Date of source: Sunday, May 21, 2006
The author criticizes a book review of Nabīl Louqa Bibāwī’s book, The Problems of Copts in Egypt and their Solutions, written by Al-Ahrām columnist Mahmoud Muntasir and warns against the idea of appeasing those who have returned from the Gulf with fundamentalist ideologies.
Date of source: Sunday, May 21, 2006
The writer claims that management of extremism is more logical than eradicating it, so as to allow governments and countries to identify the problems they face and try to limit their dangerous effect.
Date of source: Sunday, May 14, 2006
The author is disappointed at the second report of the National Council for Human Rights’ (NCHR) on human rights issues in Egypt, stating that the calm, complacent tone of the report aroused wide distrust, and that the council has begun to lean towards the government’s inclinations.
Date of source: Sunday, May 14, 2006
As part of a series of meetings to acquaint the French society with the Copts and their plight, the ’Association of Copts in France’ organized a conference on May 5, 2006, under the slogan of "Copts: A Combat for Human Rights,” during which the citizenship rights of Copts in Egypt were discussed.
Date of source: Sunday, May 14, 2006
Coptologia, which publishes books on Coptic issues, has celebrated its silver jubilee by issuing a book that is an academically oriented autobiography entitled The Coptic Holy Icon, encompassing twenty-four chapters of voluminous study.
Date of source: Sunday, May 14, 2006
The conflict between the government and the media is escalating as the government ignores appeals to bring an end to the imprisonment of members of the press over publication offences, while journalists have widened their attack to campaign against prison sentences for publication offences, broader...
Date of source: Sunday, May 7, 2006
In an attempt to trace how modern-day Egyptians came to be what they are today, and to mark their origins and the origin of their traditions, Watani is printing a monthly series on the history of the Egyptian people—as opposed to the widely known ‘official’ history of the rulers of Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, May 7, 2006
The author examines the question of how to ensure that democracy in Middle Eastern countries does not come at the expense of secularism, personal freedoms, and equal rights for women and minorities, given that both American policy-makers and most Arabs hold to the reductionist view that democracy...
Date of source: Sunday, May 7, 2006
The statement made by the activists and members of Coptic associations which met in Montreal, Canada, April 7-9, 2006, to review and debate the situation of the Copts in Egypt and the future of Coptic activism.
Date of source: Sunday, May 7, 2006
The furor continues over the movie of ‘The Da Vinci Code’.