Date of source: Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Interview with Professor Mohammed S. Dajani Daoudi, Founder of the Wasatia Movement in Palestine and Director of the Wasatia Academic Institute in Jerusalem.
Conducted by former CAWU intern Janneke Wijman on May 5th, 2020, via online platform Zoom. Both Janneke Wijman and Dr. Dajani Daoudi agreed...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 10, 2021
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Egyptian Family House (Bayt al-ʿĀʾila), the Grand Imam of al-Azhar, Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib, criticized the "New Abrahamic religion”, describing it as “a pipe dream”. His statements revived a debate that has been on and off for more than a year on social media.
Date of source: Thursday, October 7, 2021
The Egyptian government is making great efforts to improve its image, however still efforts to be made to achieve real progress toward equal citizenship rights for all.
According to a statement released by Coptic Solidarity: “Copts are the victims of institutional, systematic discrimination in...
Date of source: Thursday, September 30, 2021
The Egyptian Ministry of Interior announced the end of a plan aimed at reviving the activity of the Muslim Brotherhood and finding sources of funding for its terrorist activities.
Date of source: Thursday, September 30, 2021
The General Secretariat of the League of Arab States condemned in the strongest terms the aggression of the Israeli occupation authorities against the holy al-Aqṣā Mosque and its deliberate escalation of tensions to divide it spatially and temporally.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Egyptian President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī affirmed that Egypt will not accept harming or comprising its water interests.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Independent sources confirmed to al-ʿArabiyya (al-Arabiya) news channel that Turkish security forces summoned members of the Muslim Brotherhood, who were involved in violence in Egypt, for investigation.
Date of source: Monday, September 27, 2021
The Egyptian government still remains silent about developments in the case of Italian researcher Giulio Regeni, after an Italian court setting a session on 14th October to start the trial in the absence of four Egyptian officers accused of kidnapping and torturing Regeni in early 2016.
Date of source: Friday, September 17, 2021
On Thursday, the US Treasury Department announced the imposition of sanctions against five people, three Turks and two Egyptians, for their links with Al-Qaeda [al-Qāʿida].
Date of source: Thursday, September 16, 2021
The UN Security Council encouraged Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia, at its meeting, to resume the negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) through African Union-led mediation, with a view to finalizing the text of a mutually binding and acceptable agreement on operating the dam as...