Date of source: الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 14, 2011
This story reports on the recent calls for realizing former president Anwar al-Sādāt’s vision of a unified state with equal rights and duties for all citizens. In the past, it was the upcoming October War in 1973 that motivated Sadat to introduce a bill on national unity. Today, it is the...
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 10, 2010
The author Yūsuf Zīdān recently revealed that, after having been translated into Anatolian, his controversial book “‘Azāzīl” has become the second best-selling book in Turkey. He also revealed that his new book “al-Nabatī” is currently the best-selling book in Egypt and that the publishing house...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 9, 2011
As southern Sudan prepares to vote this week on a possible secession from the north, Sunnī Khālid says that the African-American community is also divided on the issue...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تموز (يوليو) 28, 2010
According to the author, the July Revolution was not a revolution. Neither was it a military coupe or a movement; it was a mere usurpation of power.
The author points out that corrupt and decadent regimes do not require much power to make it fall. He argues that had King Fārūq had enough zeal and...
Date of source: الأربعاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 29, 2010
Egypt has its own version of the American "Tea Party". Osama El Ghazoly suggests a particular path for these reformists to take to change Egypt for the better.
Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 16, 2010
This article introduces further documents that record the conflict between the Church and the State during the 1980s.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, حزيران (يونيو) 15, 2010
In this article, the author introduces documents that record the conflict between the Church and State during the 1980s.
Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 3, 2010
The author reflects on 19 documentaries launched by Bishop Bīshūy, secretary of the Holy Synod, on the internet as a response to Dr. Yūsuf Zaydān’s novel, ‘‘Azāzīl.’
Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 10, 2010
This article gives a brief chronicle of the history and formation of the Christian churches.
Date of source: الاثنين, آيار (مايو) 24, 2010
In an interview with Al-Misrī al-Yawm, Professor Ayman Shabānah, professor of Islamic and Religious Studies at the University of Tennessee, stresses that the American President, Barack Obama, seeks to open a new dialogue with Muslims in the United States and the West, as well as the entire Islamic...