Date of source: Monday, April 19, 1999
The author apologizes to the Lebanese singer, Najwa Karam and to other Arab entertainers for being falsely accused by Egyptian papers of insulting Islam and causing harm to Egypt. Karam’s case was not the first of its kind. Several other Arab entertainers including singers, actors and actress have...
Date of source: Thursday, April 15, 1999 to Wednesday, April 21, 1999
Less than one week after her eviction from Egypt, the Egyptian Ministry of Interior announced on April 9, that it was lifting the travel ban it had imposed on Lebanese singer Najwa Karam.
Date of source: Sunday, April 18, 1999
Dr. Fawzy Stefanos is one of Egypt’s prominent scientists abroad, with a distinctive reputation in the field of anesthesia and heart surgery, who founded the St. Marqos’s Foundation for the Study of Coptic History. He speaks about his views on how Coptic concerns in Egypt can be resolved.
Date of source: Sunday, April 18, 1999
The History and Antiques Committee of the Supreme Council for Culture organizes on April 19 a seminar with the theme "The National Role of the Egyptian Coptic Church throughout the Ages." Artist Farouq Hosni (Minister of Culture), Dr. Gaber ’Asfour (Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 14, 1999
Shamm Al-Neseem, it is an ancient Egyptian feast during which people used to go out marking the day when spring starts. On that day Moses decided to challenge the atheist Pharaoh in public. God helped Moses against the brutal Pharaoh by granting him miracles, which made people believe he was God’s...
Date of source: Monday, April 19, 1999
The state security has arrested an underground group loyal to the dissident Muslim Brotherhood. The group comprises of 11 members, eight of which have been arrested.
Date of source: Thursday, April 15, 1999 to Wednesday, April 21, 1999
An Egyptian military court on April 10, postponed a session at which verdicts were due in the cases of 107 Muslim militants said to belong to the militant Jihad group. "Two of the judges, including Court President Brigadier Ahmed Al-Anwar, have not handled cases of Islamists before," defense...
Date of source: Thursday, April 15, 1999 to Wednesday, April 21, 1999
Egyptian state prosecutors said that they had released on April 11, four members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood movement who were detained with 24 others last month.
Date of source: Thursday, April 15, 1999 to Wednesday, April 21, 1999
Egypt has referred 22 Muslim militants to a military court accused of planning to blow up a military target and belonging to an illegal group, security forces said on April 6.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 20, 1999
Over the past few years, Al-Azhar has been the venue of very serious confrontations between hard-liner and moderate sheikhs and scholars. This confrontation reached a peak during a seminar where professor Abdel Mo’ti Bayoumi, Dean of the School of Theology at Al-Azhar, presented his new theory of...