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9. The novel "A banquet for the seaweed" was taken off the market
Date of source: 5 May 2000
By Musallam Shaltut
The Ministry of Culture took of all the published issues of the novel "A banquet for the seaweed" by the Syrian writer after the controversy which the story provoked. The Minister had to order the formation of a committee to investigate the case of the novel which was published for the first time...
10. Legalization of shedding the blood [killing] of the Culture Minister and another four intellectuals in the wildest ever ideological terrorism campaign in Egypt
Date of source: 6 May 2000 to 12 May 2000
By Wā’il al-Ibrāshī
During the last two weeks Egypt has witnessed unprecedented terrorism, and a lot of fatwas for shedding the blood [of the Culture Minister and some intellectuals who are all accused of impiety], and calling for a holy war "Jihad" against the new enemies "the Ministry of Culture, the freedom of...
11. The veteran’s rest at Fola’s station
Date of source: 6 May 2000 to 12 May 2000
By Hannāʾ Fatḥī
In his wonderful novel, which foresaw what happened in Algeria, the Syrian writer Haider Haider designed a sweet description of the atmosphere around the Eastern city of Bouna, in Algeria where nature brightens, and saints were born. Inside the dust of this blessed and damned earth martyrs were...
12. The Minister of Culture defends the novel "Banquet for the seaweed"
Date of source: 7 May 2000
By ‘Abd al-‘Aziz al-Nahhas
The Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosni, defended the recent controversial novel "Banquet for the seaweed" by the Syrian writer Haider Haider. The Minister criticized the polemic and described it as "non objective dealing, which aimed achieving only political targets, for the benefit of it’s...
13. Two perspectives of freedom, in connection with "A Banquet for the seaweed"
Date of source: 7 May 2000
By ‘Atiyah Hasan
The novel of the Syrian writer started a controversy between the intellectuals about the freedom of creativity and it’s relation to freedom in general. Al-Usboa listed the opinions of some key figures in the camp of literature : - Ahmed El-Sheikh, a novelist, considers that the freedom of...
14. Minister of Culture: we didn’t confiscate " A banquet for the seaweed"
Date of source: 7 May 2000
By Taha ‘Abd al-Rahman
In a special declaration to Al-Ahrar newspaper, the Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosni, revealed that his ministry did not confiscate the novel "A banquet for the seaweed" by the Syrian writer Haider Haider, and it was not taken off the market. Hosni said that the "neutral and trustworthy"...
15. The voice of "reason" and the rationalization of the complainers
Date of source: 7 May 2000 to 13 May 2000
By No Author Mentioned
As Dr. Mohammed Abbas has the right to criticize the novel "A Banquet for the seaweed", and to express whatever he likes, we also can give our opinion without being banned. 1- The Qur’an is as strong as ever and we cannot fear any book or poem and claim it will affect the faith. 2- Despite the...
16. Unsuccessful writer causes outbreak of sedition and launches the impiety war
Date of source: 7 Apr 2000 to 13 May 2000
By Fatḥī Amīr
The unsuccessful writer Mohammed Abbas, caused a blaze of sedition in the already boiling Egyptian society with his enthusiastic article, last Friday, in which he criticized the novel "Banquet for the seaweed". With this article, Abbas launched a war of impiety and extended the list of the accused...
17. "Banquet for the seaweed" is it impiety or an attempt to fabricate a new Salman Rushdie?
Date of source: 8 May 2000 to 14 May 2000
By Majdi Shindi
More than 1500 persons applauded and shouted urging the destitution of the Culture Minister, Farouk Hosni, during last Friday’s conference of the Amal [Labor] party. The publishers of Al-Shaab Newspaper launched a severe campaign against the writer of the novel "Banquet for seaweed " and accused...
18. Our minds were absent in the case of "The Banquet"
Date of source: 8 May 2000 to 14 May 2000
By ‘Azzāzī ‘Alī ‘Azzāzī
Only reasonable thinking could contain the fire which was started by the novel "the Banquet" and other texts, as is the case with creations, it will continue to be difficult to determine and it is always controversial. There are a lot of variable views depending upon the knowledge and the taste of...
