Date of source: Monday, March 15, 2004
The Foreign Press Association in Cairo (FPA) is witnessing a serious crisis due to the
increasing accusations directed to the association from inside, that it turned into a propaganda
tool for the American policy in Egypt, which contradicts with its [the FPA’s] independence.
Date of source: Monday, March 22, 2004
The Foreign Press Association is in an illegal status, as it did not register itself
under the Egyptian NGO law 84 of 2002. The organization organizes conferences and activities that
are suspicious. It suspended deputy secretary-general Ismail De Coursac illegally. The
association turned into a...
Date of source: Sunday, March 28, 2004
There has been a wide political debate about a
judicial complaint calling for the confiscation of the book “Al-Hijab: Ro’ya ‘Assriya” [The
Headscarf: A Contemporary Perspective] by and the dismissal of the author and editor-in-chief of
Hawa [Eve] magazine Iqbal Baraka from her job.
The...
Date of source: Monday, March 22, 2004
In an interview with Al-Musawwar
magazine, the Brotherhood’s supreme guide, Muhammad Mahdi Akef presented a contract between the
Brotherhood and the Journalists’ Syndicate in which it was written that the Brotherhood would
rent the hall for a couple of hours to present its statement concerning...
Date of source: Sunday, April 4, 2004
I
conducted this interview with Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim almost two months ago, but it was not
complete. The atmosphere was very tense because he considered the questions a sort of an insult
to him. Dr. Ibrahim calls for freedom and democracy all the time, so how can he get angry at a
question,...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 28, 2004
I just wanted to relate
to you how useful AWR is proving to be. The reports have provided me with extremely useful
information to use in my thesis. The recent additions of the internet links are a great bonus. I
also like the new motif. It seems that things are going well so I wish you and...
Date of source: Thursday, April 29, 2004
I have been
lately assigned the post of Vice President of the newly established Egyptian National Council for
Human Rights. It is one of the most challenging and time-consuming responsibilities. Discharging
said responsibilities is compelling me to give up many other commitments that I had made...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 30, 2004
The author of this article strongly opposes the article published in the
last issue in which Dr. Hassan Hefni called for forming political parties based on religion.
According to the author of this article, forming political parties based on religion is a
dangerous call that leads to the...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 30, 2004
Al-Qahera’s article “The middle stream in the Brotherhood calls for
dissolving the group,” published March 16, 2004 mentioned, that there are some members of the
Brotherhood who are calling for the dissolution of the group. That is not true. This great group
is not owned by any certain person,...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 13, 2004
Intellectuals opposed the idea of forming a political party based on religion.
We
reject the Muslim Brotherhood initiative [for political reform] because it was issued by an
illegal group. The Muslim Brotherhood has remained in political life by force, and violence
constitutes a great part of...