Date of source: Monday, September 13, 2004
When Mustafa Bakry [editor of Al-Usboa] published the details of the report of the visit of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom [to Egypt], he was right. I am very interested in this issue, so I want to point out some comments concerning the issue of American interference in...
Date of source: Monday, August 30, 2004
There is an American study aimed at penetrating our educational institutions and attracting university professors, academics and researchers [to adopt pro-American approaches]. This study offers a practical plan to penetrate our educational institutions and the infrastructure through which this...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 23, 2003
The Court of Cassation confirmed that the one-year jail sentence of the Editor-in-Chief of Al-Usboa and his brother is appropriate, as it is obvious from the articles they wrote that they defamed the former leader of the Justice Party.
Date of source: Monday, June 30, 2003
The article is the text of a message said to have been sent by Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim to Mustafa Bakri and his brother in the prison. Bakri says that Ibrahim sent him a message to express satisfaction at his imprisonment. He adds that Ibrahim did not forget the comments of Bakri on his case.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 24, 2003
The Cairo Criminal Court ordered a temporal staying of the sentence handed down to Mustafa Bakri, Editor-in-Chief of Al-Usboa, and his deputy and brother Mahmoud Bakri, till deciding on the petition they have submitted to the General Prosecutor. It also ordered them an immediate release.
Date of source: Monday, June 30, 2003
Media critique on al-Usbū‘’s lack of accuracy and the way they write about Mustafa and Mahmoud Bakri.
Comment on describing Copts as a minority in Egypt.
How the Egyptian press is used at times to convince their public of a particular view.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 4, 2003
The ongoing polarization between the Western and Arab worlds is quickly spiraling down to a confrontation which will cause great damage to both the Western and Arab worlds. That polarization can still be avoided but only if people are willing to understand the causes of this polarization and are...
Date of source: Monday, February 24, 2003
Article with comment. In an angry and inciting tone, the independent weekly Al-Usboa calls for jihad against the US for its impending war on Iraq. It strongly criticizes Arab rulers for their stand towards the war, which they believe is a new crusade and a threat to Islam.
Date of source: Monday, March 15, 2004
Mr. De Coursac is a French national living in Egypt who strongly objects to US foreign policy in the Middle East. He expressed this objection in an irrational manner and this has made him to misinterpret events and explain them as a US conspiracy without realizing that in that way he has alienated...
Date of source: Monday, January 13, 2003
The American administration finished the draft of a project called "Developing religious discourse." The project aims for developing religious discourse in Arab countries. The suggested project will be linked with the American aid to Egypt.