Date of source: Wednesday, April 17, 2019
A scientific symposium under the theme “Towards a Better Future with the Constitutional Amendments” was organized by Cairo University in the Faculty of Early Childhood Education with a view to spreading the culture of referendum among the Egyptian women and upholding their right to positive...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Dr. Muḥammad ʿUthmān Al Khasht, President of Cairo University, inaugurated the 25th International Scientific Conference organized by the University’s Faculty of Information under the title "Media Industry in the Light of Opportunities and Technological and Investment Challenges". The event was...
Date of source: Sunday, July 14, 2019
The death of Muḥammad Mursī, Egypt’s first elected president since the 2011 revolution, on June 17 sparked a wave of controversy and conflicting truths between human rights organizations and Egyptian media. Mursī died in court in Cairo where he was on trial facing charges of espionage.
Date of source: Sunday, March 24, 2019
A seminar titled "Draft Law on Public Fatwā: A New Regulatory Mechanism of Iftāʾ in Egypt?" organized by the Law and Society Research Unit (LSRU) at the university will be held at the American University at Tahrir Square.
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Political and social theorist Sir Isaiah Berlin famously compared nationalism to a ‘bent twig’, ‘forced down so severely that when released, it lashed back wit
Date of source: Monday, October 1, 2012
Hard-line preacher Wajdī Ghunaym accused liberals and seculars of being “infidels” and called for the enforcement of the riddah (punishment for apostasy in Islam) code on them.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Al-Watan reports that President Muhammad Mursī has decided to appoint Coptic thinker Samīr Marqus, Dr. Bākīnām al-Sharqāwī, Dr. Sayf ‘Abd al-Fattāh, and writer, Sakīnah Fu’ād, to his presidential advisory team.
The decision was announced by the president's spokesman, Dr. Yāsir ‘Alī, who also said...
Date of source: Thursday, October 23, 2014
Muhammad Na’īm stressed that the terror organization “Soldiers of Egypt”, which planted a bomb at Midān al-Nahda al-Misr, is supported by the Muslim Brotherhood and is very similar to “Jamā’ah Ansār Baīt al-Muqqadas”. General Hussām Lāshīn stated that Egypt is in war and that the incident of the...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Attempts by the Muslim Brotherhood to rally supporters outside the Universities of Cairo, al-Azhar, and ‘Ain Shams failed to exceed more than 10 minutes of activity
Date of source: Sunday, December 30, 2018
Editor AWR: Seok-jo was our first South Korean intern. His English written language skills were not the best, but we always try to find tasks for interns that both benefit the intern concerned as well as contribute to our database. We asked Seok-jo to help investigate the tensions around the...