Date of source: Friday, April 7, 2006
The authors
harshly criticize leading Brotherhood member Dr. ‘Isām al-‘Iryān for his
statement in which he called upon President Hussnī Mubārak to put an end to the multi-party system in
Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, November 4, 2001
The author comments on Youssef
Sidhom’s editorial in "Watani" titled "Why did Egyptian Students demonstrate?" He believes that the ideas Sidhom
expressed are strange ideas outside the bounds of the Egyptian Orthodox-church, as they do not support the
Palestinian struggle against Israel. He also...
Date of source: Sunday, July 6, 2003
The author comments on three articles by Magdi Khalil, published in Watani newspaper under the title “A returnee from Cairo.” He mentions neither the name of Khalil nor the title of the articles, but sarcastically names Khalil the “general inspector,” referring to the famous Russian novel by Gogol...
Date of source: Sunday, August 28, 2005
Four men are standing at the edge of an era. Each is preparing himself for his eighth decade. On September 7, the day set for the presidential elections, they will all find themselves facing a new world with which they are not ready to engage.
Date of source: Monday, September 19, 2005
George Ishāq, coordinator for the Egyptian Movement for Change (Kifāya), calls Egypt’s presidential elections on September 7 a day of rebirth for the movement.
Date of source: Saturday, July 23, 2005 to Friday, July 29, 2005
Those who claim popular leadership and are preparing to impact the results of the coming presidential elections are protagonists of imported democracy. They are not welcome by the Egyptian people who reject foreign intervention in their political affairs.
Date of source: Saturday, July 2, 2005
The Kifāya movement is organizing a Conference for National Dialogue on the 7th of July [Translator: The Conference was cancelled due to internal rifts and external pressures]. Kifāya invited 500 figures representing the Egyptian political spectrum to its “First Egyptian Democratic Conference” to...
Date of source: Sunday, January 29, 2006
The state has recently endeavored to ease tensions and restrictions through regulating the construction of Muslim and Christian houses of worship, and authorizing the governors to issue decisions pertaining to the reconstruction and restoration works of churches.
Date of source: Thursday, January 19, 2006
In Al-‘Ālam al-Ān (the world now), a program broadcast on the American Radio Sawa, General Coordinator of the Egyptian Movement for Change-otherwise known as Kifāya [enough], George Ishāq, has rejected the calls of leader of the Washington-based US Coptic Association (USCA), Michael Munīr, to hold...
Date of source: Saturday, October 15, 2005
A number of Egyptian Copts and clergy respond to ‘Adlī Abādīr’s invitation to the Washington conference, scheduled for November 17.