Date of source: Sunday, May 17, 2015
The program’s presenter Rīm Māgid commented that the station’s administration had informed her that the program was being stopped on the request of “ruling officials.” However, ONtv has released a statement explaining that the program has not been banned but delayed. The Arabic Network for Human...
Date of source: Monday, March 7, 2011
My fifteen years living in Egypt has given me a lot of connections, including Egyptian diplomats, who are now providing me with stories about current developments in Egypt. It is very common among diplomats that they are ready to give visitors an off the record insight in what is happening in their...
Date of source: Sunday, June 6, 2010
This is a series of various recent articles with Copts making the headlines.
Date of source: Friday, March 5, 2010
Rev. Safwat al-Bayyādī is head of the Community Council of the Coptic Evangelical Church. He expresses his views about sectarianism in Egypt and related issues.
Date of source: Sunday, January 17, 2010
Mahmūd Sa‘d comments on the Azhar's grand Shaykh’s visit to Naja‘ Hammādī, pointing out that such formal visits do not resolve sectarian issues.
Date of source: Sunday, August 30, 2009
This article deals with the augmenting shaykhs’ hate discourse inside the mosques.
Date of source: Sunday, May 31, 2009
Robeir al-Faris commends increased attention to Coptic matters in the print media, and hopes visual media will follow. He also denounces media misreporting of the Zaytūn church bombing. Faris praises what he describes as the only writer who spoke out against those claiming that President Obama’s...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 22, 2008
The author criticizes the prominent Muslim dā‘iyah Shaykh Khālid al-Jindī for his statement against Islamic thinker Jamāl al-Bannā in which al-Jindī said that he would have killed al-Bannā had he graduated from the Azhar.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 9, 2008
On a program screened on Egyptian TV, Shaykh Khālid al-Jindī has threatened to slaughter the author for opposing his controversial fatwás.
Date of source: Sunday, March 2, 2008
The article discusses the recent charter that Arab Information Ministers agreed upon during a meeting in Cairo on February 12. Many commentators believe that it is just another way for the government to impose restrictions on freedom of speech.