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  • May 6, 2014

    Abou El-Magd: Al-Sisi's interview vague with no substance

    Egyptian journalist and commentator Nadia Abou El-Magd said in an interview with Al Jazeera Monday that the televised interview of presidential candidate, Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi, was empty and emotional....

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  • May 6, 2014

    Political scientist: Al-Sisi is unfit to lead Egypt

    Political Science professor at Cairo University Dr Seif al-Din Abdel-Fattah denounced the Al Sisi-for-president campaign, dismissing their program as one of “murder, repression and violence.” In an interview with...

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  • May 6, 2014

    In Egypt, 35 detainees are locked up in two meters cell

    The Shihab Center for Human Rights holds regular press conferences to shed light on the suffering of political prisoners in Egyptian prisons, particularly those with medical conditions. In one...

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  • May 6, 2014

    Hamas frees all Fatah prisoners in Gaza

      The Palestinian prime minister of the Hamas-led government in the Gaza Strip, Ismail Haniyeh, signed a decree on Monday providing for the release of all prisoners affiliated with...

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  • May 6, 2014

    To be a refugee...

    According to Badil Resource Center for Refugee Rights, there are approximately 4.8 million UNRWA-registered Palestinian refugees (*Survey of Palestinian Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons – Volume VII – 2010-2012)....

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  • May 6, 2014

    Egypt investigates accusations of espionage against US, UK and Israel

      Egypt’s Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat has ordered an investigation into allegations that US President Barack Obama, British Prime Minister David Cameron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Israeli Prime...

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  • May 6, 2014

    Barghouti says strong European support for the reconciliation agreement

    The foreign ministers of Italy, Ireland and Luxembourg, along with the EU’s top diplomat, announced yesterday their strong and distinct support for the Palestinian reconciliation agreement, Secretary-General of the...

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  • May 6, 2014

    Palestinian wheat harvest to be lower this year

    The Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture said yesterday that it expects a drop in the wheat harvest this year. General Manager of Guidance and Rural Development in the Ministry of...

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  • May 6, 2014

    Gulf States provided Egypt with $6 billion worth of free oil

    The oil producing Gulf States have so far provided Egypt with $6 billion worth of free oil since last July, the head of Egypt’s General Petroleum Corporation revealed. Al-Mal,...

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  • May 6, 2014

    Rhetorics of Belonging: Nation, Narration and Israel/Palestine

    Moving away from the emphasis placed by the mainstream upon narrative when discussing Palestinian and Israeli literature, Anna Bernard’s academic treatise, “Rhetorics of belonging: nation, narration and Israel/Palestine” (Liverpool...

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