Date of source: Friday, April 12, 2019
According to diplomatic sources, despite the positive atmosphere that characterized the meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Egyptian counterpart ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī, the two-day visit to Washington by al-Sīsī was marked a US warning to the Egyptian regime about the continued "...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Under the theme “We are all with you” the Goethe-Institute, in collaboration with the “ʿAyn al-Samaka” cinematic cultural initiative, will host its event tomorrow, in Cairo at 5 pm.
Date of source: Sunday, June 2, 2019
In 1990, the French legislature passed Gayssot Actthat criminalizes anti-Semitism, Xenophobia, Racism and prohibits the Holocaust denial.
Since its promulgation,many jurists claimed that its text, if misused or interpreted, can lead to restrictions on freedom of expression.Without denying their...
Date of source: Sunday, June 2, 2019
The security authorities are waiting for the end of ʿĪd al-Fiṭr to execute 17 civilians involved in bombing attacks on three Coptic Christian churches (St. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church in Cairo, St. George Coptic Orthodox Church in Tanta and the St. Mark Orthodox Church in Alexandria), in case No...
Date of source: Monday, April 8, 2019
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) director Bahī al-Dīn Ḥassan announced that the South Korean authorities would halt deportation procedures of the family of Mīnā Dāniyāl, a martyr of the “Maspero Massacre”, after detaining them for many hours at Incheon airport in Seoul. The...
Date of source: Sunday, April 7, 2019
President ʿAbd al-Fattaḥ al-Sīsī’s visit to Washington D.C. this Tuesday comes on the eve of two important events: the upcoming parliamentary vote on constitutional amendments in Egypt and the release of the White House report on the “Deal of the Century” expected in early May.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 7, 2018
After facing a worldwide rejection since it was issued in May 2017, and in response to a request made by President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī during the World Youth Forum convening in Sharm al-Shaykh, Prime Minister Musṭafá Madbūlī announced on Wednesday the formation of a governmental committee to...
Date of source: Sunday, September 2, 2018
The Egyptian Ministry of Interior launched an expansive security campaign on one of the Upper-Egyptian villages of al-Minyā Governorate south of the country, which led to the arrest of dozens of villagers as a response to attacks targeting Christian families over the past two days. This has...
Date of source: Monday, October 2, 2017
In his recently published book “al-Dhāt fī al-Fikr al-ˈArabī wā al-Islāmī” (TheSelf In Arab Islamic Thought), Moroccan thinker and author Muḥammad al-Miṣbāḥī continues to explore the relationship between the Arab Islamic philosophy and sciences, including mathematics, natural sciences, logic and...
Date of source: Saturday, January 30, 2016
Lawyers from the legal committee of the Heliopolis Center for Political and Human Rights Researches (HCPHRR) filed a complaint with Egypt's prosecutor general accusing the minister of Justice, Ahmad al-Zind, of incitement to violence, hate, and of accusing countries with strong ties to Egypt of...