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Khaled Alam El-Din, left, who was fired Sunday from his post as adviser to the Egyptian president for environmental affairs, consults with the Salafist Al-Nour party spokesman, Nader Bakkar during a televised press conference in Cairo, Egypt Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Mostafa El Shemy)

Muslim Brotherhood “Drowning”: Ex-presidential Adviser

by Ahmed Imbabi | Feb 19, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat yesterday, former Egyptian presidential adviser Dr. Khaled Alam El-Din revealed that the “Muslim Brotherhood are drowning” in terms of their administration of the state. The ultra-conservative Alam El-Din, who is a...

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Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir (C) talks to Vice President Ali Osman Taha (C-R) in Khartoum on January 28, 2013 upon Bashir’s return from the African Union Summit. AFP PHOTO/EBRAHIM HAMID

Sudan: Opening the doors for Al-Qaeda

by Osman Mirghani | Jan 16, 2013 | Opinion

One is haunted by a sense of shock and sadness upon hearing that Al Qaeda in Sudan announced, just days ago, the establishment of a student wing at the University of Khartoum, which is one of the best and most prestigious universities in Sudan, as well as the most...