On Thursday, Qatari Primer Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani announced that his government would invest 18 billion dollars in Egypt’s economy over the coming five…
Author: Maria Munoz
Maria Munoz
Maria S. Muñoz holds an M.A in Middle East Studies from the American University in Cairo and a B.A in Oriental Studies from the University of Sevilla. She works for women’s rightsand writes about society and politics.
After months of problems and obstacles, the US government is approaching an agreement with Morsi’s government for $1 billion debt relief from the $3.2 billion that…
Yesterday, the Bahraini human rights defender Maryam al-Khawaja was stopped at Cairo Airport and banned from entering the country. After approving her passport and visa at the customs,…
Different Egyptian opposition groups have called for a march today to protest against the Muslim Brotherhood increasing control over state institutions. The infamous TV presenter Tawfiq…
On August 30, Egypt’s first democratically-elected president, Mohamed Morsi will visit Iran to attend the Non-Aligned Movement summit. During this meeting, designed to support developing nations,…
Saudi Arabia, the country of gender segregation has taken one step further. In addition to segregation in all public and even private places, the kingdom has…
According to state TV Al Arabiya, President Mohamed Morsi has just dismissed Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawy, the head of the Supreme Council of Armed Forces…
Most of you still probably remember the website “Morsi Meter”, that has been scrutinizing the performance of the Egyptian president in his first 100 days in…
On Sunday night, at around 8 p.m., a group of terrorists linked to a “global jihadist group” killed fifteen Egyptian border guards, injured seven others and…
“The Freedom Fighter”; that is how 33-year old American Matthew VanDyke calls himself. According to the information on his website, VanDyke is a freedom fighter, writer,…