Tag: Cairo
Source: Hamas Gives in to Pressure, Permitting Voter Registry Update, Palestinian Elections Expected on...
Gaza's Hamas government has given the green light to the Palestinian Central Election Commission to begin updating voter registration data in the Gaza Strip—an electoral requirement not undertaken since the 2006 parliamentary election, in which Hamas received a majority of votes in the PA controlled parts of Judea and Samaria as well as Gaza, according to the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. Last Sunday, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told Turkey's state-run news agency that efforts to achieve reconciliation between his Fatah party and Hamas have reached "a deadlock."
Mursi Muslim Brotherhood Campaign Claims Egypt Presidency, Shafiq Denies
Al Ahram has just published these tweets from Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Mursi:
6:28 Ikhwanweb tweets: President-Elect Mohamed #Morsi, heads to #Tahrir - symbol of...
Thousands Protest Egyptian Election Results, Set Ablaze Establishment Candidate’s HQ
Thousands gathered overnight in Tahrir Square, Cairo, to demonstrate against Egypt's election results which will pit deposed ruler Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister Ahmed Shafiq against Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Mursi in a runoff election on June 16 and 17.
Egyptian-Israeli Tensions Rise
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is facing the grim prospect of witnessing the 33-year-old Egyptian-Israeli peace agreement unravel as the rise of radical Islamic political parties in Cairo and unchecked Bedouin terrorist activities across the Sinai Peninsula – which have included sabotaging a gas pipeline to Israel – threaten to create a new political and military crisis between the two countries and throughout the Middle East.
Defeated Everywhere Else, BlackBerry Looking for a Win in Cairo
The website e-week reports that BlackBerry Canadian Maker Research in Motion (RIM) just told its shareholders at their fiscal fourth-quarter earnings call March 29...
Egyptian women to March Thursday Demanding Political Representation
Al Ahram reports that a women's demonstration has been planned for Thursday to coincide with International Women’s Day, in downtown Cairo. Organizers are expected...
PA to Ask Arab League to Convene Peace Conference
PA President Mahmoud Abbas will ask the Arab League to hold a peace conference.
US Embassy in Cairo Shelters US Pro-Democracy Employees in Egypt
Move comes amid a recent crackdown on pro-democracy NGOs.
Israeli Ambassador to Egypt Returns Home Again
Israel fears protesters may incite anti-Israel violence on anniversary of January 25 Revolution.
What, Me Pessimistic? Egyptian Election Outcome is Worse Than I Expected
Should we feel good that democracy has functioned and that the people are getting what they want? Or should we feel bad that the people want a repressive dictatorship, the repression of women, the suppression of Christians, conflict with Israel, hatred of the West, and the freezing of Egyptian society into a straitjacket that can only lead to continue poverty and increasing suffering?
Egyptian Elections Draw Crowds, Support for Islamist Parties
The first day of a historic democratic election in Egypt has come to a close, with a higher than expected turnout and a strong showing for Islamist parties.
Hamas and Fatah reconcile
Following 2 hours of meetings today, Hamas and Fatah have agreed to reconcile, after violently parting ways in 2007.
Dayenu II: No More Appeasement
● Had President Obama only given a speech in Cairo to the Arab world in "de-Nile" of the actual history of the region - dayenu.
On The Passing Of Victor D. Sanua
Victor D. Sanua, Ph.D., z"l, a pioneer in cross-cultural studies of mental illness, was also known for his studies on American Jewish communities and the Jews of Egypt, passed away July 12, at the age of 88 in Brooklyn, New York.