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Interviewer: Eline Kasanwidjojo
Language of interview: English (original interview) English (presented transcript)
Transcript: Eline Kasanwidjojo
Approval: Requested and no objection received
This is an interview with Dr. Kamāl al-Hilbāwī, a former member of the Muslim Brotherhood...
Date of source: Saturday, May 30, 2015
Egyptian authorities released Muhammad Sultān from an Egyptian prison after the American government demanded his release. Being a dual American-Egyptian citizen, his release stipulated that he renounces his Egyptian citizenship. Egyptian authorities arrested Sultān in 2013 after the Rabʿa Square...
Date of source: Saturday, August 16, 2014
On August 12, Human Rights Watch released a 188 page report titled “All According to Plan” about the violence in Egypt in the Summer of 2013. The report concluded that the violent dispersal of the sit-ins at the Raba’a al-Adawiya and al-Nahda squares are likely “crimes against humanity.” Massive...
Date of source: Sunday, August 3, 2014
Many authors in Egyptian media are discussing how the iron fist security policies of the government, without holding a dialogue among political groups, have assisted in the radicalization of some insurgent groups in Sinai towards terrorism. The continuation of these iron fist polices, without...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 30, 2013
On Thursday July 25, AWR Editor-in-Chief, Cornelis Hulsman, invited me and the other interns to take part to a very peculiar experience: joining him in his interview with Safwat Hegazi, a leading Islamist.
Date of source: Monday, August 19, 2013
In the Virgin Mary Cathedral for Catholic Copts, situated only a few streets behind the area of Rābaʽah al-‘Adawīyyah, I met with Bishop Yohanna Qulta on the 13th of August, following an article he wrote, “The Impossibility of Civil War in Egypt,” in which he stated that he did not fear a civil...