Date of source: Wednesday, January 1, 2020
According to what Pope Tawāḍrūs II announced, the number of Christians in Egypt as of now has reached 15 million in addition to another two million living abroad in 60 different countries across the world. Christians make up close to 15% of the Egyptian people. Despite these large numbers, their...
Date of source: Friday, February 15, 2019
Egyptian poet and journalist, Farūq Juwaydah, writes this week:
The Egyptian press is undergoing a hard time. It has a diminishing role and continues to lose its way. The questions that need answers are, therefore: What is the future of the Egyptian press in the years to come? How will the many...
Date of source: Sunday, October 21, 2018
Prior to the inauguration of the first Egyptian parliament on March 15, 1924, a young girl named Mounira Thabet [Munīra Thābit] protested against the deprivation of women from casting their votes in the parliamentary elections, demanding the right of women to participate. The demand of Thābit was...
Date of source: Friday, August 29, 2014
Islamist are divided on the international campaign that the Ministry of Endowments has launched recently to change the name of ISIS in the media to the “Offshoots of al- Qā’idah”.
Date of source: Friday, February 9, 2018
The Faculty of Comparative Religion at the University of Manouba, Tunis, Tunisia, invited Cornelis Hulsman to present his work in Egypt to students on the 9th of February, 2018. Hulsman’s lecture covered the following subjects:
- Introduction of Dutch sociologist Cornelis Hulsman, Drs., director of...
Date of source: Saturday, January 7, 2017
The State Information Service has faced harsh criticism recently due to its diminished role, to the extent that some are considering that its role is virtually ending. This comes despite the effort exerted by the President of the State Information Service, Ambassador Ṣalāḥ ʿAbd al-Ṣādiq, to...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Aiming at raising awareness through public information, the fourth conference of church media coordinators convened on Monday at the Logos Center of Anba Bishoy Monastery in Wādī al-Natrūn.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 24, 2016
On May 24, 1960, Egypt's President Jamāl `Abd al-Nāsser (1954-1970) nationalized the press in Egypt. All privately owned press organizations had to hand their ownerships to the Egyptian Government, who eventually, appointed the editors-in chief.
Date of source: Thursday, February 18, 2016
Egypt's National Council For Human Rights (NCHR) mourned the death of veteran journalist Muhammad Hassanein Haikal, who passed away on Wednesday at the age of 92.
Date of source: Monday, April 11, 2016
On the occasion of the diamond jubilee of Egypt's Press Syndicate, the Bibliotheca Alexandria (BA) published an illustrated memorial book commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Syndicate.