Date of source: الجمعة, أيلول (سبتمبر) 10, 1999
Although Father George Qanawati has been widely celebrated, works on him as an intellectual, thinker and a philosopher have been too scarce. This is exactly what has prompted us to review Hani Labeeb’s documentary book on Father George Qanawati...
Date of source: الخميس, أيلول (سبتمبر) 9, 1999
Egypt has lost one of its greatest patriotic intellects, Dr. William Suleiman Qilada who has enriched civil law and political thinking by several valuable studies. Dr. Qilada published several books in the area of national unity, citizenship, accepting the "other" and civil law. His latest book...
Date of source: الخميس, أيلول (سبتمبر) 9, 1999
Bishop Sawirus, bishop and head of Deir Al-Muharraq writing to Watany newspaper explains the monastery’s policy on evictions of tenants from land belonging to it, and presents evidence that suggests that the murderers of the monk did not do so because he was allegedly going to evict them. In fact,...
Date of source: الخميس, أيلول (سبتمبر) 9, 1999
The prosecution agreed to present the murderers of the monk to the court. They asked the court to hang them for their crime which was deliberate and planned.
Date of source: الأربعاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 8, 1999
Emigrant Egyptians all over the world can now follow the news of their country via the Internet. One particular site provides Muslims all over the world with fatwas in their religion from the Mufti of Egypt. Pope Shenouda also publishes a weekly message on the web to the emigrant Copts.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 14, 1999
During the religious feast of the birth of the Virgin, Muslims and Christians all over Egypt venerate this lady who is honored by all religions as the purest woman in the world. A Muslim sheikh from the village of Dagadus on the route of the Holy Family’s journey in Egypt reminisces.
Date of source: الخميس, أيلول (سبتمبر) 9, 1999
The Jordanian authorities’ unexpected move to close the offices of Hamas in Amman, round up 12 of its members and issue arrest warrants against its leaders marked a turning point in relations between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Jordanian government. But the move is expected to have...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 14, 1999
Egyptian security forces succeeded in finding the hideouts of four terrorists in Al-Omraniyya in Giza. The gunfight which followed ended with the death of the four terrorists, notable among whom was the famous terrorist leader Farid Kidwani.
Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 13, 1999
The final curtain was drawn on the case concerning Dr. Abdel Sabour Shahin’s book "My Father Adam... The Story of Creation between Fantasy And Reality" after the committee formed by the Islamic Research Academy decided that what the author wrote was a attempt to understand the Qur’anic text and...
Date of source: الخميس, أيلول (سبتمبر) 9, 1999
The bookshop of Mohamed Ali Sobeih in Al-Azhar Street was up once again for auction last week. The bookshop, which also includes a printing press, was built in 1900 and is renowned for its collection of 5,000 masterpieces of Arab and Islamic culture.