Date of source: Saturday, July 7, 2001 to Friday, July 13, 2001
Sheikh Amr Khalid, an AUC [American University in Cairo] graduate, who now preaches in Al-Maghfira mosque in Agouza began his activities by preaching in homes. He then moved to preaching in mosques, and even on television. The national press distributes his tapes with their publications. Thousands...
Date of source: Saturday, July 7, 2001 to Friday, July 13, 2001
Egyptian television did well when it started airing "who is going to be a millionaire?" The program is good entertainment and has a good message, that is deceit and luck cannot be used to win. Only knowledge is required.
Date of source: Saturday, July 7, 2001 to Friday, July 13, 2001
The Mufti of Egypt accused the public and private communication companies of urging people to gamble through competitions based on making special-rate phone calls. The Mufti considered such competitions to be religiously forbidden. A media expert believes that this is not a religious issue as the...
Date of source: Saturday, July 7, 2001 to Friday, July 13, 2001
The Mufti of Egypt issued a fatwa prohibiting competitions based on making special-rate phone calls, considering them a form of gambling prohibited by Islam. The fatwa caused wide controversy in religious, media, and communication circles. One of the competition programs the Mufti referred to was "...
Date of source: Saturday, June 30, 2001 to Friday, July 6, 2001
In the seminar Rose El-Youssef held to discuss the crisis of Al-Nabaa, Nawal Al-Sa’adawi wondered why the tabloids are growing. Actor Nour Sharif said restrictions that do not bring sensitive points between denominations to light are needed. President of the Egyptian book authority believes that...
Date of source: Saturday, June 30, 2001 to Saturday, July 7, 2001
The lawyers who first attacked Al- Nabaa have now changed places and started fabricating reasons to justify the publication of such indecent pictures on the premise that publishing them was quite helpful to the church. Some Coptic lawyers found it a good opportunity to get closer when speaking on...
Date of source: Saturday, June 30, 2001 to Friday, July 6, 2001
The expelled monk made a terrible mistake whether he was, at this time, defrocked or not, this is not the issue. His being a monk doesn’t imply anything against Christianity because religion is religion, and humans are humans. The journalist also made a terrible mistake. He fabricated a lot of...
Date of source: Saturday, June 23, 2001 to Friday, June 29, 2001
Mamdouh Mahran claimed that he was being patronized by the Journalists Syndicate. Many complaints were received against the newspaper because of fabricated or baseless news stories and nude pictures. A few days before he published the story about the former monk they questioned him about the fact...
Date of source: Saturday, June 23, 2001 to Friday, June 29, 2001
According to the author there are two main types of journalism, responsible and irresponsible. One that cares about man and one that is only after money. Some well- known journalists give their views on the qualities required of a responsible editor in chief.
Date of source: Saturday, June 23, 2001 to Friday, June 29, 2001
The author discusses how much freedom there should be in who can issue a newspaper. Opinions differ from complete freedom to specialized papers dealing only with news in the area of their producers’ expertise.