Date of source: السبت, شباط (فبراير) 6, 2016
Thousands of young people from Western countries have gone to Syria during recent years to fight under the black flag of what Prof. Schleifer calls “the most brutal and threateningly successful jihadist group, calling itself the Islamic State.” The British Tony Blair Foundation recently published a...
Date of source: الخميس, تموز (يوليو) 10, 2014
President Muhammad Mursi was removed on July 3, 2013. His supported promised large-scale demonstrations in protest of this removal one year later. There have been demonstrations but they were far from large-scale.
Egypt has received very negative Western press since Mursi’s removal for human rights...
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 29, 2014
The relationship between expatriates living in Egypt and Ramadan can be a love-hate relationship. Some might argue that Ramadan is the ‘most unproductive month of the year’. People work less hours and businesses can get a bit slow. On the other hand, however, very few can deny the level of...
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We often hear about the radical statements and fatwás of Muslims and about uncompromising Christian or secular activists who can appeal to populist sentiments and mistrust of the ‘other’.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 9, 2013
Below is the full texts of foreign newspapers reports about clashes occurred at the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Egypt.
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 4, 2013
Transcript of an interview with Dr. Essam Al-Haddad on government efforts to stabilize the country since this is a pre-requisite to get Egypt out of its current economic difficulties. Thus questions addressed much repeated critiques on the Mursī administration.
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 5, 2012
These are dangerous times. There are organized forces at work in the West exploiting every opportunity to foster Islamophobia -- in other words to fan fear of Muslims into hatred of Muslims by every means possible. The most obvious way is to take periodic examples of extremism among Muslims and...
Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 23, 2012
CAIRO, Egypt (AWR) – The standoff between Muslim Brothers and Egypt's ruling military continues, but seems to be turning into a victory for the army over the Brothers.
The Muslim Brothers organized large demonstrations at Tahrir square on Friday. The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (Scaf)...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, حزيران (يونيو) 12, 2012
Egypt is preparing itself for the second round of presidential elections on June 16 and 17 with two remaining candidates: Ahmad Shafīq and Muhammad Mursī. These two candidates reflect a great division one sees in Egypt, between Islamists (Mursī) and those opposed to Islamists (Shafīq).
The choice...