Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 10, 2014
After youth have launched a hash-tag on Twitter spreading rumors and using offensive language against one of the presidential candidates, religious scholars stated that spreading such rumors is rejected by Islamic law.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تموز (يوليو) 16, 2014
A Twitter account believed to belong to ISIS warned Egyptians in Cairo and in North Sinai to remain far from security institutions, in order to stay safe. Yesterday, Twitter pages, believed to belong to ISIS, stated apologies for the death of civilians while attacking the army camps in Arīsh.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, حزيران (يونيو) 3, 2014
The Ministry of Interior has stated that it is attempting to monitor the social media websites Facebook and Twitter by getting access to monitoring programs.
Date of source: الأحد, تموز (يوليو) 14, 2013
The Coptic Orthodox Church has submitted an official memorandum -commissioned by Pope Tawadros- which contains comments about the Constitutional Declaration, to the Presidency. The memo states that the Constitutional Declaration included all the disputed articles that existed in the suspended...
Date of source: الاثنين, آب (اغسطس) 28, 2017
Egyptian actress Munā Zakī launched, through her personal account on Twitter, a hashtag named “I Am Egyptian, the Cross Does Not Offend Me.” This represented Zakī’s objection to the idea of banning the placing of the Cross on churches as a part of the draft law on building churches in Egypt,...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 3, 2017
Via his personal account on Twitter, Ramaḍān said, “Ibrāhīm ʿĪsā’s absence from the screen is a big loss for the media and constitutes a negative indicator for the future of freedom in Egypt… In solidarity with Ibrāhim even if I disagree with some of his opinions… What a loss.”
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 30, 2015
Twitter users launched a hashtag called “Where is Massouny?” to demand the disclosure of the whereabouts of activist Mustafa Massūni.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 5, 2015
CAWU Researcher Rene Witteveen met with Mina Magdy, General Coordinator of the Maspero Youth Union on October 10th 2014.
Date of source: الخميس, آيار (مايو) 22, 2014
[First published on May 17, 2014 on the website of the Institute of Middle East Studies (IMES) in Lebanon. Republished with the permission of the author and IMES in Arab-West Report]
Date of source: الخميس, آيار (مايو) 1, 2014
On Monday April 28th, the Minya Criminal Court sentenced 683 people to death in a controversial ruling, , including Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Muhammad Badī’, and former speaker of the Peoples Assembly, Saad al-Katātnī, for charges including inciting violence, murdering a police officer, and...