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Al-Muhājir (translation: the Immigrant, common spelling: El Muhager), a film by the Coptic Christian film director Yūsuf Shāhīn, caused uproar when it screened in Egyptian cinemas, especially as it had not been prevented by authorities after Islamists sued the film and its crew. Yūsuf...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 8, 2014
This article reflects on the conflict between Shaykh ‘Ala’ al-Din Mādi Abu al-‘Azāyim and Al-Qaradāwi regarding the constitutional referendum.
Date of source: Thursday, January 15, 2015
The U.K. Minister for the Middle East Tobias Ellwood called on Egyptian authorities during his meeting with President `Abd al-Fattāh al-Sisi Thursday to review the case of Aljazeera journalists and to take more steps for the political reform.
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In March 2007, a referendum changed several articles of the Egyptian Constitution.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 6, 2014
After the Egyptian Constitution was accepted in a referendum in January 2014 Mona Zulficar, vice president of the Constituent Assembly that amended the 2012 Constitution, went to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva to present the new Constitution. She prepared for this Council a...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 5, 2014
The interview conducted by Cornelis Hulsman and Diana Serodio on June 3, 2014, was part of a series of interviews for a report about the Egyptian Constitution of 2014. The transcript of the interview was made by Omar Ali.
Date of source: Friday, December 27, 2013
Rev. Safwat al-Bayādī, president of the Protestant churches of Egypt, believes the amended constitution submitted to Egypt for referendum January 14-15, is 85 percent positive. As one of the fifty committee members, he described his experiences, both positive and negative, to Arab West Report on...
Date of source: Sunday, December 1, 2013
As of today, December 2, 2013, the appointed fifty-member of the committee to amend the 2012 Egyptian Constitution are engaged in final voting on each article. They face a deadline to complete their work by December 3, after which it will be put to a national referendum in mid-January.
In advance...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Amnesty International has been recurrently critical of the military intervention following large-scale demonstrations against President Morsi between June 30 and July 3. Amnesty International has also criticized the interim authorities for various human rights violations following July 3. In their...