Date of source: Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Dr. ‘Abd Allāh Shalabī, a young thinker and writer, has written a book arguing that terrorism can be understood as the only defense mechanism left for the socially oppressed.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Is Arabic society sick? Yes it is. Admitting this is not a sign of defeat or pessimism. It is self-condemnation. We need to take a deep look into the illness to find the cure.
Date of source: Monday, July 25, 2005
Forget words like "we" or "they". The matter involves all of us. London, Beirut, and Sharm el-Sheikh all suffered attacks within less than 48 hours. Forget ‘Muslim’, ‘Christian’ or ‘Jew’; ‘believer’ or ‘disbeliever’; ‘east’ or ‘west’. No place is safe from terrorism.
Date of source: Saturday, July 23, 2005
An article by Ann Penketh, published in The Independent, describes the Egyptian middle class as embodied in the supremacy of hijāb, the authority of security, and the dominance of wine
Date of source: Saturday, July 2, 2005
The culture of violence is the set of values, set in a specific time and space promoting physical and attitudinal violence along a spectrum, against individuals or properties, or symbols.
Date of source: Sunday, August 18, 2002
[Bait Alam is a village in the Sohag governorate, in Upper Egypt. As a result of vendettas between two big families there, 22 men belonging to one family have been killed by members of the other family.]
Date of source: Saturday, February 25, 2006
This press review is dealing with the issue of rumors, and how far they can have a negative impact on the society, the economy and national security.
Date of source: Friday, February 17, 2006
The author discusses the two major problems that Egypt has recently faced; the sinking of the Egyptian ferry and the crisis of the Danish cartoons.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 14, 2006
In this article the author is arguing that both the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamās have never got rid of their radical discourses. He believes that the ideology of Hamās would not guarantee a decent life for the ordinary Palestinian citizens or rescue them from the poverty, unemployment and...
Date of source: Monday, February 6, 2006
This feature discusses Egyptian youths’ inclination to make their dreams of emigration come true. Some young Egyptians, who suffer from unemployment or extremely low salaries, resort to immigration firms to help them get out of the country.