Date of source: Sunday, July 8, 2012
That was fast.
After only one week in office, President Mursī has picked his first fight – he issued a decree to reinstate the dissolved parliament.
Shortly before the run-off election the Supreme Constitutional Court ruled parliament to be unconstitutional based on procedural grounds, and the...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 27, 2012
What is the status of Christian Egyptian citizens under the rule of Dr. Muhammad Mursī, Egypt’s new president? And, by extension, what is the status of Christian Egyptian citizens under the rule of the Guide, Dr. Muhammad Badī’? Given that Dr. Mursī belongs mainly to the Muslim Brotherhood and...
Date of source: Friday, June 8, 2012
One of the members of the Austrian University delegation that visited Egypt between May 23 and June 3 was Daniel Podertschnig who, following his return to Austria, reported for the Catholic News Service of Austria.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 28, 2016
As always, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism maintains its faith in the resilience of the Egyptian tourism industry and bets on its capability to quickly rebound following the short period of slow business marked by a general precariousness and anticipation from the tour operators.
Date of source: Sunday, June 12, 2016
Arab-West Report organized for the University of Vienna, Austria, a visit to see Egypt in transition. The program was very varied and well organized. The group was very enthousiastic. Egyptians were very hospitable and Egypt was not dangerous for foreign visitors unlike the impression one would get...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 28, 2016
[Editor: This is a report of a meeting between a delegation of the University of Vienna, Austria, and Dr.’Amr As’ad, former board member of the Center for Arab-West Understanding on May 25, thus before the second round of the elections. Yet, ‘Amr’s remarks are nevertheless still very interesting to...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 28, 2016
John R. Bradley, a British author and journalist best known for his 2008 book Inside Egypt: the Land of the Pharaohs on the Brink of a Revolution, identifies the Egyptian revolution of 1952 as “a failed revolution” that ended Egypt’s belle époque of the 1930s and 1940s’ cultural heyday. The author...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Regardless of who had supported and voted for Mursī as president of the republic and who had not, there are some facts that can not be ignored, for example:
- Dr. Muhammad Mursī has won the presidency through the polls, to which we always hoped to resort.
- Dr. Muhammad Mursī is the first elected...
Date of source: Monday, June 25, 2012
Muhammad Mursī was declared president Sunday after several days of uncertainty that resulted from a presidential election that exposed deep polarization in Egyptian society - those who favor an Islamist civilian president and oppose a member of the Mubarak regime were pitted against those who fear...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Today the court postponed ruling on a case calling for the dissolution of the Muslim Brotherhood as an entity. It will be reviewed again on September 4, at which point the group may be declared illegal and forced to disband.
The following is an effort to understand the structure of the Muslim...