Date of source: Thursday, February 2, 2006
Egyptian Interior Minister, Habīb al-‘Ādlī speaks out on a number of controversial issues, including the surprise win of Hamās in the Palestinian parliamentary elections, claims about the deaths of 19 detainees in Egyptian prisons and the increasing role of the Muslim Brotherhood on the political...
Date of source: Thursday, February 2, 2006
The author is reviewing the crisis of the opposition newspapers, which he argues are victims of the power struggle inside political parties.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 1, 2006
Intellectual Fahmī Huwaydī criticizes in an interview ailing political practices and blames political parties that fail to rise up to people’s expectations due to their frail partisan performance and internal disputes and power struggles.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 7, 2006
The author reviews the Holy Synod elections and the argument over the conditions for voting.
Date of source: Sunday, February 5, 2006
Nineteen Coptic pilgrims from St Mary’s Church in Shubrā al-Khayma, Cairo, died and a further 24 were wounded when a bus bringing pilgrims back from the Martyr’s Monastery in ‘Isna, crashed headlong with a speeding truck and fell into al-Ramādī canal in the village of al-Qaraya.
Date of source: Sunday, February 5, 2006
The Environmental Tourism Committee of the Egyptian Federation of the Tourism Chambers (EFTC) plans to screen a documentary on the Holy Family journey to Egypt, in an attempt to attract more investment to the holy sights throughout Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, February 5, 2006
President of the U.S. Copts Association, Michael Munīr, has been severely criticized over his recent visit to Egypt and his meeting with a number of top officials. A number of expatriate Coptic activists have seen Munīr’s visit as "an act of betrayal of the Coptic cause.” Others have regarded the...
Date of source: Sunday, February 5, 2006
In an interview with al-‘Arabī, 38-year-old Coptic activist Michael Munīr asserts that he will continue fighting for Coptic rights.
Date of source: Sunday, February 5, 2006
The news report focuses on the accident that claimed the lives of 19 young Christians during the journey back from a monastery to the Virgin Mary Church in Cairo, spotlighting the reaction of others who willfully got involved.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 1, 2006
The Administrative Court of Egypt is to look into the case brought by a divorced Copt, demanding Pope Shenouda III to grant him marriage permission after he was granted a civil divorce from a state’s family court.