Date of source: Sunday, November 26, 2000
Some independents joined the National Democratic Party (NDP) for two reasons; the periodical meetings held by its head, president Mubarak, as well as its political club allows the NDP’s representatives to discuss the problems of their constituencies in the presence of the political leadership....
Date of source: Wednesday, November 22, 2000
Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour, a Copt, won the internal election of the Wafd Party and becomes the head of the Wafd bloc in the parliament for the coming five years. Sources of the party said that the nomination of Abdel Nour should confirm that part of the public refuses denominational conflicts and...
Date of source: Monday, November 27, 2000
The General Secretary of the Supreme Council of Antiquities signed the contract of restoring the monastery of Anba Antonius in the governorate of the Red Sea. The restoration will cost 16 million pounds.
Date of source: Monday, November 27, 2000
Dr. Nasr Abu Zayd delivered this lecture upon accepting the prestigious Cleveringa professorial chair at Leiden University in The Netherlands with the request to teach justice, freedom and responsibility and especially the freedom of religion and liberty of conscience. The lecture discussed the...
Date of source: Saturday, November 25, 2000
In the Student Union elections of this year in the Egyptian Universities the extremists lost. The moderate current won the elections in all the faculties with the exception of the faculty of Medicine, where the religious current won 25% of the positions. Extremists no longer control the Faculty of...
Date of source: Saturday, November 25, 2000
Religious extremists started campaigning against Rose Al-Youssef because it published a series of taped interviews with them which unleashed their thoughts, methods and goals. Yasser Al-Serri felt cornered after the magazine revealed the unimportance of his role, and how flat his ideas are. Sheikh...
Date of source: Friday, November 17, 2000
The organization of "Journalists Without Boundaries" declared, in a statement that it asked Egypt to investigate the incident of two journalists who were attacked while covering the parliamentary elections. The organization said that that it sent a message to the Minister of Interior, in which it...
Date of source: Monday, November 20, 2000
Saad Eddin Ibrahim and 27 others are facing charges ranging from accepting foreign money without government approval to issuing false statements about the country’s internal situation. In a statement nine international human rights organizations expressed concern that the trial will not meet...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 22, 2000
Rev. Dr. John Watson writes about his memories and relationship with metropolitan Athanasius of Beni Suef. He describes the late bishop as "old fashioned" and "much loved in ecumenical circles, a man of great charm and dignity who respected the world’s 79 million Anglicans in a manner that is rare...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 14, 2000
The author believes that the negative attitude of the Vatican towards the Palestinian issue may encourage Israel to continue its attack against the Palestinians and shed more of their blood. He says it may make the Vatican lose the credibility which it says it has. The author asked the different...