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The headlines in the West will read, ‘Mubārak sentenced to life imprisonment.’ They may also say, ‘Egyptians take to the street in protest.’ Confused? Unless one reads more deeply the obvious connection must be that protestors wanted his head, literally. The reality is rather simple, just not...
Text presented for the European-Arab Dialogue Conference at Crete, April 14-16, 2011. In the past 50 years millions of migrants from southern Mediterranean countries have entered Europe. Of course Europe has witnessed migration gulfs earlier but this one was the first with so many people coming...
One year ago this evening Egypt was rocked by an explosion in Alexandria, killing twenty-one and injuring over 170, at the Two Saints’ Church in the Sīdī Bishr region. One year before that, at Coptic Christmas on January 7, six Christians were killed along with a Muslim security guard at a church...
Contents I. Jansen’s argument: Copts are killed when they violate the Shari’a  II. My comment: Jansen should have mentioned the general lack of security in Egypt  III. Jansen does not know about the construction of new churches in recent years  IV. Does the Shari’a prohibit the building of churches...
The Alexandria court of urgent matters' first circle adjourned on September 25 looking into the Two Saints Church case to the November 13 session to resume investigations and bring former Interior Minister Habīb al-Ādlī before the prosecution. The church had filed a lawsuit against the prime...
أجلت محكمة الأمور المستعجلة الدائرة الأولى فى الإسكندرية الأحد نظر قضية «تفجير القديسين» إلى جلسة 13 نوفمبر المقبل لاستكمال التحقيقات ومثول العادلى أمام النيابة وضم أقواله عن الحادث إلى ملف القضية وضم تحريات وزارة الداخلية إلى ملف القضية. وذلك فى الدعوى التى أقامتها الكنيسة ضد رئيس الوزراء ووزير...
The Court of Urgent matters in Alexandria will begin the first hearing in the case of the explosion of the Two Saints Church on September 25 against Prime Minister Essam Sharaf, the Minister of Interior, Mansour al-Essawi, and Legal Advisor Abdel Mageed Mahmoud.
State Security Prosecution asked the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss with its British counterpart to reveal the truth about what was revealed in Mamdūh Ramzī's [lawyer] report to the Public Prosecutor about the explosion of Two Saints, Pope Peter and Saint Mark Church in Alexandria.
  The trial of the former President Husnī Mubārak, Habīb al-‘Ādlī, former minister of the interior, and 6 of his aides took place today with Field Marshal Hussein Tantāwī, Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces and Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, giving his testimony.  
Copts from Alexandria have written to the Military Council, demanding the authorities reopen the investigation surrounding the Two Saints Church bomb attacks on New Year's Eve. This demand was triggered after the police publicly condemned the former Interior Minister, Habīb al-‘Ādlī, and the former...

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