Date of source: Tuesday, January 14, 2014
There is no alternative to the Sisi .. The revolutionary forces will not have a presence in the "presidency".
I refuse to broadcast the activists' recordings without informing them and deleting the details
Against the suspension of "Bassem Youssef" and the punishment of the public is better
During...
Date of source: Sunday, December 20, 2015
"I will adjourn the session, in case anyone breaks the legal, ethical, and fundamental rules of this Parliament": these were the words uttered by Dr. Āmna Nossair, whose thrusting personality had made her most probably best qualified to be the first woman to preside the Egyptian Parliament in its...
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Interviewers: Quinta Smit and Eline Kasanwidjojo
Language of interview: English (original interview), English (presented transcript)
Transcript: Eline Kasanwidjojo
Approved: Requested and no objection received
The interview with Walīd al-Ḥadād is about the stance of the Freedom and Justice Party...
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Interviewer: Eline Kasanwidjojo
Interpreter: Aḥmad Ibrāhīm
Language: Arabic (original interview), English (presented transcript)
Transcript: Eline Kasanwidjojo
Approval: Requested and no objection
Muḥammad ʿAbd Allah (32) is one of the founders of the FJP Ḥizb al-Ḥurriya w-al-ʿAdāla [Freedom and...
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Interviewer: Eline Kasanwidjojo
Language of interview: English (original interview) English (presented transcript)
Transcript: Eline Kasanwidjojo
Approval: Requested and no objection received
This is an interview with Dr. Kamāl al-Hilbāwī, a former member of the Muslim Brotherhood...
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Interviewers: Quinta Smit, Eline Kasanwidjojo
Language of interview: Arabic not mentioned (original interview), English (presented transcript)
Interpreter: ʿAmr Sharīf
Transcript: not mentioned
Approval: Approved by interviewee
Interview with ʿAlī Khafāgī, Secretary General of the...
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Egyptian ʿAyn Shams University Professor Rashād al-Shāmī and fellow colleague al-Baḥrawy discuss the Western belief of anti-Semitism being more prominent in the Arab World than anywhere else. Al-Shāmī mentions the popular Egyptian writer ʾIḥsān ʿAbd al-Quddūs and criticises his work as...
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The main issues in Sudan at the time (and some are still relevant today) were the unity of South Sudan, self-determination, peace and war, religious/political persecution against Christians and South Sudanese and the Sharīʿah Law. A Southern Sudanese and former Member of Parliament...
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Out of 60 million Egyptian people (statistics from 1995), there is not one person who could fulfil the position of vice-president, according to then-president Ḥusnī Mubārak, which has been the case for around 14 years. In 1995, Mubārak was the victim of an assassination attempt in Addis...
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Prominent Egyptian democratization activist Dr. Sa‘d al-Dīn ʾĪbrāhīm (born 3 December, 1938) discusses the issue of elections in Egypt, and the extent to which they are fair or corrupt. Dr. ʾĪbrāhīm's interest is with democracy and human rights. He is involved in many organisations...