Date of source: Thursday, September 27, 2018
I understand that there is sensitivity regarding travel to the Western Desert and when you look at the map, the case against travelling or living there seems obvious: Sīwah [Siwa] oasis is a long way from the Nile Valley and not so far from Libya. On the ground, the situation is very different.
Date of source: Monday, May 14, 2012
Meanwhile, a well-placed source at the committee supervising the papal elections said it approved announcing the initial list of candidates for the Coptic Orthodox patriarch post on May 19, adding the list will include only seven out of the 15 candidates who applied for the position so far.
The...
Date of source: Sunday, May 13, 2012
A wrangling erupted on Saturday (May 12) between veteran journalist Farīdah al-Shūbāshī and ‘Abd al-Zāhir Mufīd, the secretary of political education at the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), during a seminar hosted by the ministry of social affairs on drama handling of issues of...
Date of source: Saturday, May 12, 2012
“Benzion targets selling one million copies of the photo that catapulted its sales on the local market since it was first offered in April,” the company said in a statement on Thursday (May 10).
It added that it will offer 4,000 copies soon at a rate of LE295 (roughly $50) per one copy as a first...
Date of source: Friday, May 11, 2012
‘Awā, in an interview to al-Mihwar channel on Wednesday (May 9), said if he won the presidency, he would do his best to implement the Islamic sharī’ah because it is “the umbrella that cover all segments of the Egyptian people”. [Muhammad Gharīb and Ibtisām Ta’lab, al-Misrī al-Yawm, May 11, p. 6] ...
Date of source: Thursday, March 22, 2012
The behaviors of some Egyptians – Muslims and Copts – need genuine reconsideration as the Egyptians need to be convinced that establishing the pillars of a civil state is a key exit of what the nation is going through, writes ‘Abd al-Latīf al-Manāwī in an opinion article in al-Misrī al-Yawm.
The...
Date of source: Friday, April 13, 2012
“The Universal Declaration of Human Rights has emphatically stressed equality in rights and duties. Copts pay their taxes like any other citizen. I would not be exaggerating if I said one-third of the tax duties of the state are contributed by Copts. Coptic businessmen like Najīb Sawirus and Munīr...
Date of source: Monday, March 26, 2012
Furthermore, nine parties from inside and outside parliament as well as four independents are in the assembly, where the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) took the majority of the constitution panel. The assembly includes 25 FJP members, 11 from al-Nūr Party, three from al-Wafd, two from the Egyptian...
Date of source: Monday, March 26, 2012
Furthermore, nine parties from inside and outside parliament as well as four independents are in the assembly, where the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) took the majority of the constitution panel. The assembly includes 25 FJP members, 11 from al-Nūr Party, three from al-Wafd, two from the Egyptian...
Date of source: Monday, March 26, 2012
Furthermore, nine parties from inside and outside parliament as well as four independents are in the assembly, where the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) took the majority of the constitution panel. The assembly includes 25 FJP members, 11 from al-Nūr Party, three from al-Wafd, two from the Egyptian...