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Date of source: Saturday, March 25, 2000
Sub-title: Removing the eagle on the Egyptian flag and putting two crossed swords instead
Cairo University has witnessed a strong crisis due to the incidents that took place in Dar Al-Uloum faculty. A group of students from the faculty removed the eagle of the Egyptian flag and put two crossed...
Date of source: Saturday, February 19, 2000 to Friday, February 25, 2000
This article deals with the struggle between those students who belong to the Muslim Brotherhood and those who don’t at the Faculty of Humanities at Cairo University, and the recent attack on the drama team by Muslim Brotherhood students.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 17, 1999
The student union elections held on 2 November have elicited little more than a yawn, if indeed they were noticed at all. The glory days of campus politics have long since passed, or so it would seem.
Date of source: Monday, November 15, 1999
Islamic trend students proved, in the elections for the Students Union at Cairo University last year, that they are the best organized and that they are capable of gathering the largest number of students around them.
Date of source: Sunday, November 7, 1999
"Fundamentalist" elements are said to be behind recent assaults and intimidation of faculty members at Ma’an’s fledgling Hussein Ben Talal University, sources said on Saturday.
Date of source: Friday, November 12, 1999
Heated student elections were held last week in all the Egyptian universities. While some students played the role of activists, others took the role of spectators. Islamist students, who call themselves Gama’at el-Islamiya, and non-Islamists fought each other in the elections.
Date of source: Sunday, August 22, 1999
The discussion at the press conference of the New York Council of Churches on June 28 [transcript presented in last week’s RNSAW] was mainly with members of the American Coptic Union. Before the press conference Drs. Cornelis Hulsman interviewed Rafique Iscander, chairman and founder of the...
Date of source: Saturday, July 3, 1999
After what has been published about the extremist trend in Dar Al-Uloum, we were shocked by the reactions of the professors. First, some of the officials have moved to rescue this faculty from destruction. But what is amazing is that the professors compiled a list, which they signed, in which they...
Date of source: Thursday, July 1, 1999 to Wednesday, July 7, 1999
[This article appeared in Al-Ahram, June 16, 1999] The Egyptian press has for years revealed the corruption taking place in universities and criticized officials for not taking a positive action towards this dangerous phenomenon. The corruption is not limited to students but has spread to include...
Date of source: Saturday, June 19, 1999 to Friday, June 25, 1999
The writer lists a series of incidents at the Cairo University faculty supposedly carried out by Islamic groups at the university and insists that they are a cancer that may spread and destroy many good young people, and must therefore be gotten rid of.
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Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.