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38. Red-Handed: What evil lurks in Cairo graveyards
Date of source: Thursday, September 30, 1999
Rumor has it that Cairo graveyards have turned into a lair for the city’s most wanted criminals. The serenity and sanctity of these places are disturbed by various instances of kidnapped women taken there to be raped or killed.
32. Plain talk
Date of source: Thursday, August 12, 1999 to Wednesday, August 18, 1999
Hanna claims Egypt has the ability to accept and accommodate differences. It is a divine dichotomy which has become codified under the rhetoric of national unity. It reflects the close and amicable relation between Islam and Christianity and is a product of the cultural and historical...
21. Shahin gets dose of his own medicine
Date of source: Tuesday, August 7, 2012
When hardline Sheikh Abdel Sabur Sahin was fighting a fierce battle to declare professor Nasr Hamed Abu Zeid a renegade and separate him from his wife, judge Gabr Ibrahim Gabr of Cairo Court was fighting a similar battle by banning Youssef Chahine’s controversial film "The Immigrant". Shahin and...
29. Copts are against sectarianism
Date of source: Saturday, June 19, 1999 to Friday, June 25, 1999
A list of examples of Copts known for their patriotic stands is given. The article is a response to the current campaign in the USA to highlight the alleged persecution of Copts in Egypt.
23. [Parliament approves NGO bill]...while NGOs step up the fight
Date of source: Thursday, May 27, 1999 to Wednesday, June 2, 1999
NGO representatives and activists for human and women’s rights stepped up their campaign this week against the proposed NGO law in a bid to prevent it from being passed by the People’s Assembly. NGOs believe that the bill infringes upon their autonomy and inhibits civil action.
3. The book ’The father of Adam’ is before the court today; a counselor asks to stop the usage and printing of the book because it harms faith
Date of source: Tuesday, May 4, 1999
The court looks today in the request of lawyer Jābr Ibrāhīm Jābr to stop printing, publishing and using the book of ’The father of Adam’, the story between magic and reality, of author ʿAbd al-Ṣabūr Shāhīn under the Ḥisba law.
9. Religion is for God and the Cinema is for all
Date of source: Monday, December 21, 1998
In the history of Egypt’s cinema, there are many examples of national unity and non-discrimination between Muslims and Christians. Many movies about Islam were acted, directed, and produced by Christians, and vice-versa.

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