19. The writer of "The story of the creation" is before the Supreme State Security Prosecution
Date of source: 2 May 2000
By Mūsā Hāl
The Supreme State Security Prosecution, under the leadership of Counselor, Hasham Saraya, is conducting investigations following a declaration made by General Salah Abdel-Fatah Ali, who is the Director of the administration for the control of offenses in artistic compilations and publications. The...
20. Fear God concerning Egypt and the Azhar
Date of source: 7 May 2000
By Aḥmad ʿUmar Hāshim
Freedom of expression doesn’t mean having intellectual chaos, discussing every thing through false accusations and defamation, involving oneself in things one doesn’t know about and distorting the facts or fabricating the news. What freedom of expression actually means is the highlighting of what...
21. The sheikhs and mosques of the lower movement. The drift towards banning "with and without reasons"!
Date of source: 6 May 2000
By ‘Isām ‘Abd al-Jawwād
Subtitles: -They were separated from the Al-Takfir wa Al-Higra group. Their activities began in Alexandria then moved to Cairo, Kafr Al-Sheikh and Beni Suef, -Their most famous leaders are Mohammed Hassan, Mohammed Hussein Ya’qoub and Ahmed Isma’al. Their most famous mosques are Al-Tawhied [the...
22. City of Satan and the Sun!! Bilbeis [a village in the governorate of Sharqiya], Satan worshippers in the schools of Sharqiya and an entire building for sun worship
Date of source: 6 May 2000
By Samīr Bihīrī
Subtitle: Strange rituals practiced by students in the courtyard and classrooms and in the presence of onlookers. The author of the article first recounts how he received a telephone call from a woman who informed him that a dangerous phenomenon was occurring in the schools of Bilbeis in Sharqiya...
23. The Coptic Art in an exhibition organized by the Arab World Institute in Paris
Date of source: 3 May 2000
By No Author Mentioned
On the 15th of the current month, Mr. Farouq Hosni, the Minister of Culture will inaugurate the first exhibition of the Egyptian Coptic monuments under the name of "the Coptic Art in Egypt" in the biggest halls of the Arab World Institute in the heart of the French capital, Paris. The inauguration...
24. The surge of the new cities is void of land allocated for churches
Date of source: 7 May 2000
By Yūsuf Sīdhum
We have been through this topic many times before, we have touched on the suffering of Christians dwelling in the new cities in terms of meeting their spiritual needs and being able to practice all forms of worship for themselves and for their children. In the light of the absence of any church...
25. Monks and Islamic Sufism
Date of source: 6 May 2000 to 12 May 2000
By Karīma Suwaydān
The resemblance between Islamic sufism [abandoning materialism and living only for praying, something similar to monasticism], Christian sufism and other kinds of sufism linked to other religions and beliefs, does not mean that one has taken its principles from the other. However, that does not...
26. Israel seeks the Egyptian Jews, there are only 50 and most of them are old
Date of source: 3 May 2000
By Hibah Mansur
The Jewish state started to look for the decreasing number of Egyptian Jews, who have refused to emigrate to Israel. They preferred to stay in Egypt in order to maintain the synagogues. The case was reopened after the publishing last week of a feature in "Ma’arif" newspaper about the situation and...
27. 60 Jews only live in Egypt now
Date of source: 6 May 2000 to 12 May 2000
By Islām Kamāl
In spite of the passing of thousands of years since the Israelites left Egypt, during the time of an anonymous pharaoh whom some think was Ramses II, a number of them still live in Egypt. They refuse to leave and emigrate to Israel, in spite of the offers given to them by Israelis and Jewish...
28. Confidence men, the stars of the Israeli community
Date of source: 6 May 2000 to 12 May 2000
By No Author Mentioned
Myths are a basic feature of the Israeli community. In spite of the attempts of the Jews in general to present themselves as intellectual models, they are in fact not so. There is not a single Israeli who can start his or her day without knowing his fortune from his or her fortuneteller in the...

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