Date of source: Thursday, January 7, 2021
While Copts celebrate Christmas today, Rāmī Kāmil, Patrick George and Khalīl Rizq find themselves in prison, being held in pretrial detention pending charges of spreading false news by defending human and workers’ rights.
Date of source: Thursday, January 7, 2021
Sudan has confirmed its commitment to continue negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) under the supervision of the African Union, demanding a greater role to experts to facilitate the negotiations and narrow the gap between the disputed parties.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sāmiḥ Shukrī signed the “al-ʿUlā Statement” in which Arab Gulf states restored relations with Qatar during the Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) 41st Summit in al-ʿUlā, Saudi Arabia.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Egypt hasn’t officially commented yet on the agreement that the Kuwaiti Foreign Minister al-Shaykh Aḥmad al-Nāṣir announced to reopen the borders between Saudi Arabia and Qatar. However, prominent Egyptian media commentators didn’t seem to welcome the news about the breakthrough between Qatar on...
Date of source: Sunday, January 3, 2021
On Sunday, Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sāmiḥ Shukrī and Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Muḥammad ʿAbd al-ʿĀṭī participated in a meeting about the Renaissance Dam with their Sudanese and Ethiopian counterparts under the supervision of South Africa.
Date of source: Saturday, January 2, 2021
The history of the late Waḥīd Ḥāmid’s works shows that he was a role model for artists and creative types. He knew, according to the title of his early film “Man Only Lives Once” (1981) that the intellectual’s intense struggle with power would bring an end to the stable life that he had wanted to...
Date of source: Saturday, December 19, 2020
The European Parliament’s statement about the human rights situation in Egypt has provoked wide condemnation over its recommendations for Egypt. Both the Egyptian House of Representatives and Senate as well as several parliamentarians and political parties dismissed the statement, saying that it...
Date of source: Friday, December 18, 2020
On December 18, the European Parliament voted on a resolution on the deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt. The EU Parliament demanded that Egyptian authorities immediately release 25 detainees and cooperate with Italy over the murder case of Italian student Giulio Regeni. It also...
Date of source: Thursday, December 17, 2020
Al-Azhar issued its 2020 report showcasing the most important issues that it dealt with this year.
In light of the vicious attacks to disparage Islam and the Prophet Muḥammad in 2020, al-Azhar – which is the voice of nearly two billion Muslims – worked hard to stand up against these attacks. The...
Date of source: Thursday, May 14, 2020
Israelis believe that the Egypt’s reaction to the implementation of the plan to annex areas in the West Bank and impose Israeli sovereignty over them would be “restrained,” based on past events targeting Palestinians like the Intifadas, wars in the Gaza Strip, and the Trump administration’s...