Date of source: Saturday, January 26, 2013
On Friday, the 25th I was in Tahrir for many hours meeting people and discussing the future of Egypt. I saw a few young men with faces covered in black. “These belong to the Black Bloc,” George Missīhah said, who had led a march from his hometown, Qanātir to Tahrir. This is a new group, fighters...
Date of source: Saturday, November 24, 2012
Reactions of Egyptians on the streets escalated over decrees by President Muhammad Mursī on Thursday (November 22) sacking the public prosecutor and immunizing his decisions as political, betraying deep divisions within the society as opponents termed them as “rehash of past dictatorship”. [Author...
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Cornelis Hulsman was asked to speak about Matthew 25:35-36, where Jesus said “For I was hungry and you gav
Date of source: Thursday, September 20, 2012
The Holy Azhar denounced republishing the cartoons dishonoring Prophet Muhammad by the French newspaper Charlie Hebdo.
Date of source: Friday, August 31, 2012
'Awād Fathī Khalaf, founder of Nubian Brotherhood Group in Nasr Township of al-Nūbah in Aswan Governorate, said that the goal from establishing the group is to unify Nubian demands and escalate it to President Muhammad Mursī.
"We as a group welcome all sects to join including people from Upper...
Date of source: Thursday, August 2, 2012
The village of Dahshūr is administratively affiliated with Badrāshīn Township, Giza Governorate. It is one of the most historically famous spots on the map of the antiquities-based tourism in Egypt, especially after being chosen by the World Tourism Organization as the place for celebrations of the...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 27, 2012
The verdict passed by al-Minya Criminal Court on May 21 convicting 12 Copts and sentencing them to life imprisonment while acquitting eight accused Muslims in the same case, known as the Abū Qurqās sedition case, has caused widespread anger among the Copts. Arab-West Report asked intern Cassie...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 28, 2016
John R. Bradley, a British author and journalist best known for his 2008 book Inside Egypt: the Land of the Pharaohs on the Brink of a Revolution, identifies the Egyptian revolution of 1952 as “a failed revolution” that ended Egypt’s belle époque of the 1930s and 1940s’ cultural heyday. The author...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 13, 2012
The Muslim Brotherhood is a difficult subject to tackle. Some of this is the fault of others – there appears to be significant bias against them in many quarters. Some of this is their own fault – they are a closed organization accountable to no government oversight.
Date of source: Saturday, June 16, 2012
Security authorities disclosed plans to targeting the destabilization of Egypt and spark chaos during the presidential runoff round, asserting that 23 “terrorists” from the Palestinian ‘Iz al-Dīn al-Qassām Brigades entered Egypt through the tunnels to carry out terrorist operations. [Mamdūh Hassan...