Date of source: Tuesday, June 19, 2001
Yesterday the Higher State Security Court in Egypt gave its reasons for finding all the defendants in the Ibn-Khaldoun Center case guilty. They concentrated on the legal part of the case and did not discuss the campaign adopted by American and western bodies against the verdict. They explained they...
Date of source: Saturday, June 23, 2001 to Friday, June 29, 2001
Mamdouh Mahran claimed that he was being patronized by the Journalists Syndicate. Many complaints were received against the newspaper because of fabricated or baseless news stories and nude pictures. A few days before he published the story about the former monk they questioned him about the fact...
Date of source: Saturday, June 23, 2001 to Friday, June 29, 2001
According to the author there are two main types of journalism, responsible and irresponsible. One that cares about man and one that is only after money. Some well- known journalists give their views on the qualities required of a responsible editor in chief.
Date of source: Saturday, June 23, 2001 to Friday, June 29, 2001
The author discusses how much freedom there should be in who can issue a newspaper. Opinions differ from complete freedom to specialized papers dealing only with news in the area of their producers’ expertise.
Date of source: Saturday, June 23, 2001 to Friday, June 29, 2001
The dangerous difference between the tabloids in Egypt and elsewhere is that in Egypt they have sneaked in uncontrolled by the officials, to a public unaware of the credibility of such papers. Where does freedom of the press end and where do its responsibilities begin? Shutting down newspapers by...
Date of source: Sunday, June 24, 2001
Thousands of outraged Copts converged on St Mark’s Cathedral to express their anger to Pope Shenouda and ask for decisive measures against the newspaper. Watani talked to the Pope and Church leaders; and conveyed readers’ questions about the truth of the story. The shocked public demanded that the...
Date of source: Sunday, June 24, 2001
Worse than the usual lewd literature and pictures, this paper went straight for the Coptic Church, Coptic monasteries, and clerics. Everyone was hurt and shocked at the shameless assault on values and morals. It is a glaring example of poor journalism and of ignoble journalistic ethics.
Date of source: Saturday, June 23, 2001 to Friday, June 29, 2001
It is really disgusting to read such nonsense that violates logic and reason. It is an attempt to get Christians to lose confidence in their monks and priests. No matter what this Mahran said we do believe in our church, priests and monks.
Date of source: Saturday, June 23, 2001 to Friday, June 29, 2001
The author visited the monastery and claims as a result that the story in Al-Nabaa was all fabricated. He spoke to Pachomius Al-Muharraqi who explained monastic life and described the monks’ living quarters. He stated that it was illogical if not impossible for the events reported to have taken...
Date of source: Saturday, June 23, 2001 to Friday, June 29, 2001
The author interviewed the head of Al-Muharraq monastery who told him the history of this monk within the monastery. He said he was a monk for thirteen years but he was then expelled because he didn’t follow the rules. He was given a second chance in another monastery but he failed to follow the...