Date of source: Monday, June 2, 2003
Michael Meunier and Sabri F. Gohara of the US Copts Association attack Father Marcos who had asked the Egyptian public to understand their position. Meunier’s attack aims at destroying Father Marcos’ credibility through presenting his character in the most negative way possible instead of focusing...
Date of source: Saturday, April 26, 2003 to Tuesday, April 29, 2003
Egyptian press paid special attention to Easter festivities. It elaborated on the spiritual connotations of Easter and resurrection and reports the "Happy Easter" wishes Pope Shenouda and all Copts received from officials and Muslim religious leaders.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 16, 2003
There is a great respect in Egyptian schoolbooks for Christian religion, although there is only little information on its faith and life. There is excellent information on the early history of the Copts in Egypt, but almost no information about the Christian minority after the conquest of Egypt....
Date of source: Wednesday, April 9, 2003
An Egyptian army unit apparently made an effort to remove the wall of Patmos Land, a Coptic Orthodox project on the Cairo-Suez road. The incident renews the bishop´s fears that the wall will be removed after previous attempts to do this in the past years. The origin of the problems is in the wish...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 2, 2003
Arabs are continuously receiving information that seems to indicate that the US indeed launched a crusade against the Islamic world. Some of this material originated with Christian leaders and organizations in the US and was misinterpreted in some Arab media. It is dangerous to continue feeding the...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 19, 2003
Egyptian authors show a continuous interest in discussions how to improve the Arab image in the West. This article was written on the request of Dr. Hamdi Hassan for Al-Ahram but not published. The article explains how Arabs can work on improving their image. They can do this IF they are realy...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 5, 2003
The translation of Henry Ford´s “The International Jew” into Arabic and publication by Al-Shorouq Publishing House will sadly hurt the image of Arabs in the West, as Ford´s book is unquestionable anti-Semite.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 5, 2003
Bat Ye´or´s “The Dhimmi: Jews and Christians under Islam” is an example of polemical literature. The book, among other similar writings dominant in the West, shows that Islamic concepts are deliberately misrepresented in the West – which causes frustrations among Muslims. But much polemical...
Date of source: Thursday, June 5, 2003
The rumors of US interference in Assiut probably started with an article titled "The American embassy occupies Assiut," Sout Al-Umma, April 28, 2003 [AWR week 17, art. 3]. The Sout al-Umma article is extremely negative and one wonders if not at least part of it is the consequence of rivalry between...
Date of source: Saturday, March 8, 2003
The difference between the Israeli and Egyptian press in reporting news related to the Palestinian and Israeli attacks reflect the polarization taking place. A major difference is in reporting and selecting news and quotes. That is most remarkable in the way the Palestinian condemnation of the...