Date of source:
The film "Awan
Al-Ward" which tackles the mixed marriage between Moslems and Christians
and their daily interaction, released an
unprecedented controversy. The writer of the film said that the
Minister of Information asked him to write about national
unity and that through the film he wants to...
Date of source:
The first hearing of Saad Eddin
Ibrahim’s
trial was postponed to January. In a statement to al-Hayat, he said that he was not summoned to
be investigated for any new
accusations. al-Arabi published the text of the State Security Prosecutor about
Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim’s communication with...
Date of source:
The general counselor of
the Brotherhood does not believe the
government responded to their success in the recent parliamentary elections through the
severe and
unjustified verdict of the Military Court in the case of professional syndicates. Two Egyptian human rights
organizations requested...
Date of source: Friday, November 17, 2000
Al-Hayat, praised the Muslim Brotherhood for backing the Coptic candidate of the Wafd Party in the Waili district. The author of the article described the group’s attitude as "a new step towards an opening to other political powers and an attempt to extend the group’s efficient political tendencies...
Date of source: Saturday, September 9, 2000
Akhbar al-Youm, received an angry comment from
father Morcos Aziz regarding its article
of last week [see RNSAW week 36, art.10] in which Amal Othman
strongly criticized him. al-Arabi urged rapid intervention to
prevent the collapse of an important
monument. al-Qahira weekly published a...
Date of source:
The church of Saint Marcos
in the southern
province of Assiut witnessed a new apparition of the Virgin Mary. Thousands of people saw her surrounded by
white pigeons and flashing lights in a miraculous spectacle, which lasted 6 hours on one occasion. The
priest’s council of
the church in Assiut...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 8, 2000
Dr. Saʿd al-Dīn Ibrāhīm opened fire against the Egyptian government, state security department, and some Egyptian young people a few hours before he was accused officially of espionage for the sake of foreign entities. "I was a victim of youth deceiving me" Ibrāhīm said.
Date of source:
The frozen Labour party challenged the administrative procedures used to freeze it and
presented a list of 19 candidates for the next parliamentary elections, while a group of law activists
called for the
resumption of the party’s activities.
Date of source:
The current crisis of the
frozen opposition party, al-Amal (Labour), entered a new stage after
the revocation, by the administrative
supreme court, of the ban imposed by the parliamentary committee of parties. There is a
high expectation of
a revival of the same party.
Date of source:
The
consultative council (Shūrá) in
the Egyptian parliament decided, on July 24, to freeze the Islamic opposition Labour Party.
It filed an
urgent case before the Administrative Supreme Court to dissolve the Labour Party, and to see whether the criminal
charges, reported against 55 of the...