Date of source: Wednesday, September 1, 2004
This report presents the interviews with nineteen people, 18 Egyptians and one American researcher about the importance of the work of Arab-West Report, people of different backgrounds, Muslims and Christians, clergy and non-clergy, including scholars and human rights lawyers. Christian...
Date of source: Thursday, August 12, 2004
Dr. Rifa’at Sayyed Ahmad, director of the Jaffa Center for Research, has been again accused of anti-Semitism after he published two articles in Al-Liwaa Al-Islami. The two articles were titled “The lie about burning the Jews” As a result of pressure from American and Israeli sources, Muhammad Al-...
Date of source: Sunday, August 1, 2004
Education—a vitally important issue on the reform agenda—is one of the most widely-discussed topics. A new vision and a bold policy are required to produce a new generation of Egyptians who can grasp modern-day variables and deal in the latest technology. Our public education is still hostage to...
Date of source: Thursday, August 26, 2004
Copts are used to join Egyptian political circles, whether in the government or the parliament, through appointments [not through elections]. There are many reasons that led to this situation. There are three Coptic families monopolizing political positions offered to Copts; two of them, the Ebeids...
Date of source: Thursday, June 24, 2004
The lie [about] the burning of the Jews in the Nazi crematories has been spread throughout the world until our time with the aim of blackmailing the West and make it easier for the Jews of Europe to take hold of Palestine and establish a state on it.
When this lie was scientifically examined, it...
Date of source: Saturday, June 11, 2005
Muhammad al-Najjār presents an over all picture of the new political movements in Egypt that demand a comprehensive political-constitutional reform in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, May 22, 2005
Next Wednesday will witness the public referendum on the constitutional amendment which was passed by Parliament earlier this month, and which allows for the first multi- candidate presidential elections in Egypt. It is to be hoped that the voters will actively respond by taking part in the...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 3, 2005
AWR questioned LCHR about how they see their role in the defence of Egypt’s small farmers.
Date of source: Saturday, March 6, 2004
Al-Liwaa’ Al-Islami continued its campaign against Egyptian intellectuals, accusing them of being apostates and unbelievers. The newspaper is giving its attacks an Islamic slant. Iqbal Barak, a writer, said she feels saddened that such a newspaper [Al-Liwaa’ Al-Islami] is published by the National...
Date of source: Sunday, April 4, 2004
A criticism of Farida Al-Naqash’s article in Al-Ahali newspaper on “Renewing religious thought.” Farida Al-Naqash wrote a review about a book of Iqbal Baraka who argued that the veil is not a religious duty. The writer stresses that those who believe that the veil is not a religious obligation are...