Date of source: Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Amnesty International (AI) has called on both the Egyptian government and political parties in Egypt to put the development of the rights of slum-dwellers - the number of which are estimated at around 12 million people - at the top of its priorities, if it wants to achieve the demands of social...
Date of source: Friday, August 12, 2011
Zakhir: Candidates to succeed the Pope not guilty of spreading death rumor.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Volkhard Windfuhr [read his biography here], Cairo correspondent for Der Spiegel (German weekly magazine), said in an interview with al-Akhbār that he had sensed a change in former President Husnī Mubārak since 2004.
In 2002, Windfuhr started to sense anxiety and tension in the community close to...
Date of source: Sunday, August 7, 2011
What had been planned as a “Friday of unifying the ranks” ended, as unanimously agreed by the Egyptian media, as a “Friday of splitting the ranks”. While the day began with various political groups, including Islamists, converging on Tahrir Square in numbers that came close to a million, it ended...
Date of source: Friday, August 5, 2011
Ambassador Minhah Bakhūm (Copt), Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that the 25 Revolution erupted for herself to save her from the injustice she suffered in the Ministry, adding that it is a miracle.
She added that she was marginalized in the time of the ousted President and the...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 3, 2011
The United States has a vision to interfere in Egypt in several areas: 1. A need to strengthen NGOs, to keep the military and security institutions and religious from political life in Egypt, from the reality of the experience of Eastern European States. 2. More foreign organizations to enter...
Date of source: Thursday, July 28, 2011
The first time there was chatter about the establishment of a Coptic state was during the time of late President Anwar al-Sadāt, when the idea of setting up the so-called State of Assiut had first emerged.
Date of source: Friday, July 22, 2011
Anders Breivik, a 32-year-old Norwegian, has confessed to killing at least 92 people at a youth camp and seven in a bomb attack outside a government building in Oslo, Norway. As Norwegian authorities investigate Breivik's motives, a document and a short video produced by the suspect have...
Date of source: Thursday, June 30, 2011
Former enemies in a bitter sectarian conflict, Imam Muhammad Ashafa and Pastor James Wuye now work together for peace between their respective Muslim and Christian communities in Nigeria. They recently held a pair of peacebuilding workshops in Cairo hosted by CAWU....
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Date of source: Saturday, June 25, 2011
Last week, an Amsterdam court found Dutch politican Geert Wilders not guilty of inciting hatred against Muslims. AWR Chief Editor Cornelis Hulsman argues that Wilders' inflammatory statements about Islam should not be protected by Dutch law.
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