Date of source: Thursday, May 20, 1999 to Wednesday, May 26, 1999
Disbelief, anger and disappointment best describe the reactions of many NGOs to the draft bill.
Date of source: Thursday, May 20, 1999 to Wednesday, May 26, 1999
A long-awaited draft law that will regulate the activities of some 14,000 registered NGOs was approved on Monday by the People’s Assembly’s Religious and Social Affairs Committee.
Date of source: Thursday, May 20, 1999 to Wednesday, May 26, 1999
The author, an Egyptian Armenian, looks briefly at some Armenian institutions in Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, May 20, 1999 to Wednesday, May 26, 1999
Vizirs and artisans, skilled craftsmen of states and cities, Egypt’s Armenians have ensured their community’s survival - and kept its history alive.
Date of source: Thursday, May 20, 1999 to Wednesday, May 26, 1999
Since the fall of communism, the Armenians of the diaspora are at liberty to return to their country, yet many are choosing not to. Some claim that it is too early, others that it is too late. The Armenians of Egypt go for a visit and come back, happy to resume the life they have made for...
Date of source: Thursday, May 20, 1999 to Wednesday, May 26, 1999
The capital of Dakahliya Governorate is recorded in the annals of history through the heroism of its people at the time of the Crusades. In the historical part of the city lies Dar Ibn Lockman, the house where Louis IX, King of France, was imprisoned in 1250 after the seventh Crusade was defeated...
Date of source: Thursday, May 20, 1999 to Wednesday, May 26, 1999
"Its a conspiracy against our cultural heritage"; "a hidden agenda that aims at eradicating our identity"; "it is the destruction of the history of the Islamic nation" - the "it" being a reference to a controversial decision taken by minister of culture, Farouk Hosni, to disperse the permanent...
Date of source: Thursday, May 13, 1999 to Wednesday, May 19, 1999
A description of al-Farma, one of the places the Holy Family passed on their escape to Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, May 13, 1999 to Wednesday, May 19, 1999
Canadian authorities recently arrested an Egyptian Islamist accused of involvement in the 1981 assassination of President Anwar El-Sadat and confined him in a prison near Toronto airport. Islamist sources identified the militant as Mahmoud Sayyed Gaballah, who left Egypt in 1991.
Date of source: Thursday, May 13, 1999 to Wednesday, May 19, 1999
Interior Minister Habib El-Adli denied that there is a truce between the security forces and the Gama’a Islamiyya. He said his department acts to reintegrate jailed militants into society once they "repent" and are released. El-Adli also announced that an official probe into allegations of police...