Date of source: الاثنين, حزيران (يونيو) 18, 2007
A presidential ruling was issued assigning five new chancellors to five
universities. Contrary to some expectations, women and Copts were not included in the list of the newly assigned.
Date of source: الاثنين, شباط (فبراير) 12, 2007
The Shī‘ah do not enjoy a good position in Egypt. Shiite Sāliḥ al-Wardānī says that there is no threat of the Iranians, but of the Arabic Shī‘ah. Wahhābīs attacks against Shī‘ah aim to defend the Sunnī school rather than Islām in general.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 5, 2006
Dr. Amīn Makram ‘Ubayd introduces himself to readers of AWR, wanting to dedicate his efforts “towards a mission of progress energized by a will to see obscurantism defeated, fanaticism vanquished and poverty conquered.” “Writing,” Dr. ‘Ubayd writes, “associated with a fair degree of research, put...
Date of source:
Two days before the trial
against
Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Amnesty International announced its concern about the possibility of political motives
behind the trial. It published a statement saying that the Egyptian authorities did not follow
international
standards for fair trials, describing...
Date of source: الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 28, 2006
A conference was held in Haifa where 200 Egyptian Jews gathered to claim their
properties in Egypt. The author reports about the conference and met with Egyptian figures to investigate the
matter.
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 10, 2006
The article reports on a demonstration by female students at al-Mansura University in
protest of what they claim are ‘anti-Islamic’ practices by the university’s security staff.
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 24, 2003
Mansoura University has nominated the Minister of Endowments for the King Faysal International Award for his international and domestic efforts in the field of preaching.
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 3, 2001 to الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 9, 2001
Some professors think that if male students sit next to their female colleagues something immoral might happen. They consider this to be an evil vicious act. In the Faculty of Commerce a professor refuses to let in male students who apply cream to their hair and female students who wear make-up,...
Date of source: الخميس, آيار (مايو) 11, 2000
For the third day, several students from the Azhar University joined in a hunger strike inside the male and female dormitories. Students gathered at the University City mosque and shouted against the Government and the Minister of Culture. They refused to participate in negotiations conducted by...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 20, 1999
In a series of articles, Mr. Al-Said Ahmed Higazi attacked Dr. Al-Said Farag, a professor in Al-Mansourah University with different claims, but each time he failed to destroy him. His last attempt is that he attacked the government’s decision concerning the "naked models."