Hosni Mubarak

Palestinians To Appeal To UN For State, As Peace Talks Stall

AP | MARK LAVIE | Posted 11.16.2009 | Home

JERUSALEM — A Palestinian drive to ask the U.N. Security Council to endorse a state unilaterally, put forward by a top negotiator Sunday, appear...

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Opposition Can Seriously Damage your Health

Wael Nawara | Posted 11.12.2009 | World

Read More: Hosni Mubarak, Opposition, Egypt, Ayman Nour, El Ghad Liberal Party of Egypt, World News

For as long as I remember, Ayman Nour has always had his most candid critics from Cairo's elites: White-collar writers, thinkers, business people and professionals.

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Hillary Clinton: US Wants Israel To Stop Building West Bank Settlements 'Forever'

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 11.04.2009 | World

Read More: Jews, Gaza, Abbas, Palestine, Settlements, Two State Talks, Settlers, Peace, Palestinians, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Mahmoud Abbas, West Bank, Jerusalem, Arabs, Clinton, Mideast Peace, Two State Solution, Gaza Strip, Egypt, Israel, Hosni Mubarak, Mubarak, Benjamin Netanyahu, Hillary Clinton, World News

CAIRO — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton defended the U.S. stance toward Israeli settlement building to worried Arab allies on Wednesda...

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Egyptian Police Arresting Those Who Publicly Breakfast During Ramadan: Frown or Jail?

Wael Nawara | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Religion, Secularism, Hosni Mubarak, Police, Separation of Church and State, Ramadan, World News

Living in a conservative society, I can understand that there would be quite a few people who would be offended by those publicly breakfasting during the days of Ramadan.

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Stand Your Ground, Obama

Josh Shahryar | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

Read More: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran Election, Ban Ki-Moon, Iran Protests, Iran, Hosni Mubarak, Iranian Election, Obama Iraq, World News

As a journalist who has been covering the Iranian Election, I was shocked and dismayed when I read Kaveh L. Afrasiabi's article that urges President Obama to congratulate Ahmadinejad on his victory.

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Obama Should Congratulate Ahmadinejad

Kaveh L. Afrasiabi, Ph.D. | Posted 09.20.2009 | World

Read More: Iran, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mehdi Karroubi, Iran Election, Ban Ki-Moon, Foreign Affairs, Hosni Mubarak, Iran Elections, Iranian Election, Barack Obama, Advocacy, World News

There are several good reasons why president Barack Obama should join dozens of other world leaders who have extended congratulations to Iran's duly re-elected president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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"Mabruk" Mubarak

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 09.18.2009 | World

Read More: Syria, Palestinian Authority, Egypt, Iran, The Middle East, Gaza, President Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, Cairo, Saudi Arabia, Middle East Peace Process, Hosni Mubarak, King Abdullah, Israel, Palestine, Hamas, Muslim World, World News

Mubarak shares the president's goal of moving the Middle East peace process off dead center, and is well positioned now to be Washington's go-to guy in the Arab world, once again.

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The United States and Egypt: A Common Cause in Sudan

Colin Thomas-Jensen | Posted 09.18.2009 | World

Read More: Darfur, Sudan, Egypt, Middle East, Africa, Southern Sudan, Hosni Mubarak, Darfur Sudan, Barack Obama, World News

Middle East peace and combating extremism are shared preoccupations that define U.S.-Egyptian relations. Yet a less obvious but no less urgent security concern for Egypt is the situation in Sudan.

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Gamal Mubarak, Possible Successor To Egyptian President, Visits U.S. With Father

LA Times | Amro Hassan | Posted 09.17.2009 | World

Read More: Mubarak in US, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Egypt and US, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, Mubarak, Mubarak Successor, Egypt's President Mubarak, Gamal Mubarak, World News

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is visiting Washington for the first time in five years for talks with President Obama. But it's his choice of travel...

