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September 22, 2017

Profile: Mohamed Mahdi Akef, 1928-2017

Mohamed Mahdi Othman Akef was born the same year the Muslim Brotherhood was founded – 1928. He was born in Kafr Ewad al-Sinita, one of the villages on the...

Profiles
September 22, 2017

Palestinian clown released from Israel jail

A Palestinian circus performer who was held by Israel using its controversial administrative detention policy was released late last month, Amnesty International has reported. Twenty-four-year-old Mohammad Abu Sakha was...

News
September 22, 2017

Mahdi Akef, former General-Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood dies

Alia Mohamed, the daughter of Mohamed Mahdi Akef, former General-Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, announced this evening the death of her detained father at Qasr el-Eyni Hospital....

News
September 22, 2017

Two states for Israel and none for the Palestinians

The Zionist movement continues its Judaisation battles which have been ongoing since 1948 all across the Palestinian territories, especially in the cities that maintained their Arab-Palestinian nature and character,...

Article
September 22, 2017

Living with the negative consequences of the Oslo Accords

The Oslo Accords have resulted in a series of compromises, each one exacerbating the harm done to the Palestinians and undermining seriously important matters, such as the refugees’ right...

Blog
September 22, 2017

New initiative tackles lack of freedoms in Saudi

A new initiative is being launched in Ireland in support of freedom of thought and speech in Saudi Arabia. Citizens Without Chains (CWC) hopes to “disrupt the status quo,...

News
September 22, 2017

50 years since Khartoum, the Arab world united against the Palestinians

Fifty years ago the realities of the Khartoum Resolution were beginning to sink in. Signed on 1 September 1967 it contained the infamous three Noes – No peace with Israel,...

Article
September 22, 2017

UNESCO: 617m children not learning reading, maths

The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) reported that 617 million children and adolescents across the world are not achieving minimum proficiency levels in reading and mathematics. The organisation warned...

News
September 22, 2017

German company bans gun sales to ‘corrupt’ Israel

German gun manufacturer Heckler & Koch has banned the sale of weapons to corrupt countries including Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The Jerusalem Post reported...

News
September 22, 2017

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