Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 30, 2018
From time to time, I receive invitations to participate in dialogues, platforms, forums, seminars, or to contribute intellectually through research papers, on the perceptions and scenarios on the future of our Arab region. All these dialogues are directly or indirectly connected with the interest...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 5, 2014
The army has asked the Crisis Committee for the Orthodox Church to specify the Churches and places of worship that are a priority for rebuilding or restoration after they were damaged during the violence that followed June 30, after a previous attempt to raise the necessary funds for restoring them...
Date of source: الأربعاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 17, 2014
The Abū Harība Mosque, which decorates the 50 EGP banknote, is at the edge of becoming a garbage dump and public toilet!
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 27, 2018
The fundamental traditional Islam spread in Egypt not only among followers of Islamist political movements such as the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafis, but also among the ordinary segments of the population, and after decades of abortions of any attempt to renew the religious discourse.
A year...
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 25, 2018
The mosque of Abu al-Ḥaggag [Abū al-Ḥajjāj] dominates the first court at Luxor Temple and aptly demonstrates the continuing adaptation of ancient monuments to modern use. Luxor remained very much intact during the Roman period, when the monument was incorporated within the Roman camp and devoted to...
Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 16, 2018
The BA Center for Coptic Studies launched its 7th cultural season in Alexandria. The 1st lecture was held today under the title “A Reading of the Memoirs of Qulīnī Pasha Fahmī ... the Honorable Copt who Built a Mosque” at the Auditorium in the BA Main Library.
Date of source: الجمعة, آب (اغسطس) 17, 2018
Recently, the General Authority for Cultural Palaces reprinted the book “The Making of Egypt” [Takwīn Miṣr] by Muḥammad Shafīq Ghurbāl.
According to the new edition’s introduction by Dr. Kamāl Mughīth, “The Making of Egypt” is a unique book that came as an urgent cultural and national response...
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 18, 2018
In the post-colonial Arab and Islamic states, the political mentality and culture were dominated by two models that originated from different mental and cultural sources and led to similar results, including the consolidation of the unilateral view, the curtailment of differences, and the quest for...
Date of source: الاثنين, آب (اغسطس) 20, 2018
During recent weeks, two new books came to light in the USA addressing an important period of the contemporary history of Egypt, namely from January 2011 till the current phase.
The 1st book is entitled “The World as It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House”, by Ben Rhodes, US Deputy National...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 6, 2014
Interim President of Egypt Adly Mansūr visited Saint Mark’s Cathedral in ‘Abbasiyyah yesterday to offer his best wishes for the Christmas celebrations. He was the first president to visit the cathedral since Anwar al-Sādāt 42 years ago. Pope Tawadros delivered a speech to mark the visit, attended...