Date of source: Friday, April 1, 2011
Najīb Abādīr announces on AWR the formation of a new liberal party launched by Najīb Sawirus.
Date of source: Friday, April 1, 2011
As a Brit I've never before been a revolutionary. Revolution just isn't in our vocabulary. Our American friends, as we might expect, were all gung ho on it from the start. My sympathies were entirely with Mr. Mubārak, who had served his country well in the Air Force, then as Vice-President under...
Date of source: Monday, March 28, 2011
Seventy-seven percent voted for 'Yes' [18.7 million voters] in the referendum over constitutional amendments, which reveals the power of political Islam [salafists, Muslim Brotherhood and al-Wasat party] in convincing the people, while political parties and the January 25 Revolution Coalition...
Date of source: Friday, March 25, 2011
The majority of Egyptian voters said yes to the constitution amendments put forth in a landmark referendum earlier this week. The following mission of choosing a parliament, which is expected to play a genuine role in steering the country, will be very difficult.
It needs thoroughness on the part...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Universities across Egypt have seen angry students and rebellious professors protesting on campus, threatening to disband only when pro-Mubārak professors and teachers are gone.
The so-called university battle is one of a series of upheavals in the wake of the revolution. It started in Cairo...
Date of source: Monday, March 21, 2011
According to the Egyptian Government they are working on building a modern civil and democratic state where all Egyptians, including Copts, will enjoy the rights of citizenship. However, people fear that if such a state is not created, the military will go on ruling Egypt, or a religious state will...
Date of source: Friday, March 18, 2011
On March 19 Egypt is slated to enjoy its first free vote in decades. Following the resignation of President Mubarak the Supreme Military Council appointed a committee to draft amendments to the Constitution, according to the demands of the people. The proposed amendments will be put to a nationwide...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 15, 2011
[Editor AWR: Both Cardinal Patriarch Antonius Naguib (Cardinal of Coptic Catholic Church in Egypt) and AWR editor-in-chief Cornelis Hulsman were asked to give presentations about the place of Christians in Egypt today on occasion of "The Parlamentarischer Abend" (informal evening meeting of...
Date of source: Monday, March 14, 2011
AWR's Diana Maher Ghali presents a press review covering three days: March 11, 14, and 15, 2011, where news focused on the rebuilding of the church of the Two Martyrs, Saint Mina and Saint George in Sūl village of 'Ātfīh (Helwan governorate) and the victims of the clashes between Muslims and...
Date of source: Monday, March 14, 2011
The portrait of Husnī Mubarāk has been removed from most State institutions after three employes replaced it in the Cabinet headquarters three weeks ago with the word 'Āllāh' in a frame.
This was followed by other governmental agencies. An official in Qalyubia Governorate, north of Cairo, said...