Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 27, 2004
When I. visited the monastery of the Holy Virgin on the Western Mountain of Dronka in Assiut, I saw at the foot of the mountain a vast area covered with gloomy brushwood. The monastery tried hard to clean up the area and cultivate it with timber-producing woods—watered by the drained water—but the...
Date of source: الاثنين, حزيران (يونيو) 28, 2004
There are dozens of Internet sites that propagate rumors made up by enemies of the nation, starting with Al-Qa’ida members and ending with the Coptic émigrés. Al-Maqrizi Center’s web site has recently spread a rumor about the President Mubarak’s health. That rumor was easily contained, but many...
Date of source: الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 2, 2004
Dr. No’man Goma’a, head of the Wafd Party hosted the delegation of the banned Brotherhood at the party’s headquarter for 140 minutes. Information leaked about the meeting varied between: implying the possibility of a new alliance between the Wafd and the Brotherhood, similar to the alliance they...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 6, 2004
Media outlets published news about Dr. Nabil Luqa Bebawy’s PhD thesis about Islamic Shari’a titled “The rights and duties of non-Muslims in the Islamic state” as if it is a happy unprecedented event.
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 5, 2004
The rebellion of the young women of the Azhar University has started. The Administrative Court affiliated to the State Council is currently examining about 60 lawsuits filed by female students from the Azhar University demanding equality with male students. The Azhar University prefers to enlist...
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 11, 2005
Tilwāna, the quiet village of al-Bājour, al-Munoufīya has been unstable because of the rifts between its Muslims and Copts. 10,000 citizens reside in this village, out of which 120 Coptic families have been living in harmony. The details surrounding the fire that took place at the church’s guest...
Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 27, 2005
The verdict to imprison three journalists of al-Masrī al-Yawm contradicts the optimism about democratic reforms.
Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 8, 2005
Diplomats and specialists ask what will come of the Muslim Brothers in the coming Egyptian elections if these are opened to them and if they are held, as promised by president Hosni Mubarak, freely?
Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 8, 2005
The Egyptian movement for change – Kifāya, literally ‘enough’- has gained a foothold on the political arena and has become the focus of much debate among supporters and opponents. Supporters of Kifāya enthuse about its message and activity, and place high hopes on its campaign for political change...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آيار (مايو) 18, 2005
Mustafā Aḥmad Ḥasan Ḥasan Abāza is a very special person for Arab-West Report because he has encouraged our work from the first moment we started. The AWR Board of Advisors therefore agreed to ask Mustafā Abāza to join the AWR Board of Advisors, an invitation Abāza gladly accepted.