Date of source: Sunday, July 4, 2021
Egyptian activist, Isrāʾ ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ, received a Courage Tribute Award from the World Movement for Democracy for her efforts in defending media rights, freedoms, and democracy in Egypt. The award organizers are calling to drop all charges against her in cases numbering 488 and 855.
Date of source: Sunday, December 16, 2012
Amid dense security measures of police and armed forces, al-Gharbia Governorate witnessed a large turnout in several of it cities, whereas the number of voters in the village was not as large. It was reported that judges who were due to supervise the voting arrived late. Noteworthy is the large...
Date of source: Friday, February 17, 2012 to Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Sa'd al-Husaynī, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (JFP) executive office, said the era of the dissolved National Democratic Party (NDP) is dead for good and will never come back to life, asserting that there is no anti-Copt position by the Brotherhood.
Husaynī, during...
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Conversion in Egypt is a complicated and thorny issue.
Date of source: Sunday, January 31, 2010
This article pertains to the status of Human Rights in Egypt, through the reporting of the US-based Human Rights Watch. A report from the HRW states that human rights in Egypt are deteriorating for a number of different groups throughout the country. Religious discrimination of Copts and Baha’is...
Date of source: Saturday, June 27, 2009
The article deals with the character of Bishop Bīshūy, the second man in the Coptic Orthodox Church
Date of source: Thursday, June 11, 2009
The following lines present updates on the sectarian clashes that took place in an Egyptian village following a young woman’s escape with a Muslim young man.
Date of source: Friday, June 5, 2009
Pope Shenouda refused to respond to Copts who gathered to vye for the reinstallation of a defrocked bishop.
Date of source: Thursday, April 17, 2008
The author says that Safwat al-Sharīf comments at the Shūrá council about the restraint of security apparatus in al-Mahallah al-Kubrá’s demonstrations were totally untrue.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 16, 2008
National newspapers’ senior writers took advantage of the unfortunate incidents at al-Mahallah al-Kubrá to call on the regime to impose tougher restrictions on freedom of expression.