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The author reviews the opinions of several intellectuals about the mysterious spread of niqāb-clad women in Egypt.
Al-Fatāh reports on a lecturer at Cairo University who approves of breaking away from parts of traditional Egyptian culture, and who wants more creativity to be permitted in contemporary works, implying that for these reasons, the lecturer was not promoted.
The writer absolves Dr. Hassan Hanafi, philosophy Professor at the Faculty of Arts, Cairo University, of allegations against him. Some Christian students had expressed their frustrations at a lecture on "misquotation and falsification of the Bible."
Some teachers overstep their educational role and encroach upon the domain of faith and creeds, holding undue comparisons between religions, and ridiculing the Christian faith in front of Christian students or after they have asked these students to leave the classroom
The writer comments on the return of Nasr Abu Zeid from a seven-year exile in The Netherlands. He provides us with some information concerning the background of Dr. Abu Zeid, and the crisis he faced, resulting in leaving Egypt.
Egyptians are distinctively characterized by social and cultural pluralism as well as tolerance. The Faculty of Arts, Cairo University, has carried out a detailed study prepared by three sociologists; Dr. Ashraf ‘Abd al-Wahhāb, Dr. Hasan Hanafī and Dr. Muhammad al-Jawharī.
Dr. Nasr Abu-Zayd was awarded the Freedom of Worship Prize by the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Organization. At first he was hesitant about accepting this prize, fearing that he may be accused of becoming an agent for the West. However the author encouraged him to accept it as it is an...
Rose al-Yousuf esteems the great contributions in Islamic thinking of well-known Egyptian writer and professor of Arabic literature, Dr. Nasr Hāmid Abu Zayd, who recently left Egypt for The Netherlands after a court ordered him to separate from his wife.
Egyptian writer, Nasr Hāmid Abu Zayd has been awarded this year’s Ibn Rushd Prize for Freedom of Thought.
Given its firm views on women’s issues, the banned Muslim Brotherhood group has been using slogans of women’s emancipation for its own advantage.

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