Date of source: Wednesday, November 8, 2000
Editorial Board RNSAW:Drs. Cornelis Hulsman had been invited to give a lecture on his work for the RNSAW at a conference on "Media and Interreligious Dialogue" in Vienna, Austria on November 8 and 9. The conference had been organized by the International Press Institute in Vienna, the Department of...
Date of source: Sunday, October 29, 2000
The unfortunate and barbaric events in Palestine have taken us into a new wave of angry protests by university students throughout Egypt, shouting their support for their Palestinian brothers, which is perfectly acceptable. However, these protest marches have quickly deteriorated into anarchism...
Date of source: Monday, October 23, 2000
Hulsman called some Christians in Samalut and learned from them about the problems around renovating a church. He also describes the difficulties with church renovation in Egypt in general which is not so much a matter of obtaining a permit or not but depends a lot on local bureaucrats and...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 6, 2000
The Misdemeanors Court of Sohag, pronounced the sentence in the case of the incidents at Dar Al-Salaam, which took place after those at Al-Kosheh. As a result of these incidents, five people were injured and 156 shops, one office, a pharmacy and a house were burnt and destroyed. Out of the 39...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 26, 2000
In his interview with Drs. Cornelis Hulsman, Khaled Hamza, asked him about his opinion concerning the relationships between the Muslim and Coptic communities in Egypt as well as about his opinion on both Pope Shenouda and the Sheikh of Al-Azhar. In addition to this he was asked to comment on the...
Date of source: Monday, June 26, 2000
Some of the emigrant Copts seem to have decided to intervene in the affairs of Egypt to destroy its national unity. This article tries to explain what is going on.
Date of source: Sunday, June 11, 2000
On its 5th page, Watani exposes the proceedings of the session. It writes, in details, what happened from the very first session till passing the sentence on Shayboub.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 6, 2000
The Criminal Court of Sohag has lowered the curtains, yesterday, on the first case of Al-Kosheh. It has decided to sentence Shayboub William Arsal to 15 years of hard labor.
Date of source: Sunday, May 14, 2000
In its session summoned on the ninth of May, the criminal court of Sohag decided to postpone the passing of the sentence concerning the first riots of El-Kosheh. As for the second riots it was postponed to the session of the 4th of June.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 19, 2000
The government has ignored the fulfillment of the President’s orders concerning compensation for the victims in spite of the great losses many citizens suffered in Al-Kosheh, Dar Al-Salaam, and some of the neighboring villages. The losses amounted to a quarter of a million pounds in some shops and...