Date of source: Sunday, October 7, 2007
The author discusses the problems that have arisen based on the Land Reclamation Law that was passed in 1961, and how this law is impacting Egyptians that were originally able to live on a lot of land allocated to them by a generous land-owner, who have thrice had their homes torn down since then.
Date of source: Sunday, October 7, 2007
The article provides an overview of a number of stories that have headlined the Egyptian press as of late.
Date of source: Sunday, October 7, 2007
Bāsimah William reports on the president of the Judicial Administrative Court’s decision to adjourn the case of Injī ʿĀṭif, a Coptic minor who was allegedly kidnapped and forced to marry a Muslim man.
Date of source: Thursday, September 27, 2007
Kamāl Zākhir Mūsá, coordinator of the laymen’s conference, has reportedly criticized the Secretary of the Holy Synod Bishop Bīshūy for exploiting the ongoing church’s conference on doctrine in al-Fayyūm to settle old scores.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 19, 2007
‘Amr Bayyūmī reports on the statements of Bishop Bīshūy, secretary-general of the Coptic Orthodox Holy Synod and bishop of Damietta, about Israel’s policies towards Christianity and Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, August 19, 2007
Many Copts choose to visit the Virgin’s convent near Assiut’s western mountain during the Holy Virgin’s fast. Basma William offers a personal look at this tradition, detailing her own visit to the convent.
Date of source: Sunday, August 12, 2007
The following article presents the case of a young woman, Inas Fakhri Faragallah Girgis, who’s request to continue with her Masters degree have repeatedly been postponed, despite first having been approved by her university’s Faculty of Law.
Date of source: Sunday, August 12, 2007
Basma William follows the developments in the case of the disappearance of a Coptic girl Injī ʿĀṭif Kāmil from Asyūṭ whose family filed complaints accusing a Muslim young man of kidnapping her.
Date of source: Sunday, July 29, 2007
Another Coptic teenager disappears. Her family accused a Muslim young man of kidnapping the girl. The father said that the minutes he signed at the police station had been falsified, and that after he had signed they added his alleged acknowledgment of a love relationship between his daughter and...
Date of source: Monday, July 16, 2007
A defrocked pastor and his son pass themselves off as Evangelical pastors and issue distorted conversion and marriage documents.