Date of source: Wednesday, February 5, 2003
Changes to improve the AWR.
Date of source: Monday, May 7, 2007
Egyptian media writing about George Bibāwī allegedly calling Pope Shenouda Kāfir.
Reasons behind the tensions between Bibāwī and Pope Shenouda and the consequences of these conflicts for the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Islamists feeling that Copts receive preferential treatment from authorities.
Date of source: Sunday, May 3, 2009
Coptic Easter celebrations were discussed in this week’s issue of AWR, however the issue that really stole the limelight was President Mubārak’s Easter message to Coptic expatriates.
Date of source: Monday, April 30, 2007
Hulsman highlights a number of major reports that were placed in week 53, all belonging to closing the year 2006 for AWR. This week had been delayed because of the substantial amount of editing and checking that had been needed. This week includes the transcript of the lecture of former Dutch Prime...
Date of source: Monday, April 23, 2007
An example of differences between reality and ‘official’ reporting in reporting about a Holy Family celebration.
Articles on the lack of consensus on and misuse of the definition of ‘terrorism.’
Kees Hulsman presented lecture on AWR at the Arab Thought Forum in Jordan.
Date of source: Thursday, April 12, 2007
Comment on lack of tolerance for differences in views, often related to religious principles and displayed in various media.
Two Cairo lectures by William Dalrymple show a strong Christian population decline in the Arab World.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 11, 2007
AWR’s last interview with the late Dr. Isaac Fānūs.
Comments on self-censorship, such as that of Dr. Otto Meinardus’ differences in writing and saying, which makes it hard for students of the church in Egypt to get a good understanding of the church’s position.
Father Basilius of the Monastery of...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Sanā’ al-Sa‘īd conducted an excellent interview with H.H. Pope Shenouda, who said dialogue among religions should not tackle differences in beliefs since this lead to unnecessary disputes.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Dr. Isaac Fānūs, father of the revival of Coptic iconography, passed away.
Dr. Muḥammad ‘Imārah publicly apologized for placing a quote in his book justifying violence against Copts.
Date of source: Thursday, March 22, 2007
AWR was invited to The Program for Civilizational Studies and Dialogue of Cultures at Cairo University to present a film about its work and explain to the students the necessity of caution in media reporting.
Dr. Ṭāriq Heggy visited AWR’s office to speak about what motivates him to write.
Remarks...