Date of source: Thursday, February 21, 2013
The Parliamentary Elections in Egypt are planned for the people, but the exact date is yet to be announced by President Muḥammad Mursī
Date of source: Thursday, April 18, 2013
These interviews were organized by Cornelis Hulsman and took place, the first, on March 25th with Cornelis Hulsman (CH), Jayson Casper (JC), and Diana Serodio (DS) attending; the second on April 8th with Diana Serôdio alone. These interviews were made in the context of us preparing a report on how...
Date of source: Monday, March 4, 2013
Transcript of an interview with Dr. Essam Al-Haddad on government efforts to stabilize the country since this is a pre-requisite to get Egypt out of its current economic difficulties. Thus questions addressed much repeated critiques on the Mursī administration.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal said any citizen in any place all over the world who seeks asylum to the Netherlands must first be present on Dutch soil and then offer a convincing proof that he/she needs international protection. [Dīnā Darwīsh, al-Akhbār, Oct. 23, p. 7] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: Sunday, October 14, 2012
A high-level source in the Vatican said Cairo has sent a request nominating Public Prosecutor ‘Abd al-Majīd Mahmūd for the post of ambassador to it more than 15 days ago, before a court acquitted defendants involved in case of assaults on protesters on February 2, 2011, known in the media as the...
Date of source: Saturday, October 6, 2012
U.S. Representatives Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Jim Jordan (R-OH), Chairman of the House Republican Study Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressing concerns and raising a number of questions regarding the...
Date of source: Sunday, September 30, 2012
Nine Coptic families in Egyptian Rafah started packing up and leaving to the city of al-‘Arīsh following recent threats a few days ago as some members of those families said they are relocating to ‘Arīsh after the governor approved to send them there, where there are no dwelling places available...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Dr. Tāriq al-Zumur, official spokesman for al-Jamā’ah al-Islāmīyah has emphasized that Coptic citizens have the full right to freely circulate their religious and cultural heritage. [Muhammad Hassan, al-Ahrām, August 15, p. 5] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Saturday, August 4, 2012
At an open fast-breaking meal outside the sit-in protest for ‘Umar ‘Abd al-Rahmān at the US Embassy, Hassan Khalīfah shed tears of joy as he concluded his ten minute speech.
In the picture: Hassan Khalīfah
‘I apologize for going long, but forgive me, it has been nineteen years that I have been in...
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This book was first published in 2012 by CIDT in Arabic. It was later translated into English, expanded with texts of Nushin Atmaca and Patricia Prentice and edited by Cornelis Hulsman with help of Jenna Ferrecchia and Douglas May.