Date of source: Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Former AWR intern David Grant reports on the state of Egyptian journalism at the present time; highlighting common themes, problems and dilemnas. He concludes his analysis with a look forward to how the Egyptian print media may develop in the next five years.
Date of source: Thursday, April 24, 2008
The article reports on the release of Isrā’ ‘Abd al-Fattāh after 18 days of abduction on charges of inciting the so-called April 6 general strike.
Date of source: Sunday, April 27, 2008
The article reports on the April 6 protest of workers of the industrial city of al-Mahallah al-Kubrá over the increase of prices.
Date of source: Saturday, April 12, 2008
Al-Ahrār publishes the report of the Supreme Council of the Press of February, 2008. The report covered Egyptian newspapers and pointed out the violations and the remarks made to every newspaper in fields related to; the documentation of news, violations of the public decency, the rules of...
Date of source: Friday, August 24, 2007
A new security drive had targeted key figures of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group within days after announcing the platform of their alleged political party.
Date of source: Friday, August 10, 2007
The Muslim Brotherhood group has finally published their assumed political party’s platform. The platform has been criticized by a number of human rights activists, regarding it a step backward as it is built upon religious authority.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 4, 2007
The recently announced introspections of the Jihād Islamic group revived discussions about the 10-year old revisions of al-Jamā‘ah al-Islāmīyah. On the tenth birthday of the group’s inspections, Muntasir al-Zayyāt announced the establishment of a new political party. Al-Jamā‘ah al-Islāmīyah...
Date of source: Monday, September 24, 2007
Fahmī Huwaydī criticizes the Egyptian governmental press for lacking transparency and bending under the pressures of the regime. He refers to media coverage of the recent events of Muslim-Christian sectarian clashes in Alexandria as a case in point.
Date of source: Monday, July 2, 2007
The article discusses the platform of the long-awaited Muslim Brotherhood party. When Dr. ‘Abd al-Mu‘tī Bayyūmī rejects the idea of establishing the Islamic Ummah, Sāmiḥ Fawzī refers to their trend to turn the basis of the political process from patriotic into sectarian.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 to Tuesday, May 29, 2007
The article is based on a listing of articles that tackle two controversial fatwás issued by two prominent Islamic scholars. The first Fatwá was issued by Dr. ‘Izzat ‘Atīyah, the head of the Hadīth Department of the Faculty of Usūl al-Dīn [Fundamentals of Religion] at the Azhar University. The...