Date of source: Sunday, November 24, 2013
‘Izzat al-Salamunī is a member of Jamā’ah al-Islāmīyah’s Cairo Guidance Council. He hails from Salamun village in the district of Tīmah, in the governorate of Suhag in Upper Egypt. He graduated from the Azhar University in Cairo with a degree in commerce. He has adult children from his first wife,...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Egyptian media are full of reports on the work of the current Constituent Assembly. On November 22, Arab-West Report met with Rev. Dr. Safwāt al-Bayādī, President of the Protestant Churches in Egypt and member of the Constituent Assembly. Arab-West Report had previously attended a conference of...
Date of source: Thursday, August 30, 2012
Concerns have arisen among human rights and civil society organizations after the attack on journalism and the media. Activists believe the attack on the media will be followed by an attack on civil society organizations.
Ihāb Rādī, activist, said that the Rural Development Association (RDA)...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 21, 2012
The following is the most recent information available regarding the investigation of the NGOs that were raided in Egypt. AWR has followed the news regarding NGO status in Egypt closely and will keep our readers informed of any information that we receive regarding this matter. A brief explanation...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Table of Contents
I. Introduction: Complications
II. Egyptian Media Reporting
III. Experiences of the Center for Arab-West Understanding (CAWU)
IV. NGO Registration: The U.S. Model
Date of source: Wednesday, October 26, 2011
The Ministry of Social Solidarity refused to grant funds to a number of civilian society organizations without mentioning any reasons. The decision came after many accusations have lately increased against the organizations of civilian society to be receiving foreign funds to accomplish...
Date of source: Thursday, September 15, 2011
The Minister for International Planning has announced that the Ministry of Justice has formed a fact-finding commission to look into finance and investiment from Arab countries into Egypt for a total of 180 million LE. They discovered unknown funds in Egypt from abroad, and revealed that the...
Date of source: Sunday, August 15, 2010
A major problem in Egypt is that the average Egyptian has an unfailing sense that official authorities have no better business but to lie in wait for any successful project or effort that the average Egyptian has achieved, ready to pounce and stamp it out at the first viable opportunity. It takes...
Date of source: Sunday, May 9, 2010
This article outlines a number of different discriminatory statements and issues brought up against Copts in Egypt. Firstly are the statements made by Mohamed Abbas who recently said that Copts are coddled by the Egyptian government and are treated better than Muslims when both are in prison. He...
Date of source: Sunday, March 7, 2010
This article deals with a number of different ways in which the Muslim-Christian relationship is thought of and portrayed in Egypt, as well as the influence of expatriate Copts. The article begins with describing how some prominent Muslims believe that it is Copts outside of Egypt who mostly incite...