Date of source: Sunday, January 31, 2010
The Nag Hammadi sectarian crime which took place on Coptic Christmas Eve, 6 January, and which left six Copts dead and nine wounded, triggered wide protest and rallies by Copts in places as wide apart as Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Rome, Vienna, Athens and Sydney. Mary Joseph sent Watani live...
Date of source: Sunday, January 24, 2010
The European Parliament has condemned the “systematic persecution” of Christians in Egypt and Malaysia. Egyptian diplomats worked in vain to prevent Egypt and Malaysia being tarred with the same brush. Some people criticized the decision as being the work of right-wing Christian European groups and...
Date of source: Saturday, October 24, 2009
Al-Dawakhīlī critiques the Coptic lawyer Najīb Jibrā’īl who is involved in a number of court cases both in Egypt and abroad.
Date of source: Sunday, July 5, 2009
Prominent academic translator Noureddine Zouitni gave a lecture at the Goethe Institute in Cairo and a workshop at CIDT. This is a report on the lecture and the workshop.
Date of source: Sunday, March 15, 2009
The author comments on Dr. Yusrī ‘Afīfī’s declaration about teaching Coptic history in the history curricula.
Date of source: Thursday, December 18, 2008
A number of interesting reports and papers written by Arab West Report interns are featured in this week’s edition. These reports cover issues such as church building, disputes over church property and a report on a recent international congress about Ibn ‘Arabi that was held in Cairo.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 2, 2008
The article tries to attest to the restoration of the Coptic language as a part of the national heritage of Egypt. Many views regarding the increased desire to learn the old Egyptian language are included.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Hānī Samīr comments on the rights of Copts to demonstrate overseas regarding conditions within Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, September 21, 2008
The article reflects on the success of the Ninth International Conference of Coptic studies and describes the wealth of new information about Coptic issues that was discussed at the conference.
Date of source: Friday, August 15, 2008
The article discusses the need for non-partisan reporting and removing emotions from articles, using Arab-West Report to exemplify the importance of such.