Date of source: Friday, February 18, 2000
It was expected that the visit of Pope John Paul II would start in Iraq, as did the trip of Abraham. He would then go to Egypt passing by Palestine. It was hoped that this trip would draw attention to the suffering of the Iraqi people and the hunger that was harming children before adults. However...
Date of source: Friday, January 21, 2000
The peacemaking committee has not completed its work in Al-Kosheh. They have a few major problems.
Date of source: Friday, December 31, 1999
Two controversial items in the draft of the new Personal Status Law are Al-Khul’a [a woman’s right to divorce her husband without explanation in exchange for renouncing all her marriage rights and returning the dowry he had given for her], and the right of a married Muslim woman to travel on her...
Date of source: Friday, December 17, 1999
Before referring the draft of the Law Regulating the Personal Status to the People’s Assembly, President Hosni Mubarak held a meeting to ensure that the rules of Islamic Shari’a canonical were met in the draft. In the deliberations of the Azhar on the new draft there were disagreements, however, on...
Date of source: Friday, July 9, 1999
Hanna Nashid, the counselor, is the first Christian who chairs the Cairo City Council. His election was an very significant event in the face of claims of persecution of Christians. He hopes that he can develop the methods of management and enter the new century with very cultured counselors who...
Date of source: Friday, April 2, 1999
Khul’a, a new item in the Personal Status Draft Law, gives a woman the right to divorce her husband without explanation in exchange for renouncing all her rights and returning the dowry he had given for her. This interview explains the story behind the new legislation.
Date of source: Thursday, February 11, 1999
At last the 13 Coptic Christian churches agreed on the project of the unified personal
status law for the Christians, and it was sent to the Ministry of Justice. Now
they are forming a committee, which consists of some Christian religious men
and representatives of the legislative department in...