Date of source: Sunday, July 18, 2010
“For Egyptians, football is the ‘essence of life’,” says Fathī al-Gizāwī, a café owner in Giza.
Even with the Egyptian team no longer in the 2010 World Cup, the event carried special importance for Egyptians. But how is it possible for Egyptians to watch all 64 games when subscription to the...
Date of source: Monday, March 7, 2011
My fifteen years living in Egypt has given me a lot of connections, including Egyptian diplomats, who are now providing me with stories about current developments in Egypt. It is very common among diplomats that they are ready to give visitors an off the record insight in what is happening in their...
Date of source: Friday, February 11, 2011
President Mubarak resigned today. We have witnessed much of the events leading up to his resignation showing that reporting in the West provided a biased image. Images of Tahrir Square dominated most media since January 25 but little was reported about other parts of the country.
Foreigners...
Date of source: Friday, February 11, 2011
Date of source: Friday, February 11, 2011
Date of source: Friday, February 4, 2011
I visited Egypt with a Christian delegation between January 21 and February 4.
It was remarkable to see banners throughout Egypt with texts about Muslim-Christian unity. No one, however, knew whether these were just words or not but in the days following the revolt, which began on January 25,...
Date of source: Saturday, February 5, 2011
Dan Wooding, founder of ASSIST Ministries, reported on the massacre of a Christian family in the village of Sharona near Maghagha, Minya province, on January 30, news which was terribly shocking.
Wooding obtained the news from Mary Abdelmessih, writing for the Assyrian International News Agency (...
Date of source: Thursday, February 3, 2011
AWR latest news (edited by D.Mueller-Ehrhard,IT-consultant,Germany)
Sat. Feb. 12th:
By now we have found a way to reorganize work with the office still closed by people working mainly from home and abroad from The Netherlands, the U.S., Turkey and Germany. After positive developments in Egypt we...
Date of source: Sunday, December 26, 2010
Headline: Pope Shenouda Visits Catholic Church for Congratulations Source: al-Ahrām Page: 1 Author: Not mentioned Keywords: Pope Shenouda III, Coptic Catholic Church
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Headline: First Conference for Opposing Brotherhood Next Week: A Stream to Restrict General...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Nasr Hāmid Abū Zayd, a leading Egyptian Qur'anic thinker, passed away in July at the age of 66. He had become a good friend of the Arab West Report over the years. In the first of a series of articles commemorating the life and work of Nasr Abū Zayd, Chief Editor Cornelis Hulsman looks back on...