Date of source: Saturday, May 21, 2005
Reading journals can turn into an addiction if they focus on scandals. Psychiatrists warn against such trends and say readers should boycott such journalism.
Date of source: Saturday, May 21, 2005
Journalists are not above the law. They should be subject to the jurisdiction of the code of conduct. Dr. Shawqī al-Sayyid views the journalists’ menace as an unacceptable catastrophe.
Date of source: Monday, September 6, 2004
The state might
look to media organizations that it owns - newspapers, radio, TV, etc.- as if they were its own
propaganda instruments to justifies what it does and defend its actions. It is then that these
organizations completely lose their independence and turn into pure ideological...
Date of source: Monday, June 28, 2004
In December 1976, Mamdouh Salem, then Minister of Interior, issued a
decision to cancel censorship on books and newspapers. This was one way President Sadat aimed at
presenting himself as democratic. The editors and the managers of the newspapers were appointed
by the president himself and thus...
Date of source: Saturday, March 12, 2005
A recent TV program on the Egyptian satellite channel Dream 2 has kept me glued to the screen, as it discussed a very controversial issue: Coptic divorce.
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:
Academic article on the impact of the Coptic lobby outside Egypt, a relatively small group of people who use the latest communication technology to increase their voice.
Date of source: Thursday, January 11, 2001
Introducing AWR press reviews. Growing media attention for RNSAW work.
Date of source: Sunday, December 17, 2000
Finally, the Committee of Press Affairs agreed to the request of Watani Company for Publishing and Printing to issue "Watani" newspaper. This great achievement is dedicated to the late Mr. Antoun Sidhom, the founder of Watani, to everyone in Watani’s staff and to all its readers. Many changes in...
Date of source: Sunday, October 22, 2000
After a long introduction about the difficulties Watani encountered to obtain its registration license, Youssef Sidhom, in a bitter and defying tone, wondered why Watani was not among the three papers the Supreme Council of press agreed to issue.