egyptian military and security services would ensure a smooth transfer of power, even to a civilian… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • The Middle East • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Fri, February 11, 2011 at 18:55 pm CET
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Egypt: The Mubarak Resignation and Its Consequences

In a move that simultaneously caught the world by surprise and yet indicated the regime’s strategy, Egyptian President Husni Mubarak announced his resignation only… continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Muslim Brotherhood • The Middle East • United States of America