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Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Is Linked To Terrorists

Inter Press Service | Posted 09.03.2009 | World

Read More: President Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt, Terrorism, Foreign Affairs, Terrorist, Hezbollah, Hosni Mubarak, Egypt Opposition, Hamas, Egypt Muslim Brotherhood, Al Qaeda, Advocacy, World News

By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa Al-Omrani | Inter Press Service CAIRO, Aug 4 (IPS) - The Egyptian government is now accusing the Muslim Brotherhoo...

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Arab Democracy: Is It a Criminal Offense to Be a Reformist Voice?

John L. Esposito | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arab World, Democracy, Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, Arab Doctor's Union, Reformist Muslims, Muslim Brotherhood, Cairo, Abdel Moneim, Hosni Mubarak, Arab Democracy, Politics News

The arrest and continued detention of Dr. Abdel Moneim Aboul Fattouh symbolizes a long standing problem for which governments in the region and the West bear primary responsibility.

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Mounir Marzuq: Egyptian Poet Jailed For Poking Fun At Mubarak

Huffington Post | Posted 08.14.2009 | World

Read More: President Hosni Mubarak, Mubarak, Hosni Mubarak, Egypt, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, World News

An Egyptian civil servant was sentenced to the maximum sentence of three years in jail Tuesday for a poem he wrote satirizing President Hosni Mubarak,...

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Gilad Shalit Health Unknown To Mubarak: Hamas Claims

Haaretz | Posted 08.08.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, President Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian President, Egyptian President Mubarak, Hamas Official, Hosni Mubarak, Gilad Shalit Kidnapped, Hamas, Abducted Israeli Soldier, Gilad Shalit, Israeli Defence Forces, Israel, World News

A Hamas official on Wednesday said Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak didn't know what he was talking about when he said abducted Israel Defense Forces ...

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Mubarak: Gilad Shalit Is In Good Condition, Issue Will Hopefully Be Resolved Soon

AP | ARON HELLER | Posted 08.07.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli Settlements, Mubarak Peres, Mubarak Gilad Shalit, Cairo, Egypt, Shimon Peres, Gilad Schalit, Mubarak, Hosni Mubarak, Mubarak Gilad Schalit, Israel, Gilad Shalit, Schalit Mubarak, World News

CAIRO — An Israeli soldier being held in Gaza by Hamas militants is alive and in good condition, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said Tuesday, ...

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Iran's Uprising: Food for Thought

Jamal Dajani | Posted 07.27.2009 | World

Read More: Intifada, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Ali Abdallah Saleh, Human Rights, Basij, Egypt, Bloggers, Saudi Arabia, Muammar El-Qaddafi, Iran, Hosni Mubarak, Qatar, Israel, Iranian Election, World News

Ever since the Iranian revolution stunned the world in 1979, the Arab regimes and their allies in the West have been obsessing over Iran's "exporting of the revolution."

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Mubarak Op-Ed: Egyptian President On Obama's Speech, Mideast Peace

Wall Street Journal | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

Read More: President Hosni Mubarak, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Egypt, Foreign Affairs, Benjamin Netanyahu, Hosni Mubarak, Hamas, Israel, Barack Obama, Binyamin Netanyahu, Advocacy, World News

President Barack Obama's seminal address in Cairo marked a turning point in America's relations with the Muslim world. His message was clear and incon...

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How Not to Support Democracy in the Middle East

Stephen Zunes | Posted 07.11.2009 | World

Read More: Middle East, Obama Egypt, Autocrats, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Obama Cairo, Hosni Mubarak, Barack Obama, World News

Obama was apparently unwilling to take advantage of his highly publicized visits with the leaders of Egypt and Saudi Arabia to break with his predecessors' coddling of these tyrannical regimes.

