Date of source: Thursday, July 29, 1999 to Wednesday, August 4, 1999
The High Administrative Court has decided to ban students from entering schools while wearing a niqab (full-face veil).
Date of source: Thursday, July 22, 1999
The fact that some below average university students pass with flying colors while some of their distinguished fellows barely make the grade is a surprise which reoccurs every year when exam results are released.
Date of source: Friday, July 23, 1999
If the situation was not extremely embarrassing I would not have dared to write these lines. The situation is embarrassing for the non-governmental organizations because they have lost confidence in the governmental system.
Date of source: Thursday, July 22, 1999 to Wednesday, July 28, 1999
Human rights organizations have long criticized what they report to be the deplorable conditions of Egyptian prisons. Nothing new or particularly surprising there. But when an autonomous semi-governmental body actually condemns living conditions in prisons as inhuman, then all hell breaks loose....
Date of source: Thursday, July 22, 1999 to Monday, August 2, 1999
Naguib Sawiris appeared for over an hour in interview on the program "Belaa Hudoud" (Without Limits) on the Qatar-based Jazeera satellite TV station, discussing the emergence of the new business class and their political influence - burning questions that are widely aired in the press but never...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 27, 1999
The Egyptian Church has been exposed to various attempts to get it to normalize relations with the Israelis. But the Church has fought these attempts and refused them for many reasons.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 28, 1999
Dr. Mervat Al-Tellawi, the Minister of Insurance and Social Affairs, together with Pope Shenouda visited the injured people in the accident of Beni Suef. She also offered her consolations to the families of the dead people.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 27, 1999
Mr. Ibrahim Shokri, the head of the Al-Amal Party (The Work Party) sends his consolations to Pope Shenouda concerning the accident involving the bus at Beni Suef. He confirmed that this road was known as "the road of death" due to the increasing number of accidents on it that happen everyday.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 27, 1999
This is the habit of our government. We can not pay attention to anything unless it is destroyed in front of us. Within one week, 65 people were killed and more than 50 people were injured. This is because of the carelessness and the ignorance of the official administrations.
Date of source: Sunday, July 25, 1999
Yesterday, a collective funeral for the victims of the road accident was held in the Cathedral. The families of the victims, their neighbors and their friends participated in the funeral. The priests held a requiem for their bodies. Afterwards the bodies were delivered to their families in order...