Date of source: Wednesday, January 6, 1999
For the first time since the days of Nasser the Christmas prayer was broadcasted life. In the past decades, however, the Christmas celebration in the Coptic Cathedral was broadcasted the day after.
Date of source: Monday, December 21, 1998
The State Security caught a 20 years old student in Assiut who has been sending letters in the name of the Gama’at al-Islamiya to extort money from an engineer living in Assiut.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 15, 1998
I apologize for writing frankly about such a sensitive issue, which is the issue of human rights in Egypt. Experiences with Western media taught us that because we are not frank, we give chances for others to make claims and to believe such claims.
Date of source: Sunday, December 13, 1998
The emigration of Copts to the US and other countries in Europe and Australia started to increase in the beginning of the sixties. They looked for a better environment and a way of making a living. Some of them emigrated for personal reasons.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 8, 1998
A plea for abolishing Christian engagements.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 2, 1998
Counselor Hisham Siraya, the general lawyer for the First Prosecution Office of the State Security has ordered the arrest of Hafez Abu Se’da, secretary general of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR), for a period of 15 days for investigation.
Date of source: Monday, November 23, 1998
There is no doubt that during Mubarak’s ruling period, the press enjoys freedom to a great extent and individuals enjoy democracy which was absent for year. It is up to individuals to say whatever they want: bad or good.
Date of source: Friday, November 20, 1998
Israel presented an official apology for the report published on the Internet by the media office of the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
Date of source: Friday, November 20, 1998
The media frenzy caused by the events of Al-Koshh and the exaggerated reactions is a matter which invites us to wonder. Why were all these attempts made to assure a fact!! The Copts enjoy full citizenship and do not face any sort of persecution. Such horror over this issue does not deny there is a...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 24, 1998
In a visit to Egypt, Bishop Christodoulos, Archbishop of Athens and Greece, hailed the efforts exerted by President Hosni Mubarak to find peace in the Middle East and to fight terrorism.