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Obama's Cairo Trip: The Unreported Details in Context

Mohamed Elshahed | Posted 07.10.2009 | Eyes & Ears

Read More: Obama Egypt Speech, Cairo, Egypt, Qubba Palace, Obama Egypt, Cairo University, Obama Cairo, Hosni Mubarak, Obama Cairo Speech, Sultan Hossan Mosque, Barack Obama, Eyes & Ears News

President Obama's speech was well-received on the Egyptian street, but retracing the President's path through "the timeless city of Cairo" quickly reveals that change will be hard to come by.

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Obama's Muslim Engagement

Michael Fauntroy | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

To be the first African-American president with a heritage that includes Islam gives him Obama legitimacy than any other president to make this speech.

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Repositioning America: Obama's Cairo Speech as the Ultimate in Event Marketing

William Bradley | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Al Qaeda, George W. Bush, 9/11, Iraq, America, Dick Cheney, Iran, Jihad, Event Marketing, Muslim, Modernity, Indonesia, Guantanamo Bay, Saudi Arabia, Marshall McLuhan, Neoconservative, Islam, Bibi Netanyahu, Hosni Mubarak, Tradition, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Samuel Huntington, African American, Cairo, Israel, Afghanistan, Kenya, Ayman Al-Zawahri, Torture, Paletine, King Abdullah, Riyadh, Al Jazeera, Obama Mideast Trip, World News

Not only did no one throw shoes at Obama, the crowd of 3,000 in Cairo gave him a standing ovation. Watching the speech, I had the feeling that the world might be changing again.

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EXCLUSIVE: Cairo Under Siege Ahead Of Obama's Speech

Huffington Post Contributor | Hossam el-Hamalawy | Posted 07.04.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Egypt Speech, Human Rights, Cairo, Egypt, Obama Egypt, Obama Cairo, Hosni Mubarak, Obama, Egypt Human Rights, Obama Mideast Trip, Obama Cairo Speech, World News

Right before he took off from DC, on what the media has been depicting as some "odyssey," to address the Muslim World from Cairo, President Obama had ...

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A Record That Can't Be Ignored

Sarah Leah Whitson | Posted 07.02.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Egypt Speech, President Hosni Mubarak, Hosni Mubarak, Cairo, Egypt, Obama Egypt, World News

Egypt may be a more tolerant, moderate country, with some modicum of political dissent, compared with some other countries in the region. But freedom has a very short leash.

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Obama Egypt Speech: Will Obama The Man Keep Up With Obama The Legend?

Huffington Post Contributors | Ayman Nour and Wael Nawara | Posted 07.02.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Muslims, Obama Middle East, Foreign Affairs, Obama Arabs, President Hosni Mubarak, Obama Arab World, Egypt, Obama Egypt, El Ghad Liberal Party of Egypt, Obama Middle East Policy, Hosni Mubarak, Obama Cairo Speech, Ayman Nour, Advocacy, Obama Muslim World, Obama Mideast Trip, World News

By Huffington Post contributors Ayman Nour and Wael Nawara. Ayman Nour is Leader of El Ghad Liberal Party of Egypt and former member of the Parliame...

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Obama Egypt Visit: Cairo University Prepares

AP | JASON KEYSER | Posted 06.28.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Cairo University, Obama Egypt, Obama Middle East, Obama Mideast, Obama Middle East Visit, Obama Mideast Visit, Obama Israel, Hosni Mubarak, President Hosni Mubarak, Obama Mubarak, World News

CAIRO — Cairo University has postponed student exams set for next Thursday and the Egyptian president's security service took over the campus in...

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A Rich Man Learns Dubai is Not the Place to Commit a Crime

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 06.22.2009 | World

Read More: Corruption, President Hosni Mubarak, Murder, Moustafa-Tamim, Strategy, Egypt, Hisham Talaat Moustafa, Hisham-Talaat-Moustafa, Hosni Mubarak, Dubai, Suzanne-Tamim, United Arab Emirates, Dubai-United Arab Emirates, World News

In Dubai, crime doesn't pay.

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