Date of source: Monday, November 30, 2015
Egypt’s Coptic Church has refused claims of normalizing ties with Israel and affirmed that Pope Tawadros II did not meet with any Israeli officials during his brief visit to Jerusalem, according to a statement released today.
Date of source: Friday, November 27, 2015
In a move that has sent shock waves throughout Egypt, the Coptic Orthodox Pope, Tawadros II, traveled to Jerusalem Thursday at the head of a distinguished delegation of bishops from the Coptic Church. The short flight from Cairo to Tel-Aviv can be measured in minutes; the psychological distance...
Date of source: Sunday, January 18, 2015
Anti-semitism and the double standards of the West
(Al-Quds Opinion)
While Netanyahu and Lieberman are accusing the president of Turkey Racep Tayyib Erdogan of anti-Semitism, the Israeli lobby continues to add pressure on Western media. In addition to the campaign against Tim Wilcox of the BBC...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Badrān: Personal status laws are creating a new generation of children on the streets
Doctor Hudā Badrān, the President of the Egyptian Women’s Union, said that Personal Status Laws are most focused on the role of the family, adding that the laws treat women as they were treated decades ago. She...
Date of source: Monday, August 26, 2013
AWR interns, Ahmed Deiab and Daniela De Maria, sat with film director, Amir Ramses, at his home in Dokki on August 14 to discuss his documentary film, "Jews of Egypt". Deiab and De Maria noted that he was very kind and welcoming despite having a flight to France the following morning. Ramses...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Dr. Yūnis Makhyūn, the representative of the Salafī al-Nūr (Light) Party in the constituent assembly drafting a new constitution for Egypt, said the party would adamantly stick to the rulings of the sharī’ah in the article on equality between men and women. [Muhammad Gharīb, al-Misrī al-Yawm, Oct...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 28, 2012
A just and lasting solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict has eluded the world for more than a half century. United Nations resolutions have either been vetoed or passed without implementation. Three generations of Israelis and Palestinians now generally view each other only as “enemy”. The...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Dr. ‘Alī ‘Abd al-Rahmān, Governor of Giza, has announced the completion of the work of the committee for assessment of damages and estimation of compensation for the victims of the events at the village of Dahshūr. The committee’s conclusions have been compared against those reached by the public...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 4, 2012
In both his presidential campaign and inaugural addresses, President Muhammad Mursī has assured the world of Egypt’s commitment to peace. Yet in the run-up to the final election on June 14, the Muslim Brotherhood published an Arabic article calling this commitment into question.
Date of source: Monday, June 25, 2012
In December 2009 I met with Paul Duffill, the 2008 recipient of the Isaac Roet Prize, at the conference: "Understanding Peace, Conflict and Violence" held at Institute for Social Studies, the Hague. Paul received his prize for his essay: "A Meta-Intervention for the Israel-Palestine Conflict...