Date of source: Thursday, February 10, 2011
According to the Pew Research Center, US media attention for the Egyptian protests has exceeded every foreign policy story over the last four years, commanding 56% of all news coverage. While initially surprising, upon reflection this story hits at the conjunction of many popular flashpoints:...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Sunday, February 6 witnessed a peculiar exhibition amidst the drama unfolding in Tahrir Square. Christian Egyptians publically conducted a prayer service, honoring their fallen co-demonstrators who have died in the effort to topple the Mubarak government. Calling them ‘martyrs’, as is common...
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Mai Magdy and Esben Justesen worked on this paper on the controversial Islamist Zaghloul al-Najjār.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Arab-West Report Editor-in-Chief Cornelius Hulsman reports on a recent workshop for Egyptian NGOs held at the Center for Arab-West Understanding, and calls for NGO’s to take more responsibility for conflict resolution by providing information about conflicts.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Jayson Casper recently interviewed Father Basilius from the Coptic Orthodox Church on the role of monasticism in the church. He asked him specifically about issues related to the Monastery of Abū Fānā which was at the heart of a dispute last year with local Arab communities.
Date of source: Friday, December 18, 2009
Arab-West Report Editor-in-Chief Cornelius Hulsman criticizes Egyptian media coverage of conflicts, arguing that background research and balanced reporting are too often traded for lazy, sensationalist journalism. He also cites an over-concentration of journalists in Cairo as one of the reasons...
Date of source: Saturday, February 27, 2010
Amin Makram Ebeid's review of Jayson Casper's ZIVIC paper on peacebuilding in Egypt (AWR 2010 Week 2 Article 2)
Date of source: Thursday, February 11, 2010
On December 26-27, 2009 the Center for Arab West Understanding hosted a workshop in Cairo under the title, “Strengthening the Social Role of NGOs through Communication and Interaction”. At our center we have been conducting a project on peacebuilding following the incident of conflict in the...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 23, 2010
On Monday 15th February, the AWR team held a meeting in our office with a member of Bishop Marcos’ delegation which had travelled to Nag Hammadi, who wished to remain unidentified. We met this source through an earlier visit with Bishop Marcos, in order to discuss our organization’s proper response...