Date of source: Sunday, February 19, 2012
One of the interesting subplots to the Egyptian revolution is the fate of ‘Umar ‘Abd al-Rahmān, known as the Blind Shaykh, who is incarcerated in America for his role in organizing the 1993 attempt to blow up the World Trade Center. His family has maintained a small sit-in protest outside the US...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Forty-three persons, including nine Americans outside Egypt, were referred to the Cairo Criminal Court on charges of involvement in illegal foreign funding, according to investigations. [‘Imād al-Fiqī and Muhammad Hijāb, al-Ahrām, Feb. 7, p. 3] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Sunday, April 20, 2008
A document issued by the US Republican Institute reveals the institutes’s plan to infiltrate political parties and civil society organizations in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, October 8, 2007
An American study emphasizes that U.S. battle against extremism should be carried out by supporting democratization, even if this leads to moderate Islamists coming to power because they can be a wall of defense against extremists and hardliners.
Date of source: Sunday, June 18, 2006
Rose al-Yousuf interviews the
head of the Washington-based U.S. Copts
Association (USCA), Michael Munīr, who expresses his point of
view on a number of issues, including the
recent suspension of the activities of the U.S. Republican
Institute, the demands of Egyptian judges and the strong...
Date of source: Saturday, June 10, 2006
The author criticizes the American funding of Egyptian
NGOs and US
interference in the internal affairs of Arab countries under the pretext of spreading democracy and
freedom
in the Arab world.
Date of source: Thursday, June 8, 2006
The
author discusses the American strategy of creative chaos and its effects on the region. He also discusses the
methods the US is adopting to reach its goal.
Date of source: Thursday, June 1, 2006
The author of the article
argues that the financial
support offered by foreign organization to Egyptian NGOs is spent on political
activities and luxuries for these
NGOs’ employees.
Date of source: Sunday, May 28, 2006
The authors write about all Egyptian parties’ rejection to deal with the American International Republican Institute (IRI) except one party, the Social Constitutional Party, whose leader, Mamdouh Qināwī, welcomed cooperation with the American institution.
Date of source: Saturday, May 27, 2006 to Friday, June 2, 2006
The article deals with the
American
International Republican Institute (IRI)’s interference in Egyptian politics by urging political
parties to shift
their attention from the Iraqi and Palestinian fronts to the internal front and the
problems facing the country.