Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 23, 2001 to الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 29, 2001
Mamdouh Mahran claimed that he was being patronized by the Journalists Syndicate. Many complaints were received against the newspaper because of fabricated or baseless news stories and nude pictures. A few days before he published the story about the former monk they questioned him about the fact...
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 5, 2001
AWR editor Cornelis Hulsman asked Michael Meunier to respond to an article in Al-Usbua, February 26. Michael Meunier responded in an e-mail that most claims in the Egyptian media about Copts in the US are made up. He gives several examples. Meunier agreed with placement in RNSAW.
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 31, 2000
Naguib Mahfouz was dispossessed of a scholarship to France after his graduation because the head of the scholarships department thought that Mahfouz was a Copt. The author believes that this incident is strong evidence of the importance of Copts and the role they played in the modern history of...
Date of source: الخميس, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 21, 2000
Pope Shenouda and many Muslim religious men received a great number of inquiries and criticisms about the series of "Awan Al-Ward." Christians believe that the series presents the issue of the marriage between a Muslim man and a Christian woman as a matter that should be accepted by Christians out...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 20, 2000
An Egyptian Coptic lawyer sued to stop state television rebroadcasting the Film "Awan Al-Ward," believing that its topic is offensive to the Coptic community. This is because it mentioned the marriage of a Christian woman to a Muslim man.
Date of source: الخميس, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 7, 2000
Pope Shenouda explained in his weekly meeting in the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Abassiya, Cairo, that he is very sad about the film Awan El Ward which is shown during Ramadan on Egyptian TV. He encouraged individual people to write letters of protest to the Egyptian Minister Safwat el-Sherif,...
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 17, 2000
The organization of "Journalists Without Boundaries" declared, in a statement that it asked Egypt to investigate the incident of two journalists who were attacked while covering the parliamentary elections. The organization said that that it sent a message to the Minister of Interior, in which it...
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 29, 2000
Rafi Ahmed Taha, a prominent leader of the Gama’a Al-Islamiya, accused Egyptian authorities of being responsible for the killing of fundamentalist leader Alaa’ Abdel Razaq Atia, and one of his accomplices in a clash with the Egyptian security forces in Aswan on October 19.
Date of source: السبت, شباط (فبراير) 12, 2000 to الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 18, 2000
A year ago, during the general assembly of the radio and television union, Safwat Al-Sherif, Minister of Information announced the establishment of Al-Tanweer channel. A few months ago, the final form was admitted. In about a month, the experimental broadcasting of the channel will start. Religious...
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 14, 2000
The government promised that all details about the incidents of Al-Kosheh would be revealed to the public as soon as the investigations end. The investigations are expected to end in 10 days.