Date of source: Monday, February 1, 2010
Mai Magdy is an Egyptian English language trainee working in our office. She is a graduate from Cairo University in the field of media communications. In taking advantage of her skills in the course of providing her opportunity to learn English writing skills and research patterns we asked her to...
Date of source: Monday, August 3, 2009
Seeking to secure a village after the death of a woman in a conflict between two families, the security forces besiege the whole village
Date of source: Sunday, July 19, 2009
Sālih Ramadān reports on the development of the case of the killing of the Muslim Young man Muhammad Ramadān ‘Izzat at the hands of a Christian family in Kafr al-Barbarī in Mīt Ghamr.
Date of source: Sunday, July 5, 2009
The author writes about the frustration people feel at officially imposed changes of the street and place names with which they are familiar.
Date of source: Sunday, October 25, 2009
Ayūb traces the Waqf system in Egypt back through its history. The article mentions that the golden age of the Waqf system was the 12th-18th centuries. The system was continued throughout Muhammad ‘Alī’s era and he used revenue from the Waqf system to fund his own projects to modernize Egypt....
Date of source: Monday, July 6, 2009
The Egyptian press shed light on two sectarian clashes that took place in two different villages. The first one took place in ‘Izbat Girgis upon Muslims’ protests against Christians’ prayers in a house close to a mosque, and the other inKafr al-Barbarī where a Muslim man was killed in clashes with...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Al-Misrī al-Yawm reports on attempts to achieve reconciliation between Muslims and Christians in Daqahlīyah.
Date of source: Sunday, September 13, 2009
Human rights centers in Egypt have stated that 27 sectarian events took place in the country in the last eight months. However, only four of these incidents were discussed in parliament. In addition many MPs believe that discussing sectarian incidents will only ignite more strife and add to...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 5, 2009
An Egyptian journalist declares that the origin of people from Daqahlīyah is not purely Egyptian.
Date of source: Thursday, March 12, 2009
The assistant to the Egyptian minister of interior comments on recently reported news on the killings of two Christian men.