Date of source: Saturday, July 6, 2019
Dr. Muḥammad Ozalp, CEO of BLOM Bank Egypt, and Dr. Māyā Mursī, head of the National Council for Women, signed a cooperation protocol to support rural women's economic empowerment projects in the extraction of essential oils from aromatic plants and the transformation of waste to organic fertilizer...
Date of source: Sunday, November 25, 2018
On behalf of the Egyptian Government, the Minister of Legal and Parliamentary Affairs ʿUmar Marwān (Omar Marawan) required the adding of the representative of the Egyptian Church to the permanent committee of technical, legal and administrative experts on the protection of manuscripts.
Date of source: Saturday, June 24, 2017
The new Egyptian NGO law was widely criticized in different media and as a consequence we received questions about the status of the Center for Arab-West Understanding (CAWU) in relation to the new law. The following constitutes Dr. Hulsman's response.
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This interview concerns the court case of four members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) who had been arrested right before the upcoming parliamentary elections in November 1995. Aḥmad al-Khawāja, Head of the Lawyer’s Syndicate, not an Islamist himself but the lawyer representing the MB...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 7, 2014
General Leader of the Armed Forces and Minister of Defense ‘Abd al-Fattāh al-Sīsī has sent a message of congratulations to Pope Tawadros II on the occasion of Coptic Christmas celebrations, saying ‘it gives me great pleasure to congratulate our brothers the Copts during these celebrations … May God...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 1, 2014
General ‘Abd al–Fattāh al-Sīsī, Minister of Defense, has congratulated the members of the armed forces, fellow Egyptians and Copts on the occasion of the New Year (Amanī Mūsá, Copts- United, Jan. 1).
Date of source: Sunday, May 5, 2013
Colonel General 'Abd al-Fattāh Khalīl al-Sīsī, Commander-In-Chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces, Minister of Defense and Military Production and Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, sent a congratulatory cable to Pope Tawadros yesterday (May 4) bestowing his Easter greetings upon the...
Date of source: Monday, February 8, 2016
Three years ago, on February 27, 2013, we interviewed Aḥmad Ashūsh in our office. These were the days of President Muhammad Mursī and we then made efforts to understand the motivations of the different people involved various Islamists movements. Aḥmad Ashūsh was arrested in October 2013 for the...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Egypt is preparing itself for the second round of presidential elections on June 16 and 17 with two remaining candidates: Ahmad Shafīq and Muhammad Mursī. These two candidates reflect a great division one sees in Egypt, between Islamists (Mursī) and those opposed to Islamists (Shafīq).
The choice...
Date of source: Thursday, May 3, 2012
The condition of Egypt is quietly very concerning these days. I say quietly for two reasons. First, in terms of the Western audience, most is slipping under the radar. Second, in terms of Egypt, the nation waits for presidential elections, and the areas of concern are easily ignored if no attention...