Date of source: Friday, May 26, 2000
The Coptic Art Exhibition in France witnessed an unmatched number of visitors in its first days. It aims to make the Egyptian Copts and their artistic works known by exhibiting 230 antiquities borrowed from the Coptic Art museum in Egypt and some important museums in France, Britain, Germany and...
Date of source: Sunday, May 28, 2000
Not having our equal rights is not the result of others being unfair to us, rather it is the result of us not mastering the rules of the game, such as applying required pressure and requesting clarification of the facts.
Date of source: Sunday, May 21, 2000
The writer of this article comments on the Pope’s apology saying that the Vatican Pope has given a good lesson in courage and humbleness, but unfortunately not fairness. He apologized, but not to the Muslims, although we pretended he did.
Date of source: Friday, May 26, 2000
The Council delegated Mr. Ibrahim Nafie, Chairman of the Syndicate, to convey a message to the President of the Republic and to arrange a series of meetings with key personnel to assure financial and job security for the journalists affected by the closing down of Al-Shaab newspaper.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 17, 2000
The author criticized sarcastically the sudden discovery of the blasphemous aspect of Coca Cola, after 100 years of its production. In the writer’s opinion, the oppression which many Muslims suffer in some Islamic countries, leads them to accept nonsense and rumors and even to use modern technology...
Date of source: Monday, May 22, 2000
The General Prosecutor will start to examine the file of the dispute over the presidency of the Labor Party, in order to investigate the charges and irregularities claimed to be committed in the party. This came after the decision by the committee of parties not to take into consideration the...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 24, 2000
This article gives a different, and quite refreshing, view of the whole storm that was stirred up by the local press, notably "Al-Shaab", over the novel "A Banquet for Seaweed." The writer asserted that Haider Haider was given on a silver plate the chance of his life to become, almost overnight, a...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 to Saturday, May 20, 2000
In this article, Salah Montassar tries to give an overall view about the novel "A Banquet for Seaweed." Firstly, he exposes and comments on the content of the novel. Then he comments on the revolution against the novel by asking whether it was a sincere revolution for religion or simply a secular...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 17, 2000
After mentioning the reasons that made him refuse to publish Adel Hussein’s article about the novel "A Banquet for Seaweed," Ibrahim Nafie explained his position concerning the novel. In addition, Nafie criticized the way Al-Shaab and Hussein dealt with the novel. Nafie concluded his article by...
Date of source: Sunday, May 14, 2000
After viewing the document, the Azhar’s committee for dialogue officially requested the Pontifical council for inter-religious dialogue to make an addition to the agenda of the joint committee of the Azhar and the Vatican. The additional item is "discussion of our request for fair and objective...