Date of source: Tuesday, August 31, 2004
Many reporters, especially those working outside Cairo, have turned into salesmen of advertorials (paid advertisements) and propagators of governors’ achievements, in violation of all professional ethics. The Journalists’ Syndicate and the Supreme Council of Press are no longer able to protect the...
Date of source: Saturday, May 21, 2005
Journalists are not above the law. They should be subject to the jurisdiction of the code of conduct. Dr. Shawqī al-Sayyid views the journalists’ menace as an unacceptable catastrophe.
Date of source: Friday, May 20, 2005
Arab Satellite channels can be judged from the perspective of being in a development stage and thus needing more time to mature. But the dilemma is that they do not follow logical stages in development. They are indigenous establishments that seek propaganda and sensationalize the news.
Date of source: Saturday, May 7, 2005
The Supreme Council for Journalism has published a detailed review evaluating the performance of newspapers and magazines published in Egypt in October and November, 2004.
Date of source: Sunday, May 30, 2004
A large number of journalists signed a statement in protest of an article by Dr. Muhammad Emara printed by Al-Akhbar on May 21 in which he slandered Christianity. Meanwhile, the board of the Journalists’ Syndicate discussed in its meeting yesterday a complaint presented by a number of journalists...
Date of source: Sunday, May 30, 2004
In an unprecedented move, a number of intellectuals, journalists and writers, many of them journalists of Watani newspaper, submitted a memorandum to the Supreme Council of Press protesting what the prominent Muslim scholar Dr. Muhammad Emara writes in Al-Akhbar. Emara is accused of launching...
Date of source: Saturday, June 5, 2004
The sparks of sectarian strife increases daily, and everyone must take a firm stance on the issue in order to quell that fire. This time, sectarian strife is seen through the media in the press and on satellite channels, which anger both Muslims and Christians.
Date of source: Sunday, June 6, 2004
Journalists, both Muslim and Coptic, continue to sign a statement that denounces Muhammad Emara’s writings affronting Christianity in Al-Akhbar newspapers. Emara gives no heed to the complaining voices rising around him. He acts as if he is certain that no body can stand in his way. The key mistake...
Date of source: Sunday, June 6, 2004
The board of the Journalists’ Syndicate, headed by Galal Aref, decided to officially address the Higher Council of Press regarding the complaint. The decision was made in spite of objections raised by board members belonging to the Islamic trend.
Newspapers inside and outside Egypt such as Rose...
Date of source: Sunday, June 13, 2004
Muhammad Emara tried in his column the Friday before last in Al-Akhbar newspaper to withdraw the insults he directed against Christianity, the faith of a large segment of Egyptian society. We find his attempt - as a whole - positive, and we hope that he will never in the future return [to such...