Date of source: Thursday, June 21, 2018
Following my initial visit to ‘Izbat al-Hajjānah [1], I furthered my research on other issues occurring in the aḥayʾ sha‘abiya of Cairo, or the popular areas where Egypt’s poor are living. The word ‘slum’ is disputed since Egypt does not have the abject poverty such as is seen in for example India...
Date of source: Sunday, November 26, 2017
Slightly more than one hundred years ago on November 2, 1917, the Balfour Declaration was signed. The recently celebrated anniversary of the declaration led to expressions of appreciation, critique, hope, and fear through global media outlets, such as the Huffington Post, The Guardian, and the...
Date of source: Thursday, January 19, 2017
The political middleman, the Salafī, is worse than the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood. They are swallowing up Egypt now, they control the villages, and the hungry, and the popular neighborhoods by their manipulation of the difficult economic circumstances, and by using Saudi Arabian money.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 17, 2017
The Observatory for Takfīrī Fatwās and Extremist Thought, associated with Dār al-Iftā’, affirmed that the clash between terrorist organizations has worsened. Every organization is trying to surpass, and destroy, the other. This clash has transformed into a hostile phenomenon that has spread...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Researcher Islām Biḥayrī described discussions about reconciliation with the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood as “the crisis of all crises,” from which Egypt and the surrounding region would not recover again. In a long interview with al-Dustūr, Biḥayrī said: the Brotherhood got a proper chance to...
Date of source: Thursday, April 28, 2016
In a featured story on its website, Al-Misrīyūn wrote a profile about the former Egyptian Diplomat and Ambassador to Venezuela Yaḥia Nijm. Nijm was billed by activists and politicians as the "man of principles" as he stood against the constitutional declaration issued by the deposed president...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Al-Ṣabāh monitored in a report on the Ministry of Awqaf, what it called aspects of corruption in the Ministry. The report addressed the Ministry’s missions abroad and accused it of being a cover and safe haven for the Imams of the Muslim Brotherhood, allowing them to get out of Egypt with great...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 26, 2016
The Egyptian General Book Authority, headed by Dr. Haytham Al- Haj ʿAlī, recently published a book entitled "The National Bet …A Press History of the Rule of the Muslim Brotherhood" by Wafāʾ Ṣanadi. The author wrote articles and chapters of this book in conjunction with the fast pace of events in...
Date of source: Monday, April 25, 2016
Dr. Muḥammad Nūr Faraḥāt, professor of constitutional and international law, said that the youth movements do not have the adequate and required ability to propose alternatives in the current political scene, considering that the power possessed by the youth is limited to staging protests only.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Al-Jazeera TV Presenter Jamāl Ryān, comments in a post on his Twitter, on the statements of Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria about the Muslim Brotherhood group. In the statements referred to, Tawadros expresses his doubts about the Egyptian people’s willingness to reconcile with the group....