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27. Why don't Muslims have a religiously inspiring pope too?
Date of source: الأربعاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 22, 2010
Coptic thinker Dr. Rafik Habeeb says the reason the Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar isn't as influential with Muslims as Pope Shenouda III is with Copts is that unlike the Al-Azhar, the Church is financially and administratively independent of state. The Church's strength also draws from the fact that it...
52. Half of the Egyptian population already has an accusing finger pointing at them
Date of source: السبت, آيار (مايو) 15, 2010
This article summarizes the results of a report by the Judicial Statistics Centre. It focuses on economic crimes of the past 8 years, finding that in all sections crime has increased by around 100%.
33. Coptic veto against politicizing the church
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 4, 2010
Muhammad al-Barādi‘ī’s visit to Saint Mark's Cathedral for the Easter Mass created considerable controversy. While some people appreciated the greetings, others considered it a gesture that gives the church an undue political role.
50. “All Egyptians aresecond rate citizens, not just the Copts”, Ayman Nur says at a church.
Date of source: السبت, تموز (يوليو) 4, 2009
Al-Dustūr writes about Ayman Nūr’s tour in Alexandria.
41. Back to tomorrow
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 22, 2009
The author discusses the release of Aymān Nūr the political prisoner that has recently been released. The article debates whether or not he was released following foreign pressure and charts his political career.
1. Editorial
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 3, 2009
This week’s articles correspond with the date of President Barack Obama’s inauguration and a number of articles tackle the issue of U.S-Egyptian relations. This relationship has taken a more complicated turn in the past week when the Egyptian government unexpectedly released the political dissident...
51. Comforting yet worrying decision
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 9, 2008
The article states that Ibrāhīm ‘Īsá’s presidential pardon is politically motivated and is an isolated incident of the Egyptian regime backtracking, rather than a step toward a wider leniency for other political prisoners.
52. Ayman Nur, Sa‘d Eddin Ibrahim tarnish Egypt’s image
Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 22, 2008
Comments on Freedom House’s recent visit to Egypt.
100. “My name is just Isra’ and I only represent myself” says the 27 year old who is reportedly behind the April 6 strike
Date of source: الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 18, 2008
In the article, the families of the two activists who were charged with inciting the April 6 strike and detained, claim that they do not even know if their relatives are still alive.
46. Furor over human rights
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 27, 2008
The article looks at a resolution that was recently passed in the European Parliament concerning Egypt’s human rights record. The resolution has created uproar in many Egyptian milieus.

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