Date of source: Tuesday, April 6, 2004
The board of the Foreign Press Association in Egypt sent the following email titled “The Foreign Press Association in Egypt is independent and will remain independent” to all its members:
The articles published in Al-Usbua on March 15 and Sawt Al-Umma on March 22 included false claims made by Mr....
Date of source: Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Mustafā Aḥmad Ḥasan Ḥasan Abāza is a very special person for Arab-West Report because he has encouraged our work from the first moment we started. The AWR Board of Advisors therefore agreed to ask Mustafā Abāza to join the AWR Board of Advisors, an invitation Abāza gladly accepted.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 20, 2004
French journalist De Coursac made sensational claims and wild conspiracy theories in al-Usbū‘ and Sawt al-Umma without making any effort to verify the information.
AWR is helping in producing a film on the Holy Family tradition in Egypt.
Date of source: Friday, April 30, 2004
Responses to rumors created by French journalist De Coursac in al-Usbū‘ and Sawt al-Umma.
Date of source: Monday, March 22, 2004
The Foreign Press Association is in an illegal status, as it did not register itself
under the Egyptian NGO law 84 of 2002. The organization organizes conferences and activities that
are suspicious. It suspended deputy secretary-general Ismail De Coursac illegally. The
association turned into a...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 11, 2004
Getting closer to NGO status.
Al-Musawwar reports on rumors in the Coptic community about Islamic shops.
Comment on newspapers publishing claims without making efforts to verify them.
Date of source: Saturday, May 29, 2004
Visiting the convent of Dimyana at the end of the pilgrimage festiva.
Al-Usbū‘’s biased article about the Foreign Press Association is based on one source only. Al-Usbū‘ made no effort to ask the FPA for a comment before placing this article.
Date of source: Monday, April 19, 2004
Last week, the foreign correspondents in Egypt held an extraordinary general assembly. Some people mention that the real reason for holding this assembly was to annul the membership of Ismail De Coursac, because the board of directors thinks that he causes trouble. The Assembly lacked quorum with...
Date of source: Saturday, May 22, 2004
The status of the Foreign Press Association (FPA) and its board of directors has become illegal since June 6, 2003, which marks the end of a period determined by the law 84, issued on June 6, 2003, for NGOs to bring themselves under the new law.
The current board of directors at the FPA includes...
Date of source: Friday, February 11, 2005
H.E. Dr. Amat Abdel Alim [Ama al-‘Alīm al-Sousuwa], Yemeni Minister of Human Rights, spoke about improving human rights in Yemen and its relation to attracting tourism to the country.