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Father Dr. Christiaan van Nispen s.j., one of the members of our board of advisors, spoke with Atef Helmy, the author of the article "Fatawi Battles between Christian Denominations" in Rose El-Yousef, February 22-28, 1999 which has been strongly criticized by several Orthodox priests.
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The article deals with what went wrong in reporting about the issue of el-Koshh. Many Egyptians, and definitely the Egyptian authorities, would like nothing more then to forget the issue of el-Koshh but will it be forgotten?
Date of source: الخميس, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 31, 1998
The South Cairo Court will give its verdict in the lawsuit brought by 100 Copts against the Sunday Telegraph and Christina Lamb, a reporter for the same paper.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 30, 1998
Drs. Kees Hulsman, a correspondent for Dutch and American publications and the member of the board of the FPA, has been strongly attacked in a press release sent worldwide by Coptic Associations in the USA, Canada, Australia, England, Germany and France.
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 2, 1998
The Association condemned the false accusations that have been promoted by some Coptic Associations abroad against Drs. Kees Hulsman, who is a correspondent for a number of Dutch and American newspapers in Cairo, and is member of the Association’s Board.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 10, 1998
In the final week of last September I was told by my colleague Mustafa Abaza, who is an ex-general, about the incidents in Al-Koshh and the violent and unwise actions of some of the police investigation officers against suspects of a murder and other crimes, which is an action that is not new to...
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 8, 1998
The Sohag issue seemed to be settled. Expatriate Copts stopped sending faxes and the bishop had stopped making trouble. Then on October 25 the Sunday Telegraph came out and blew the story up. Members of the foreign press in Egypt scoffed at many of the statements in an article of Al Ahram.
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 8, 1998
We had intended to close the file of Al-Koshh events after publishing what we thought was enough to clarify facts. Daily papers and weekly magazines’ coverage of the issue found a kind of ’media demonstration’ that came late and seemed to be synthetic and not neutral. Thus, it is essential to...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 4, 1998
Interview with Drs. Kees Hulsman, the first correspondent to visit el-Koshh. The interview focused on the Sunday Telegraph, earlier sensational reporting on Egypt by a co-production of channel four and Dutch TV (Evangelical Broadcasting Company), what had happened in el-Koshh and the role of human...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 4, 1998
Author: Mahmoud Salah
The media frenzy has been sparked by an article written in the Sunday Telegraph by Ms. Christina Lamb. And although Cairo hosts more than 600 foreign correspondents, none of them wrote a word in this respect. Several foreign correspondents and others are mentioned including Mr...