Date of source: Saturday, June 12, 1999
I would like to express my heartfelt congratulations for Egypt hosting the meeting of "The International Council of the Wise". The author then discusses the experience of two Coptic women who, the author believes, had the right to promotion but didn’t get it.
Date of source: Sunday, June 6, 1999
The writer challenges the comments made by a professor of history from the Faculty of Arts at Ain Shams University during a discussion of a film on the life of Constantine on an Egyptian TV channel. Many Egyptian Christians were offended by those comments.
Date of source: Sunday, June 6, 1999
Al-Watani newspaper hosted a symposium on the national role of the Egyptian Church. The symposium was organized in cooperation with the Center for National Unity Studies, a civic institution devoted to establishing values of national unity through dialogue between various cultural groups.
Date of source: Sunday, May 30, 1999
More cases of land being usurped from Christians and the responses of the authorities in these cases.
Date of source: Sunday, May 30, 1999
A review of a book by Milad Hanna calling for a culture of mutual acceptance and the emphasis on national identity over a sectarian religious identity, as well as some background information on Dr Milad Hanna himself.
Date of source: Sunday, May 23, 1999
A reader writes in response to last week’s article asking why the construction of a church building is viewed as an illegal act. And this week the story of a police officer in the Giza Security who usurped a piece of land from a Christian in 1968. He has started to build a mosque on the land so...
Date of source: Sunday, May 16, 1999
The local authorities accepted several successive complaints by a local citizen against Dr Gamaal Haneen and his brothers, who were building a new house for the entire family, that they were constructing a church building. This led to a forced closure of the house happening during the receiving of...
Date of source: Sunday, May 9, 1999
In view of the positive spirit of discussions between Christians and Muslims in recent weeks in the area of education syllabuses, the writer complains about the recent screening of a film about the Emperor Constantine, and the unsubstantiated negative comments made by an invited professor after...
Date of source: Sunday, May 2, 1999
The author expresses his pleasure concerning the "National Role of the Egyptian Church throughout the ages" symposium, and lists its concluding recommendations
Date of source: Sunday, April 18, 1999
Dr. Mamdouh Al-Biltagi, minister of tourism says that it there is much interest by tourists worldwide in the route taken in Egypt by the Holy Family, especially as the Millennium celebrations draw near.