Date of source: Sunday, February 3, 2008
Tāriq al-Shāmī discusses the fuss over mentioning or omitting the religious item in official documents in Egypt, and wonders when the Egyptian Government will settle this turmoil.
Date of source: Sunday, January 27, 2008
The article looks at a resolution that was recently passed in the European Parliament concerning Egypt’s human rights record. The resolution has created uproar in many Egyptian milieus.
Date of source: Thursday, January 24, 2008
An alleged phone call betweens the general guide of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo and the chairman of the political bureau of Hamās in Damascus stresses the need to put pressure on Egypt by organizing demonstrations to gain international approval to stop the siege of the Gaza Strip.
Date of source: Sunday, January 13, 2008
The author looks at the status of the Baha’ī religion in Egypt and comments on the effects that this status can have on individuals.
Date of source: Monday, December 24, 2007
The Egyptian government refuses to implement the Administrative Court’s decision which cancelled the annual Jewish celebration at the tomb of Rabbi Abū Ḥassīrah without giving any reasons.
Date of source: Saturday, January 5, 2008
The author, Husayn al-Qabbānī, reports on a protest organized before the Jewish Abū Hasīrah Shrine in the village of Damītūh, in the Egyptian Delta, where protesters condemned the Jewish celebration honoring Rabbi Abū Hasīrah as well as the news about the government’s pressure on farmers to sell...
Date of source: Friday, January 4, 2008
The author, Maj. Gen. Hilmī Muhammad Yūsuf, provides some notes on four different axes that contribute to the sectarian atmosphere in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, December 16, 2007
The article discusses the heated issue of Coptic feasts, and if Copts are entitled to paid leave to honor these celebrations.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 18, 2007
The Egyptian press analyzes the various repercussions of the declared introspections of the Jihād Group. Political observers and specialists in political Islam differ in their evaluation of these introspections.
Date of source: Sunday, December 9, 2007
The article is an interview with Sir Derek Plumbly, the British ambassador in Cairo who is about to leave Cairo and return to Britain. At the end of his tenure, Plumbly reflects on his feelings toward Egypt and how the country has changed.