Date of source: Tuesday, November 24, 2015
On the 16th anniversary of The International Day For The Elimination Of Violence Against Women (IDEVAW), the rapporteur of Egypt's National Council of Beni-Suēf, Nermīn Mahmūd, explained that it is difficult to have accurate statistics of cases involving violence against women, stressing the urgent...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 24, 2015
In his article published in Al-Yawm al-Sābi`, Ahmad Ibrahīm writes, that writers who experienced Najīb Mahfūz, either follow his same attempts at innovation and experimentation in form or take the novel writing into a different path of innovation. When al-Kharrāt began writing in the early fifties...
Date of source: Monday, November 23, 2015
Fifteen Sudanese men were arrested Monday at Wādi al-Jemāl reserve (Camels Valley) in Marsa `Allam for illegal gold exploration, ONA News Agency reported today.
Date of source: Monday, November 23, 2015
Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, Pope Tawadros II cast his vote this morning, in the second phase of the parliamentary election at the Sarayāt School of Al-Wailī constituency.
Date of source: Monday, November 23, 2015
Former vice-president of Egypt's International affairs, Dr. Muhammad al-Barad`ī, called for a restructure of the United Nations, criticizing its Security Council of performing a double-standard policy. Addressing the political situation in Egypt, Al-Barad`ī said that the struggle for power in Egypt...
Date of source: Sunday, November 22, 2015
In his analysis on the Muslim Brotherhood, Dr. Wahīd `Abd al-Majīd, the deputy director of the Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies (ACPSS) said that the many factors that drive the generational split within the Muslim Brotherhood Organization had weakened it.
Date of source: Sunday, November 22, 2015
Dr. Su’ād Sāleh, professor of Islamic Comparative Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) at the women college for Islamic studies at Al-Azhar University, accused Dr. Hassan al-Janaynī the Al-Azhar scholar of attributing a 'weak' hadith (saying) to Prophet Muhammad. According to Dr. Sāleh, the hadith in the...
Date of source: Sunday, November 22, 2015
According to informed sources, Al-Watan Newspaper reported that 234 employees have been prevented from attending their work at the parliament after they have been accused of various charges.
Date of source: Monday, December 28, 2015
Bishop Antōnios `Azīz of the Gīza Coptic Catholic Diocese confirmed that Egypt's Council of Churches has not yet met to reach a consensus on a unified personal status law proposal for all five Churches, stressing that the Council's last meeting on this issue was last year.
Date of source: Sunday, December 27, 2015
The year 2015 witnessed a number of initiatives and reconciliation attempts between the Muslim Brotherhood and the current regime in Egypt. However, the Egyptian Government did not respond to these initiatives, mainly because some of the initiators, despite declaring their good will, others...