Date of source: Monday, August 19, 2013
A specter is haunting Egypt: the specter of social apartheid. We thought that the revolution had swept away the old barriers between the Egyptian social classes, but my experience in Ezbet Al-Hagana led me to question this assumption.
In order to examine the validity of...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 6, 2014
In continuation to the series of attempts to spread terror and fear in society, and in an attempt to delay examinations, two bombs were found close to the Azhar university containing a highly explosive TNT. General Magdī Abbāss stated that there was a strange looking device which turned out to be a...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 28, 2014
On May 20, 2014, the Center for Arab-West Understanding (CAWU) organized a forum meeting under the title: Investigative Journalism in Egypt: Experiences and Challenges. Key speaker of the evening, Danish award winning journalist Mr. Flemming Weiss Andersen, spoke about his experiences in reporting...
Date of source: Thursday, July 25, 2013
Copts United website (reports on Coptic issues) published an article entitled “No attack on Diocese of Sohag”.
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This report by Arab-West Report explains the context of the massive destruction of churches and Christian institutions in Egypt in August 2013.
Date of source: Saturday, June 15, 2013
Among the difficulties in assessing the news of Egypt is the Cairo-centrism of journalism. A problem plaguing the nation in general, all major newspapers operate from the capital attracting the best talent away from other regions in search of promotions and a better life. Quality of information...
Date of source: Saturday, May 25, 2013
AWR's intern Myles Ormerod reviewed articles of incidents that were not covered in Egyptian newspapers, but came in online foreign media on May 25, 2013, tackling Muslim-Christians relations and/or Coptic issues.
Date of source: Sunday, April 28, 2013
Sohag Investigation Department revealed that a high school student is behind the mysterious murder of a mother and her three children at their home in the village of Kushh in Dār al-Salām. Additionally, investigations reported that the sister of the victims helped the defendant. The girl had agreed...
Date of source: Thursday, April 11, 2013
Al-Tahrīr learned that the emergency meeting called for by Dr. Muhammad Mursi (Mursī) and Defence Minister ‘Abd al-Fattāh al-Sīsī was to deal with the security attacks at Saint Mark Cathedral which occurred during the funeral of the victims of al-Khusūs (Amīrah Ibrāhīm, al-Tahrīr, Apr. 11, p. 3)....
Date of source: Wednesday, April 3, 2013
On Wednesday, April 27th, we've had the pleasure to show the movie "One Hand", a film produced by Johnny and Rebecca Weixler with help of contacts provided by Arab-West Report. The film had been earlier presented and well received at the well-attended MESA Film Festival in Denver, Colorado, USA....