DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates said on Wednesday it would put on trial 30 Emiratis and Egyptians accused of setting up an illegal branch of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, part of a crackdown on the Islamist organization that has soured relations with Cairo. Full story
CAIRO (Reuters) - "Gangs of New York" seems a fitting favourite movie for Egypt's new culture minister, a film studies professor who styles himself an outsider fighting to break the hold of a privileged elite over spending on the arts. Full story
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian Investment Minister Yehya Hamed said on Monday he aimed to boost Egypt's anemic economic growth to as high as 7 percent in two years by improving the environment for private investors. Full story
CAIRO (Reuters) - Syria's president and his Shi'ite allies were denounced by leading Sunni Arab voices on Friday, including Egypt's ruling Muslim Brotherhood, which had reached out across Islam's sectarian divide but has now called for jihad. Full story
DOHA (Reuters) - A planned leadership change that could see Qatar's U.S.-allied Emir eventually ceding power to his son is unlikely to change the Gulf state's taste for bold investments overseas and assertive support for Arab Spring revolts. Full story
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Is anti-tax guru Grover Norquist a Muslim convert? That’s what some of the right-wing think, and the reasoning is out there.
Rep. Louie Gohmert is back and making connections to the Muslim Brotherhood and the Boston bombing, Sarah Palin is complaining about the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, and a new 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll has the results of a new partisan divide.
The New York Times' Thomas Friedman and Morning Joe economic analyst Steve Rattner join Morning Joe to discuss Egypt's struggle with democracy and, domestically, why younger generations will have to "invent" the job they want.
The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg recently interviewed Jordan's King Abdullah II, and during the interview, Abdullah gave fascinating answers on everything from Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi to the Muslim Brotherhood. Goldberg joins Morning Joe to discuss, and the BBC's Kim Ghattas also joins the
Marriage is the focal point of the Arab world’s universe, according to author and journalist Shereen El Feki. But there are some revolutionary changes happening – especially behind the scenes. She takes The Cycle hosts inside her research on changes in bedrooms across the Middle East and her new boo
Mostafa Elgheinemy, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood's 17-man executive, talks during an interview with Reuters at the Brotherhood's party headquarters in Cairo in this June 17, 2013 picture. For the Muslim Brotherhood, running Egypt has been like crossing a minefield. As President Mohamed Mursi e
Anti-Mursi protesters, made up of intellectuals and artists, demonstrate in front of the Ministry of Culture against what they claimed are increasing influence of the Muslim Brotherhood over the Ministry of Culture and Minister of Culture Alaa Abdel Aziz, in Cairo June 11, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd
Senior opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei arrives to speak with anti-Mursi protesters made up of intellectuals and artists inside Egypt's Ministry of Culture during their sit-in protest against Egypt's new Minister of Culture Alaa Abdel Aziz and what demonstrators claimed are increasing influence o
Anti-Mursi protesters, made up of intellectuals and artists, burn a picture of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, which has the word "rebel" written on it, in front of the Ministry of Culture during a demonstration against what they claimed are increasing influence of the Muslim Brotherhood over the
