Date of source: Saturday, September 26, 2020
Inclusive Citizenship is a dream of many people in our world today. The definition of inclusive citizenship, as I understand it, is the granting of full rights of citizenship to all people regardless of their religion, ethnicity, gender, color, socio-economic status etc. It signifies not just...
Date of source: Saturday, September 26, 2020
Introduction:
Inclusive citizenship seeks to go beyond the intellectual debates of recent years on democratization and participation to explore a related set of issues around changing conceptions of citizenship. Peoples’ understandings of what it means to be a citizen go to the heart of various...
Date of source: Thursday, November 5, 2020
On Friday, Dr. Khālid al-ʿAnānī, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, held the grand opening of the Shālī Fortress and Aghūrmī Mosque in Siwa Oasis [Wāḥat Sīwa] in Maṭrūḥ governorate, after finishing renovations as part of the project to revive the historic village of Shālī.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 3, 2020
Dr. Rāniyyā al-Mashāṭ, Minister of International Cooperation, sought an economic cooperation strategy between Egypt and the United States for the upcoming five-year period (2021-2025) in a virtual meeting with Leslie Reed, Mission Director of the USAID delegation.
Date of source: Thursday, October 22, 2020
In unified statements circulated to churches, Bishop Murqus, archbishop of Shubrā al-Khayma, and Bishop Makarios [Mākariyūs], bishop of al-Minyā and Abū Qurqāṣ, called Copts to vote in the parliamentary elections. They said that the church calls on all of its people to go to the polls to cast...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām, Grand Mufti of Egypt, welcomed a high ranking American delegation led by John Barsa, head of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Jonathan Cohen, American ambassador to Cairo, and Samah Norquist, chief advisor for international religious freedom at...
Date of source: Monday, September 7, 2020
For six years, the Egyptian government has been working to carry out a national plan so that Egypt can become an international religious tourist destination since it stands alone in the number of unique Christian artefacts and plays a pivotal role in the Abrahamic religions.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 17, 2020
World Refugee Day has been celebrated annually on June 20 since 2001. This year Egypt’s Supreme Higher Committee for Human Rights cooperated with the Foreign Affairs Ministry’s Department for Immigration, Refugees and Combating Human Trafficking, to review national efforts to support issues...
Date of source: Sunday, April 5, 2020
In shocking statements, Egyptian businessman Hussein Sabbour [Ḥussayn Ṣabbūr] said that the sacrifice of a few Egyptian citizens’ lives was much better than the Egyptian state going bankrupt, calling for an end to the curfew and a return to business as usual in the fastest possible time, adding...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 19, 2020
A number of experts confirmed that the reason for the failure of the last round of negotiations regarding the Renaissance Dam between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia lies in the latter’s obstinacy. In the negotiations, Ethiopia tried to convince its counterparts to sign a treaty that does not restrict...