Date of source: Monday, June 18, 2007
A presidential ruling was issued assigning five new chancellors to five
universities. Contrary to some expectations, women and Copts were not included in the list of the newly assigned.
Date of source: Monday, October 23, 2006
The review deals with the various reactions on al-Ghad weekly supplement entitled “the worst ten figures in Islamic history. Muslim scholars and intellectuals’ opinions are displayed, together with al-Ghad members and leaders’ opinions.
Date of source: Friday, October 20, 2006
Father
Giuseppe Scattolin, a professor of Islamic mysticism at the Faculty of
Religious Studies of the Rome-based
Pontificio Istituto di Studi Arabi ed’Islamistica (P.I.S.A.I.)
[Reviewer: Pontifical Institute for Arab and
Islamic Studies] speaks to al-Wafd about his interest in
Islamic Sūfism...
Date of source: Sunday, September 21, 1997
Romani
Shafiek Agieb is a student who was persecuted by the University
of Asiut, Faculty of Education, after being
refused the right to nominate himself as a lecturer and then a
university professor. As a result, many
Egyptian Copts offered to help the student finish his higher education...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 10, 2001
Thousands of students demonstrated in the universities of Egypt, condemning the American attacks on Afghanistan. They held a massive conference, during which they phoned Dr. Youssef Al-Qaradawi, who made a statement on the telephone, saying that terrorism was an American fabrication and that what...
Date of source: Saturday, September 20, 2003 to Friday, September 26, 2003
It is claimed that the extremists and the fanatic Islamic groups control faculty mosques. Yet, all university principals emphasize that they fully control them, especially since most of their Imams are appointed by the Ministry of Endowments [Awqaf].
Date of source: Saturday, June 11, 2005
The unexpected step of changing the way the head of state in Egypt is elected has undoubtedly thrown a stone in the stagnant water, given a free rein to dialogue in which a considerable number of observers and commentators took part and prompted citizens to reconsider their position over the...
Date of source: Thursday, February 5, 2004
The article is a response to statements made by the poet Ahmad Abdel Mo’ti Hegazy. A group of specialized scholars in history and Islamic civilization refute the allegation of the poet Ahmad Abdel Mo’ti Hegazi that Egypt does not belong to the Arabic nation.
Date of source: Monday, January 17, 2000
In this article al-Usbua continues asking leading Egyptian intellectuals about how al-Koshh could happen.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 17, 1999
The presidential decree of October 27 sending 20 arrested members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood to military court has provoked a number of protests in Egypt.