Date of source: Wednesday, November 29, 2006
The U.S. plays an important role in the formation of Egyptian policy since the latter began receiving U.S. aid regardless of what the regime claims of its independence decision and sovereignty.
Date of source:
Egypt was angry about the stormy reactions that broke following the
sentence given to
Saad Eddin Ibrahim. The ruling renewed tension between Egypt and the U.S., which considers
Ibrahim an
American human rights activist. It condemned the ruling and started a new verbal war against the Cairo...
Date of source:
The first hearing of Saad Eddin
Ibrahim’s
trial was postponed to January. In a statement to al-Hayat, he said that he was not summoned to
be investigated for any new
accusations. al-Arabi published the text of the State Security Prosecutor about
Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim’s communication with...
Date of source: Monday, October 23, 2006
The vice president of the Egyptian Council for Human Rights, Ahmad Kamāl Abū al-Majd, presented a list of constitutional amendments. In response, many voices in and outside the council claimed that these demands were not of the council’s authority. The Egyptian press described the council’s...
Date of source: Sunday, October 15, 2006
The
author discusses Western hostility against Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, October 8, 2006
Condoleezza Rice’s tour to the Middle
East region reveals the new American formula of
“moderation versus extremism.”
Date of source: Wednesday, September 27, 2006
The U.S.
ambassador to Cairo
assured that the Islamic preachers, whose visa requests were refused, were not from the Azhar,
asserting
that his country welcomes Azharite preachers to teach Americans the real image of Islam.
Date of source: Saturday, May 27, 2006 to Friday, June 2, 2006
The article deals with the
American
International Republican Institute (IRI)’s interference in Egyptian politics by urging political
parties to shift
their attention from the Iraqi and Palestinian fronts to the internal front and the
problems facing the country.
Date of source: Monday, May 22, 2006
Nearly 480 people, including 314 members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood have been arrested on charges of organizing unauthorized demonstrations in support of the judges, who blew the whistle on election fraud.
Date of source: Saturday, May 20, 2006 to Friday, May 26, 2006
The author wonders whether Egyptians are experiencing a stage of creative
chaos, coinciding
with the visit of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Cairo last year. She wonders whether
the people
nurturing this chaos realize that the price of this chaos would be paid by everyone.