Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 7, 2004 to الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 13, 2004
Egyptian newspapers covered the occasion of the Eastern Easter feast celebrated by the Coptic Christian Church. Topics ranged from historical background articles to opinion articles about Easter.
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 31, 2004 to الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 6, 2004
A list of articles published in Arabic press available in Egypt on “the passion of the Christ”.
Date of source: الأربعاء, شباط (فبراير) 11, 2004 to الثلاثاء, شباط (فبراير) 17, 2004
The issue of banning the veil as well as other religious symbols at French schools and public institutions is still discussed in Arabic press. Four articles about the issue were published in al-Aḥrār, Sawt al-Azhar, Asharq al-Awsat and al-Hayat.
Date of source: الخميس, شباط (فبراير) 19, 2004
Comment of a group of Egyptian NGOs on the establishment of the National Council for Human Rights. They write about a system of legislation that severely limits rights to the freedom of forming parties, publications and civil society.
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 14, 2004
Following the death of the Brotherhood Supreme Guide Counselor Ma?moun al-Hudaiby, the outlawed group chose Muhammad Helal as an acting Supreme Guide. Six days later the Brotherhood decided on the name of its new Supreme Guide, ending all discussions and speculations on the conflict within the...
Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 7, 2017
Egyptian newspapers gave considerable space to news about the rather sudden death of Counselor Ma?moun al-Hudaiby, the Supreme Guide of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group, on 9 January 2004. al-Hudaiby, 83, who was named Supreme Guide of the Brotherhood on 27 November 2002, had always refused to...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 8, 2003
For three consecutive issues, Rose al-Youssef devoted a special file for comments on the Egyptian identity under a general title ?Egypt is First and Before All.? Part of the file is three interviews with poet and writer Ahmed Abdel-Mo’ti Hegazi. Among his comments on the effects of Arab nationalism...
Date of source: السبت, تموز (يوليو) 26, 2008
Arab media primarily placed the war in Iraq in the framework of the religious dimension. Religion is present in the background of almost all articles. Reactions of religious institutions and figures and the impact of religion on the characters of both Bush and Saddam Hussein are the focus of...
Date of source: الخميس, تموز (يوليو) 25, 2002
Al-Wafd and al-Usboa papers are positive toward the Yemeni Shaykh al-Habib al-Gafri and against the decision to deport him. Sout al-Ummah, however, believes that better than deporting him would be to disclose his deception. al-Musawwar interviews him on the reasons behind his deportation and his...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 16, 2002
Rose Al-Yūssif and al-Musawar provided a background of Shaykh al-Ḥabīb al-Jifrī and how he started preaching in Egypt. The reasons for his deportation were unclear, but he claimed he was slandered and defamed. al-Musawar added an interview with him about the ḥijāb. Sawt al-'Umma attributes his...