Arab West Report Egyptian press summaries and media research for dialogue

The author refutes the declarations of Sāwīris, the Coptic baron who has been quoted as saying, “If you insist on planting cactus, do not be alarmed when thorns cut your hands and they start to bleed,” the author addresses Sāwīris.

Sahar Tal‘at reports about incidents of sectarian strife in a preparatory school in Egypt.

Hudá al-Masrī interviews Hanā’ Hamzah, the first nurse to take off the niqāb.

Al-Shaymā’ ‘Abd al-Latīf reports on Jamāl al-Bannā’s book about Muslim women and the hijāb.

This article deals with the hijāb crisis in the Franciscan Sisters School in Cairo. The father of student Nashwa Muhammad Jamīl has complained to the minister of education that the school forces students to not wear the hijāb. On the other hand, the school’s administration claims that Nashwa was caught trying to cheat in an exam.

An evangelical priest known for her extreme defense of Islam wrote a book that discusses the debate about hijāb and Muslims’ rights in Western communities.

The following lines present a review of the special file published by al-Ahrār highlighting the national and international reactions to Dr. Zaynab Radwān’s calls to make the testimonies of men and women equal in courts and to give a Jewish or Christian woman the right to inherit from her Muslim husband.

‘Abd Allāh Mustafá reports on the recent trend in Europe of encouraging Muslim women to wear the hijāb.

Rihām ‘Atif reports on the Franciscan School and its decision to prevent its students to wear hijāb.

Tāriq Yūsuf reports about the Franciscan school’s issue with hijāb- wearing women.