Tag: Arab Spring

Arab Interior Ministers Move to Tighten Borders Control

October 1, 2012

Arab Interior ministers have pledged to tighten borders security and control to prevent arms smuggling in the Arab world at the current turbulent and fragile ... Read More

Will Egypt-US Relations Sour Over Aid?

October 1, 2012

US House lawmakers have blocked a $450 million emergency aid the Obama administration was planning to give to the new government of President Mohammed Morsi, ... Read More

The Metamorphoses of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood

September 26, 2012

To comprehend the current role and position of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, rather than focusing only on its present-day form and the general policies ... Read More

Algeria: Will PM Sellal be up to economic, social challenges?

September 24, 2012

Algeria is said to have been spared the turmoil of the Arab Spring and the legislative elections held last May gave, contrary to analysts’ forecasts, ... Read More

Taming the Praetorian Temptation in Egypt

September 24, 2012

When Mohamed Morsi won the presidential elections in Egypt, a conflict between the president and the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) was only ... Read More

Egypt: Will tourists come back to the rescue of an ailing economy?

September 18, 2012

In 2010, Egypt ranked among the 20 top tourism countries in the world with a honourable 18th place. A year later, the Arab spring swept ... Read More

International Community Pledges $6.4 Bln to Yemen

September 9, 2012

International donors have pledged $6.4 billion to Yemen to support the country’s socioeconomic development plan, political transition and efforts to rebuild after it was rocked ... Read More

Springtime for Political Islam in North Africa: Defying the Western ‘Fear-Mongering’?

September 6, 2012

Islamist groupings across North Africa - who had long faced severe repression from the recently deposed dictators and were commonly denounced by the West as ... Read More