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Muslim Brotherhood supporter Gihad Fayez, 23, was expelled for allegedly obstructing the education process and protesting, accusations she rejects. She has applied to multiple private universities but has been turned down. REUTERS/Staff

Muslim Brotherhood, Stumbling Stone on Track of Ankara-Cairo Relations

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Sep 24, 2016 | Middle East

Cairo- A positive atmosphere has prevailed over the tense relations between Turkey and Egypt that lasted for three years due to Turkey’s rejection to cope with the new political status quo represented in removing the Muslim Brotherhood from power. However, the Muslim...

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Egypt Sentences 418 for Supporting Muslim Brotherhood

by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Aug 19, 2016 | Middle East

Cairo- An Egyptian military court has sentenced on Thursday 418 supporters of the banned Muslim Brotherhood to prison terms from two years to life imprisonment for involvement in violence in 2013. A judicial source said that the court sentenced 350 defendants in...

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Opponents of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi participate in a protest in Cairo, Egypt, 02 July 2013.
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Opinion: Why the West misread Egypt

by Ali Ibrahim | Jun 18, 2015 | Opinion

One of the problems the West has faced with the Arab world during the Arab Spring era has been its misinterpretation of the situation in Egypt. The scenario in that country has strayed off the path Western think-tanks hoped, or at least predicted, it would follow...

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A file photo of former Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi. (AFP Photo/Alberto Pizzoli)

Egypt court gives Mursi life in prison in espionage case: state TV

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 16, 2015 | Middle East

Cairo, Reuters—An Egyptian court sentenced former President Mohamed Mursi to a life sentence of 25 years in prison on Tuesday in a case related to conspiring with foreign groups. The general guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Mohammed Badie was also sentenced to 25 years...

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In this file April 2011 photo, Mohamed Mursi (R) speaks, alongside other members of the Muslim Brotherhood group’s political wing, the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), during a news conference in Cairo, Egypt. (Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany)

Opinion: Should Egypt execute Mursi and the Brotherhood elite?

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | May 17, 2015 | Opinion

Both sides in Egypt chose to escalate the conflict. Muslim Brotherhood leaders who fled and settled abroad made a conscious decision to defy the regime, justifying the killings in Sinai and threatening the current Egyptian regime. As for the prosecutor, he chose to...