Date of source: الجمعة, أيلول (سبتمبر) 3, 1999
In the continuing absence of Pope Shenouda outside Egypt on a trip to America, the Orthodox Cathedral in Abbassia refused to give permission for prayers to be made over the dead body of the priest Ibrahim Abdel Sayyed pastor of the church of Mari Girgis [St. George] in El-Maadi, in any church of...
Date of source: الاثنين, آيار (مايو) 17, 1999
Three MPs submitted an interpellation about information published in a number of newspapers indicating that a group led by Dr. Sa’ad Eddin Ibrahim, Director of the Ibn Al-Khaldoun Center for Development Studies, has compiled a book recommended to be taught as part of religious syllabus at pre-...
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 7, 1999 to السبت, آذار (مارس) 13, 1999
Hassan "Karatiya" Sultan is still in Imbaba - but this time he is no longer wearing his galabeyya, opting instead for more western-style jeans and a clean shave. It has been a while since the television cameras came down to this neck of Imbaba, Cairo, to hear Sultan tell the story of his turnaround...