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The Court for Urgent Matters in Alexandria, headed by Judge Mājid Zakariyyā, ruled yesterday that anybody affiliated with the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group or groups that emanate from it is forbidden from taking part in the coming presidential and parliamentary elections. The Court forces the...
Dr. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Masīrī was born in 1938 in Damanhūr governorate, Egypt. In 1975 he took up a position as Advisor of Cultural Affairs to the Permanent Delegation of the Arab League to the United Nations in New York, which he held until 1979. However, he was not able to resume his earlier...
Rifʿat al-Saʿīd was born in al-Mansūrah, al-Daqahlīyah governorate on 11 October, 1932. al-Saʿīd is considered as one of the most prominent leftist figures in Egypt. In 2005, al-Saʿīd criticized the amendment proposed by President Ḥusnī Mubārak to article 67 of the Egyptian constitution. The...
One of the distinguishing sub-themes of the Egyptian revolution which began on January 25, 2011, has been the proliferation of Coptic movements.
Egypt is preparing itself for the second round of presidential elections on June 16 and 17 with two remaining candidates: Ahmad Shafīq and Muhammad Mursī. These two candidates reflect a great division one sees in Egypt, between Islamists (Mursī) and those opposed to Islamists (Shafīq). The choice...
AWR was pleased to cooperate with Encounter, a program of ABC radio, Australia. For the interviews and transcript of ABC please check this address: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/encounter/stories/2011/3147651.htm#transcript  
The Egyptian religious establishment adhered to its position of favoring stability and opposing the spread of chaos and sabotage. It has also supported the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces and the five communiqués it has issued since it took over following the stepping down of President Ḥusnī...
  In an escalating protesting from banned Muslim Brotherhood group against the parliament elections results, approximately a thousand of its members protested Sunday December 12, 2010 in front of the high court claiming a 'rigged' elections.   MB raised Mushafs and kept chanting "God Almighty..God...
Security in Damanhūr imposed a security blockade in order to ensure the safety of hundreds of Israeli Jews who are visiting Abū Hasīrah's shrine for the yearly celebration of the Jewish Egyptian rabbi. Many opposing forces declared their rejection of the celebration, including the Muslim...

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