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Feb 15, 2012

Top News: Brotherhood Claims US Funding “Destroying Egypt”

By Mara Revkin

The Muslim Brotherhood’s weekly statement claimed that the United States has spent over $105 million since the revolution on “destroying Egypt and its society.”

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Feb 15, 2012

29 Egyptian NGOs Echo U.S. Condemnation of Civil Society Crackdown

By Mara Revkin

On February 15, 29 Egyptian civil society organizations issued a scathing denunciation of the government’s "politically motivated" legal assault on 43 NGO employees, debunking the myth — put forward by Minister of International Cooperation Fayza Aboul Naga and other architects of the crackdown — that Egyptians overwhelmingly view foreign-funded NGOs as a threat to national […]

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Feb 15, 2012

Egypt’s Déjà-Vu: NGO Case Reminiscent of Previous Politicized Trials

By Michele Dunne and Mara Revkin

Egypt’s ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), catapulted from the barracks to the executive branch after removing Hosni Mubarak last year, has faced a steep learning curve in unfamiliar political territory. While the SCAF continues to display ineptitude in handling a series of crises, most recently the soccer-related violence in Port Said and […]

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Feb 14, 2012

Top News: Muslim Brotherhood Confirms Intent to Form New Government

By Mara Revkin

The Muslim Brotherhood’s Supreme Guide, Mohamed Badie, confirmed that the Freedom and Justice Party intends to form a new government before the end of the transitional period. He also reiterated the Brotherhood’s previous pledge not to nominate its own presidential candidate.

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Feb 14, 2012

Al-Azhar Huwwa al-Hall? The Most Influential Sunni Institution in the Arab World Emerges as a Voice for Moderate Islam

By Denis Sullivan

“Al-Islam huwwa al-hall” (“Islam is the solution”) has been the refrain and political slogan of the Muslim Brotherhood for decades – long before members of the formerly banned organization  could openly run for political office.   Forced underground by the repressive policies of Hosni Mubarak’s former regime – including torture and arbitrary detention – the Brotherhood […]

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Feb 13, 2012

Top News: Gen. Dempsey Discusses NGO crisis with Field Marshal Tantawi

By Mara Revkin

Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff discussed the NGO crisis with Field Marshal Tantawi in Cairo on February 11. Results of the discussion were not made public, but Field Marshal Tantawi later stressed the importance of maintaining strong ties with the U.S. in a meeting with the cabinet.

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Feb 10, 2012

The Pitfalls of Protests Without Leadership تطوير الهجوم بلا قائد

By Magdy Samaan

In the past two months, public appearances by members of the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) have become increasingly rare, and they have grown accustomed to the insulting anti-military slogans emanating from persistent protests in public squares across the country.  This week, the revolutionary forces have decided to escalate their tactics by […]

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Feb 10, 2012

Top News: Muslim Brotherhood Calls for Dismissal of Cabinet

By Mara Revkin

The Muslim Brotherhood issued a statement on February 9 demanding that the SCAF allow the replacement of the current prime minister and cabinet with a new coalition government formed by Parliament, which would amount to an immediate transfer of power. PROTESTS: 1) Marches began to converge on the Defense Ministry building in Abbassiya after Friday […]

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Feb 10, 2012

Will Egypt and the US Let the “Filul” Win?

By Denis Sullivan

Why is Egypt prosecuting American freedom and democracy activists? It’s baffling, no question about it.  Look first at the “who” is behind this. “Egypt” is not behind this attack on American civil society activists; instead, it starts with one woman, Fayza Aboul Naga, the Minister of International Cooperation (yes, believe it or not, that’s her […]

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Feb 10, 2012

Soccer, Egypt, and SCAF-Sponsored Hooliganism

By Sahar Aziz and Khaled Beydoun

Across the world, soccer occupies a sacred space that stirs up feverish nationalism and ardent fidelity to a team.  Team loyalties often mirror a nation’s social and political fault lines.  Egypt’s February 2 soccer game-turned-massacre, therefore, was the SCAF’s sinister manipulation of the sport to attack the revolutionary youth and terrify Egyptians into supporting their […]