Date of source: Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Based on the lectures given at the Danish-Egyptian Dialogue Institute symposium on de-radicalization and dis-engagement in December 2009 one of the CIDT interns, Vivien Molinengo wrote this paper on societal collapse and radicalization. He argues that the notion of societal collapse was a leitmotif...
Date of source: Sunday, November 15, 2009
Despite international interest in the study of Coptic Orthodoxy and Coptic history, until as late as the 1950s there was no academic institution offering such studies in Egypt. This article describes the founding and continued work of the Institute for Coptic Studies, founded in 1954.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Reviewer: Nuhayr ‘IsmatMājid ‘Atīyah gives a brief history of eminent Christian figures whose villages are named after them.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Copts celebrate the saints’ feasts despite the decision forbidding the celebration of mawalid.
Date of source: Sunday, November 8, 2009
Robeir al-Faris provides a round up of the Cairo press this month. He covers the case of the murder trial of Marwa al-Shirbīni which is taking place in Germany, looking in particular at an article written by Ibrāhīm Isá in al-Dustūr that reflects on the Egyptian reaction to the case. Al-Faris also...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 2, 2009
The AWR team returned to Beni Suef to continue investigations about Izbat Bushrá. Their efforts to visit the village, however, were rebuffed by concerns expressed by the church about disturbing the volatile situation there.
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The second attempt by the AWR team to visit ‘Izbat...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 2, 2009
An AWR team traveled to Beni Suef to investigate the incidents at ‘Izbat Bushrá, and gained an initial report of what happened.
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The purpose of the visit to the city of Beni Suef, located approximately two hours south of Cairo by railroad, was to clarify the situation within ‘...
Date of source: Sunday, October 25, 2009
Watani International comments on its most recent book, ’ Sadat in the memory of Copts: Days of pain and triumph.’ The book was written by Robeir al-Faris. The book is divided into eight chapters and looks at the development of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt as well as the Nāsir years before...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 28, 2009
In this article, Jayson Casper argues that some of the media reporting on the recent sectarian incident that took place in Daryūt, in Upper Egypt was sensationalist. He believes that newspapers use eye-catching headlines to draw readers in even though this can mean exaggerating the actual events...
Date of source: Saturday, June 27, 2009
Shaykh Jamāl Qutb calls for attaching a private Coptic-administered school to Azhar and the reactions of Copts.