CyberDissidents.org is delighted to announce that famed Egyptian blogger, Maikel Nabil Sanad, recently released from nearly a year in prison, will join our blogger board. Sanad was born in Assiut, Egypt on October 1, 1985. In 2006 Sanad began writing political commentary online and since has published over 1,000 blog posts and over 200 online articles.  He has also recently been published...

The following article appeared in Arabic Sky News on March 16, 2012. To view the original interview in Arabic, click here: In the last week of January 2011, the U.S. Secretary of State declared that the Egyptian government seemed stable. This pronouncement aroused the anger of human rights activist David Keyes. When asked his opinion by a journalist, he answered “Tell the Secretary of State...

The Following article first appeared on The Wall Street Journal. To access, click HERE   Last November, three months into my 130-day hunger strike in Egyptian prison, I was called into the office of a senior general in the military court. I was led there in handcuffs and my coarse blue prison uniform. As I sat, the general leaned back in his big chair, stared directly into my eyes and...

BAHRAIN Bahrain’s Ambassador to the U.S., Houda Nonoo, provoked anger among activists after commending the the peaceful coexistence of Muslims, Christians, Jews, Hindus and Baha`i in the Gulf Kingdom. Regarding last year’s events, the ambassador said: “Bahrain’s government is committed to reform, and to implementing progressive policies that will help achieve...

The following article first appeared in The Huffington Post. To access the original, please click here. Twenty year-old Syrian activist, Hadeel Kouki, was beaten at her apartment yesterday by three men shortly after she received a piece of paper signed by Bashad Assad's thugs in Cairo. According to the medical report, signed by the doctor who examined her, she had bruises and wounds on her...