Date of source: Friday, January 9, 2015
The Muslim Brotherhood refuses to reconcile with “The Coup”
Egyptian President ‘Abd al-Fattāh as-Sīsī reportedly reviewed a proposal that would achieve reconciliation with the Muslim Brotherhood but rejected it after it was met with negative responses among many politicians in both the government...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Sīsī admits to human rights violations by the Egyptian police
President ̔Abd al-Fattāh al-Sīsī admitted that the Egyptian police were involved in human rights violations in the alleged ongoing campaign against the supporters of former president Muhammed Mūrsī. Sīsī gave his comments on the...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 14, 2015
President ̔Abd al-Fattāh al-Sīsī today issued a presidential decree to license an Anglican church.
Date of source: Saturday, August 16, 2014
On August 12, Human Rights Watch released a 188 page report titled “All According to Plan” about the violence in Egypt in the Summer of 2013. The report concluded that the violent dispersal of the sit-ins at the Raba’a al-Adawiya and al-Nahda squares are likely “crimes against humanity.” Massive...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 13, 2014
[Background: Trouw, an important and influential daily newspaper in the Netherlands, published on August 4, an opinion article of the chairmen of the youth organizations of three political parties; the CU (Christian Union), SGP (Reformed Political Party) and CDA (Christian Democratic Party), which...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 12, 2014
This interview was arranged by Cornelis Hulsman for Omar Ali’s research on Political Party institutionalization in Egypt. The interview took place on June 4, 2014. The interview was in English and was recorded. Omar Ali made the transcript, which was edited by Cornelis Hulsman. Explanations are...
Date of source: Sunday, August 3, 2014
Many authors in Egyptian media are discussing how the iron fist security policies of the government, without holding a dialogue among political groups, have assisted in the radicalization of some insurgent groups in Sinai towards terrorism. The continuation of these iron fist polices, without...
Date of source: Thursday, July 10, 2014
President Muhammad Mursi was removed on July 3, 2013. His supported promised large-scale demonstrations in protest of this removal one year later. There have been demonstrations but they were far from large-scale.
Egypt has received very negative Western press since Mursi’s removal for human rights...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 28, 2014
By appearances, the Coptic Orthodox Church is doing everything wrong. But appearances can be deceiving; officially, they are doing everything right.
But there is a messy in-between which casts doubt on it all. As convoluted as Egypt’s post-June 30 transition has been following the popular deposing...