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Date of source: Wednesday, September 17, 2008
The proposed new draft law has been criticized for restricting freedom of expression and there are calls for a new law that regulates satellite channels without censoring them.
Date of source:
The first annual report of the National Council for Human Rights, which depended mainly on the reports of the more experienced civil society organizations and their demands and recommendations during the past 20 years, was so frail that it is acting as an organization strictly receiving complaints...
Date of source:
The controversy over hijāb-wearing television presenters is back in the spotlight as a new court ruling concerning the return of three presenters to the screen is added to the previous rulings - none of which have been enforced.
Date of source:
The
State Security Supreme Court decided to postpone the trial of Saad
Eddin Ibrahim to the 19th of the coming month.
Lawyer Abdel Haleem Mandour, who defends the fifth and sixth
defendants and known for being an Islamist, said that
he will not only defend his clients but all the
defendants,...
Date of source:
Two days before the trial
against
Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Amnesty International announced its concern about the possibility of political motives
behind the trial. It published a statement saying that the Egyptian authorities did not follow
international
standards for fair trials, describing...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 to Thursday, January 18, 2001
Coptic lawyers withdrew
their
lawsuits against "Awan al-Ward" and its writer and made peace with the team who work on the serial.
Pope Shenouda
and the President of the Radio and Television Union attended the reconciliation meeting.
Date of source: Monday, November 6, 2006
The article suggests that an
aggressive attitude frightens foreign intellectuals from participating in cultural events.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 5, 2006
Television presenters have filed a lawsuit against the minister of information claiming their right to resume their jobs with their heads covered.
Date of source: Saturday, November 29, 2003 to Friday, December 5, 2003
A veiled TV broadcaster claimed that the head of Egyptian TV insulted and hit her because she wears the veil. The head of TV denied such claims and said that the broadcaster stirs up her veiled colleagues and harasses the rest. The head of Radio and Television Union made it clear that a broadcaster...
Date of source: Friday, July 15, 2005
The court’s judgment that presenters who wear the hijāb [veil covering a woman’s hair] would reappear on Alexandria television channel brought the Maspiro case concerning the hijāb back into the spotlight. Officials are now faced with a choice: will they accept having veiled presenters on screen or...
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.