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In recent years Egyptians’ fears about the lack of political liberalization have been allayed by the economic liberalization however in light of the global financial crisis it looks as though the economic reform may also be negatively affected.
This article sheds light on the spreading social phenomenon, religiousness. It shows the great difference between false appearances and putting on the mask of religiousness, and the absent genuine religious values pointing out its negative effect on the society.
Sidhum writes about the apparent government avoidance of a bill for the unified law for building places of worship and different viewpoints on this issue.
The establishment of the European Union of Coptic Organizations for Human Rights held a conference on November 8, 2008 in Paris to focus on Copts issues and problems in Egypt and put it in the international limelight. The following lines introduce the conference and shed light on the different...
The article reviews a bill proposed by Mona ZulFaqqar, a member of the National Council for Human Rights, which aims to ban discrimination in the workplace and ensure equal access to employment opportunities in employment in Egypt.
Dr. Sa‘d al-Dīn Ibrāhīm, head of the Ibn Khaldūn Center for Development Studies, protests in writing the activities of the Mubārak regime. He says that it treats its citizens like slaves, takes a huge amount of foreign aid and then still tries to blame others, like himself, for seeking foreign...
The renowned scholar John Esposito has published his views on the effect that the election of President Obama will have on U.S relations with the Middle East. He comments that in the Muslim world, as in Europe and much of the world, Obama is welcomed as an internationalist president.
Sa‘d al-Dīn Ibrāhīm is sentenced to two years in prison, which he and many other critics view as punishment for freedom of expression, rather than the official charges of harming Egyptian welfare.
The bill for a unified law for building places of worship is still waiting idly to be placed on parliament’s agenda once the parliamentary recess is over. Several Members of Parliament discuss their views.
The following lines shed light on reactions to the draft law for mass media in Egypt. While official institutions defend the law, civil society human rights organizations consider it to be a blatant violation and restriction of the freedom of expression.

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