Date of source: Monday, May 2, 2016
A brother of one of the Coptic Egyptians killed by ISIL reported that extremists outside of the village are causing problems in his village due to the building of the ‘Egyptian Church of Martyrs in Libya.’ He added that the church has not been built yet, saying that the Diocese was busy building a...
Date of source: Sunday, March 29, 2015
An international report published by the United Nations reported that on average, women around the world are paid 24% less than women. As for the Middle East and North Africa, the report found that women are paid 14% less than men on average. In Egypt, 54% of women are paid less than men, whereas...
Date of source: Thursday, January 22, 2015
The seven Egyptian men headed east by car from the Libyan city of Sirte on Dec. 29, starting the long drive back to Egypt. On the outskirts of the city, located on the Mediterranean coast, armed men stopped the vehicle. Several of the men called their families back home. “We’re kidnapped,” one told...
Date of source: Monday, April 13, 2015
Expert in African affairs: Clarification that being a woman in Sudan is preferable to being a woman in Egypt
Dr. Amānī al-Tawīl has explained that the situation for women is much better in Sudan than in Egypt. The Sudanese Women’s Union was formed before Sudanese independence. The Muslim...
Date of source: Sunday, April 5, 2015
The President of Sudan succeeds in building relations of trust between Egypt and Ethiopia
The issue of the Nile’s waters necessitates the development of an Egyptian- Sudanese cooperation in order to fulfill the interests of these two countries without neglecting the interests of the other Nile...
Date of source: Monday, February 8, 2016
Three years ago, on February 27, 2013, we interviewed Aḥmad Ashūsh in our office. These were the days of President Muhammad Mursī and we then made efforts to understand the motivations of the different people involved various Islamists movements. Aḥmad Ashūsh was arrested in October 2013 for the...
Date of source: Sunday, February 7, 2016
The Bani Mazār Court will deliver the verdict in the trial of four Coptic Christian students charged with contempt of religion on 25 February.
Date of source: Saturday, February 6, 2016
Thousands of young people from Western countries have gone to Syria during recent years to fight under the black flag of what Prof. Schleifer calls “the most brutal and threateningly successful jihadist group, calling itself the Islamic State.” The British Tony Blair Foundation recently published a...
Date of source: Monday, December 21, 2015
The year 2015 started with the killing of 21 Egyptian Christians working in Libya by Dā`esh. However, despite this bloody incident that took place last February, and despite the forced migration of the Christian families in the village of Kafr Darwish due to alleged defamation of the Prophet...
Date of source: Thursday, January 7, 2016
The fight against IS must also be fought in ideological terms. Egyptian Sheikh Dr. Muhammad Salah, who speaks the language of Salafi Muslims, is eager to play a role in this effort. This is the background of my contribution to the Op Ed page in Trouw.