Date of source: Wednesday, December 3, 2008
The author stresses that no crisis would affect the strong ties between Egypt and any of its sister-countries, especially Saudi Arabia, expressing his sorrow with some of the trials which aim at undermining these ties and planting hatred in the hearts of the Egyptians toward Arabs. He further...
Date of source: Sunday, November 30, 2008
Wataninewspaper is celebrating its 50 year anniversary this year. The author comments that in recent years the newspaper has tried to focus on mending fences between Egypt’s Muslims and Christians, no matter how grave the problem
Date of source: Thursday, December 18, 2008
This paper attempts to outline and illustrate the many facets of the Arab media’s reaction to the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the profound emotions it stirred in so many Arabs and Arab journalists.
Date of source: Sunday, November 2, 2008
In his monthly round-up of the Egyptian press this month, Robert al-Faris mentions that Watanī was the only paper to mention a two-month course that Tanta university is running in Coptic studies. He also lamented a comment made by Abu Treika, one of the country’s favorite football players, about...
Date of source: Sunday, November 2, 2008
The announcement of membership to the Journalists’ Syndicate created uproar amongst those who had not been accepted. Yūsuf Sidhūm suggests that the syndicate revise its policy of handing out bonuses to journalists and base its membership on journalists’ experience and ability.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Najīb Jibrā’īl has accused the Islamic Research Academy of double standards following the confiscation of his book, ‘Izdirā’ bi Ahad al-Adyān al-Samāwīyah’ [Contempt of a Heavenly Religion].
Date of source: Sunday, July 27, 2008
The author says that BBC considered the film ’Hasan wa Marqus’ as reflecting on the sectarian tensions of the seventies and the eighties that witnessed radical Islamic and Christian thought. BBC also said that the Egyptian initiative for personal rights produced two acts of violence. The author in...
Date of source: Sunday, July 27, 2008
Robeir al-Faris reviews the previous month’s newspapers in Egypt, examining the Muslim-Christian divide in Egypt. The first of two topics presented in this article is the renaming of Victoria Square to Victory of Islam Square in a religiously mixed area of Shubra, Cairo. The second issue presented...
Date of source: Monday, July 14, 2008
The following lines shed light on reactions to the draft law for mass media in Egypt. While official institutions defend the law, civil society human rights organizations consider it to be a blatant violation and restriction of the freedom of expression.
Date of source: Thursday, July 17, 2008
The author criticizes the Islamic Research Academy’s statement regarding the movie entitled, ’al-Sādāt’.