Date of source: Sunday, August 17, 2014
This interview was arranged by Cornelis Hulsman for Omar Ali’s research on political party institutionalization in Egypt. The interview was attended by both and took place on June 1, 2014. The interview started in Arabic but after the first response continued in English. Omar Ali made the...
Date of source: Saturday, April 28, 2012
The Coptic Orthodox Church on Friday morning (April 27) started receiving applications of candidacy for the post of the 118th pope in succession of Pope Shenouda III and will continue receiving papers for 20 days, the remaining time of the 60 days set by the 1957 statute. [Ashraf Sādiq, al-Ahrām,...
Date of source: Sunday, January 9, 2011
Diana Māhir Ghālī reviews this weekend's opinion articles dealing with the Alexandria church attack...
Date of source: Thursday, January 6, 2011
This article reports that every Egyptian has been shaken by the attack on the Two Saints Church in Alexandria. The Shaykh of the Azhar, Ahmad al-Tayyib, has even launched an anti-sectarian intiative.
Meanwhile, Copts and Muslims have protested together throughout the country. Pope Shenouda III has...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Cornelis Hulsman's farewell speech given at Cairo University in June 2009.
Date of source: Sunday, February 7, 2010
This article deals with the issue of Church building within the Egyptian government and society. The crime at Naj Hammadi has raised this problem to greater heights, but the government still drags its feet on this issue. The author makes the point that the government’s lack of care concerning the...
Date of source: Sunday, May 10, 2009
The issue of culling and executing all pigs in Egypt dominated the discussions of the Shūrá Council last week.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 15, 2008
The recent controversial Egyptians Against Religious Discrimination conference was prevented from taking place by force. The following lines shed light on the conference’s recommendations and the press controversy it aroused.
Date of source: Sunday, March 23, 2008
Magdy Malak reflects on the scope and power of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and bemoans the lack of any real opposition parties that are able to compete with the ruling National Democratic Party.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 27, 2008
The author refutes a book of the Jihād Group key leader Dr. Tāriq al-Zumur that tackles the group’s new ideological introspections.