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42. The president rejects Pope Shenouda’s nominations of the Shurá Council’s appointees
Date of source: Sunday, June 24, 2007
The relationship between the ruling party presided by President Mubārak and Pope Shenouda reached an impasse after Mubārak ignored a request submitted by Pope Shenouda to appoint three Copts in al-Shūrá Council.
59. General secretary of al-Wafd: “The absence of the global look in dealing with sectarian tension is behind their repetition”
Date of source: Sunday, June 17, 2007
The following lines summarize an interview with the General Secretary of al-Wafd opposition party Munīr Fakhrī ‘Abd al-Nūr. He highlights the reasons and the possible solutions for the escalating sectarian strife in Egypt and refers to general social, educational, political, and economical factors.
67. Between political temptation… and the troubles of reformation
Date of source: Wednesday, May 30, 2007
The article discusses the establishment of a new political party: ‘The Democratic Front Party.’ It represents the opinions of different politicians on the possibility of the party participating in the Egyptian political scene.
33. T&#803ariq al-Bishri; from the National Group to the Islamic University
Date of source: Sunday, June 3, 2007
Majdī Khalīl highlights the ideological shifts of Islamist ideologue Dr. Ṭāriq al-Bishrī from liberalism to Islamic fundamentalism. He sheds light on one of al-Bishrī’s books entitled, ‘al-Jamā‘ah al-Watanyyah’ [The Nationalist Movement], and accuses him of falsifying history.
49. No Copt will assume al-Wafd presidency
Date of source: Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Munīr Fakhrī ‘Abd al-Nūr says that al-Wafd does not want to spend money and effort to have a frustrated result in the Shūrá Council’s elections as this could potentially have a negative impact on the party.
22. Back to Bimha
Date of source: Sunday, May 27, 2007
The article provides an overview of the reconciliation effort in Bimhā, and what the governorate of Giza is doing to assist the victims. The authors criticize the unbalanced compensation and assistance that is being awarded to the individual victims.
8. We do not mean to provoke the government…we seek to open dialogue with small parties, says the deputy of the Supreme Guide of the Brotherhood
Date of source: Monday, August 23, 2004
Dr. Muhammad Habib, deputy of the Supreme Guide of the Brotherhood announced that the group seeks to open dialogue with small opposition parties following the dialogue it has opened with major opposition parties: Al-the Wafd party, the Nasserist party and theAl- Tagammu party. The Brotherhood...
7. The enemy of Egypt demands reducing the size and weaponry of the [Egyptian] military
Date of source: Sunday, August 22, 2004
During his latest visit to Egypt, Tom Lantos met with representatives of the Egyptian civil society. During this meeting, three issues were discussed: Lantos’ hostile stances against Egypt, especially his threat to halve the amount of US aid to Egypt, in addition to his stance toward the Arab-...
27. Book review S.S Hassan, Christians Versus Muslims in Modern Egypt. The Century long Struggle for Coptic Equality. Oxford University Press, 2003, pp 320, ISBN – O-19-513868.6.
Date of source: Thursday, January 6, 2005
Meinardus, the eminent scholar on Coptic church studies concludes that Mrs. S. Hasan, grand niece of the Egyptian statesman and Prime Minister Rushdi Pasha (1864- 1928), produced an extraordinary and remarkable book in seven chapters on the modern history, sociology, ecclesiology and political...
60. Applications for presidential nominations to begin
Date of source: Monday, July 25, 2005
The committee supervising the presidential election - the first of its kind since the regime took over in Egypt on July 23, 1952 – has announced that they will start receiving applications for nominations for the presidential post on July 24.

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