Date of source: Wednesday, March 28, 2007
The minorities’ conference was held in Zurich, Switzerland from March 24 to 26, 2007. The conference, attended by representatives of about ten minorities groups in the Middle East, came out with a final declaration of the foundation of an organization for defending women and minorities in the...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 22, 2004
On June 17, 1981 violence erupted between Muslims and Christians in the Cairo working class district of al-Zawīya al-Hamrā? in which at least 20 people were killed and hundreds others injured, giving reason enough for late President Anwar al-Sādāt to launch the notorious September 1981 detentions...
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The visit of the US Commission on Religious Freedom to Egypt received the attention of almost all Egyptian press outlets. Many articles highlighted the difference between Egyptian and American approaches to the subject of religious freedom. Most of the authors who wrote on this subject reject the...
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Magdy Khalil, a Coptic writer in the US, wrote a series of three articles in Watani
newspaper under a general title "A Returnee from Cairo." In this series, he comments on the conditions of Copts in
Egypt. al-Arabi, mouthpiece of the Nasserist Party, and Islamic independent Aqidati highly...
Date of source: Saturday, November 16, 2002
Pope Shenouda issued a statement to the members of Cairo Lions Club that what the constitution says about the equality between Muslims and Christians is one thing and the actual fact of the matter is another. He added that Copts have the right to be represented fairly in the Parliament. Some papers...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Dr. Samīr Marqus discusses the concept of cultural citizenship and its relation with the current ruckus in the Egyptian political arena about reforming certain articles in the Egyptian constitution.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 7, 2007
The Nubians express their loyalty to the Egyptian government and denounce the conference of minorities in the Middle East organized in Switzerland by Coptic expatriates.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 13, 2007
The article discusses the conference of ’The Minority in the Middle East’ headed by the Chief of the emigrated Copts, cĀdil Abādīr. The conference is mainly about minorities’ rights in the Middle East.
Date of source: Monday, February 12, 2007
The controversial Coptic activist ‘Adlī Abādīr organizes a conference advocating the rights of ethnic and religious minorities in the Middle East.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 6, 2007
The article highlights the announcement of Coptic thinker Kamāl Zākhir Mūsá regarding the establishment of the ‘Copts without borders’ organization and the reactions to that announcement.