Date of source: Sunday, June 12, 2016
Arab-West Report organized for the University of Vienna, Austria, a visit to see Egypt in transition. The program was very varied and well organized. The group was very enthousiastic. Egyptians were very hospitable and Egypt was not dangerous for foreign visitors unlike the impression one would get...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 15, 2011
[Text spoken at the Missio-organized Parlamentarischer Abend in Berlin, March 15, 2011. The meeting was well attended. Seven members of parliament from different political parties participated, along with assistants of other members in parliament and diplomats of the Foreign Ministry. Dr. Otmar...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 8, 2011
AP reported today that “thousands of Egyptian Christians demonstrated in two Cairo locations Tuesday against perceived persecution by the country's Muslim majority. About 2,000 of them cut off a main road running on the eastern side of the city and pelted motorists with rocks.” This must have been...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Editor-in-chief Cornelis Hulsman: Dr. Michael Burslem (78) is a retired Canadian medical doctor and is a longtime friend of mine. He and his wife usually spend the winter months in Cairo when weather is substantially more pleasant in Egypt then in Canada and they spend the summers in Canada when...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 6, 2010
This article highlights the vital role played by the National Council for Human Rights in Egyptian society
Date of source: Friday, December 18, 2009
Arab-West Report Editor-in-Chief Cornelius Hulsman criticizes Egyptian media coverage of conflicts, arguing that background research and balanced reporting are too often traded for lazy, sensationalist journalism. He also cites an over-concentration of journalists in Cairo as one of the reasons...
Date of source: Sunday, January 31, 2010
This article describes the four young Coptic men who died trying to save a Muslim sanitary worker from suffocating in a drainage pit. Although the worker cried out for help after beginning to asphyxiate from the toxic gas, his manager and other workers would not commence a rescue for fear of...
Date of source: Sunday, January 24, 2010
This article summarizes the incident of Nag Hammadi on Christmas Eve, and the charges issued against the assailants. The three men who are charged with the shooting will go on trial on the 13th of February for a number of charges, a single one warranting the death sentence. The article also...
Date of source: Sunday, June 14, 2009
Most Egyptians look forward to better relations with America after Obama’s visit, but visit preparations and certain aspects of security were excessive.
Date of source: Sunday, June 7, 2009
Sidhum writes about Obama’s speech in Cairo and the massive media coverage of the speech but believes that even though Obama is a new character on the scene it is still the old American interests that will continue to govern the new American policy.