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Egypt: Should Coptic Divorcees Remarry?
Written on 10 Jun, 2010 at 4:38 in Articles.مقالات, GLOBAL VOICES ONLINE | viewed times
The Egyptian Supreme Administrative Court has issued a ruling obliging Coptic Pope Shenouda III to allow Coptic divorcees to remarry. The pope has rejected the ruling. Copts are native Egyptian Christians and, according to Wikipedia,... (Continue reading)
Egypt: Crackdown on the Egyptian Da Vinci Code
Written on 25 May, 2010 at 4:14 in Articles.مقالات, GLOBAL VOICES ONLINE | viewed times
Published in 2008, Dr Youssef Zidane's Azazeel (Beelzebub) created a stir, followed by resentment. Today - in 2010 - he is being accused of blasphemy and defaming Christianity and as insulting any of the 'heavenly faiths' is illegal in Egypt,... (Continue reading)
Egypt: Bloggers arrested over Naga Hammady Visit
Written on 15 Jan, 2010 at 3:34 in Articles.مقالات, GLOBAL VOICES ONLINE | viewed times
More than 20 Egyptian bloggers were arrested when their train arrived in the village of Naga Hammady in Upper Egypt. Led by Dr Mostafa Al Naggar, the bloggers left Cairo, Alexandria, and other cities in Egypt to pay their respects... (Continue reading)
Egypt: Two Coptic Orthodox Church Channels
Written on 9 Sep, 2009 at 0:33 in Articles.مقالات, GLOBAL VOICES ONLINE | viewed times
After a series of failed attempts to launch a television channel for the Coptic faith in Egypt over the past 15 years, two channels were authorized and four more are in the pipeline.... (Continue reading)
Egypt: Tune in to the Naglaa El Emam Show
Written on 9 Sep, 2009 at 0:23 in Articles.مقالات, GLOBAL VOICES ONLINE | viewed times
Tune in to the Naglaa El Emam Show... (Continue reading)
Egypt: Mounir Said Hanna found guilty of “Satire”
Written on 16 Jul, 2009 at 23:29 in Articles.مقالات, GLOBAL VOICES ONLINE | viewed times
Egyptian Mounir Said Hanna Marzuq has been found guilty of "satire" after a colleague reported him and his poem to the authorities. He has been sentenced to three years and was fined L.E. 100,000 for insulting president Hosni Mubarak.... (Continue reading)
Recorded Advice: Should Muslims and Christians get married?
Written on 24 Apr, 2009 at 0:27 in Shows.برامج, باب مروة رخا و مشاكل القراء, مشاكل القراء و حلولها الصوتية | viewed times
The givens are: we know each other too well, spent a lot of time together over a period of 6 years, travelled together, got "intimate" a lot of times, talked and disscussed a lot of issues, we fought a lot,... (Continue reading)
Looking at Egypt’s First Female Mayor
Written on 20 Dec, 2008 at 20:17 in Articles.مقالات, GLOBAL VOICES ONLINE | viewed times
Eva Habil, a 53 year-old Christian lawyer, became Egypt’s first female mayor on December 14, representing Komboha, a rural town in conservative Upper Egypt with a Coptic majority community. Yusra of Muslimah Media Watch wrote:... (Continue reading)
Is Secularism the answer to Egypt’s Sectarianism?
Written on 27 Nov, 2008 at 3:58 in Articles.مقالات, GLOBAL VOICES ONLINE | viewed times
Egypt has always been known as an Islamic country where Muslims, Christians, and Jews peacefully co-existed. Today this is no longer the case. Is secularism the solution? Following is an outline of the discussion taking place on Egyptian blogs today.... (Continue reading)
Mr. Right … for right now
Written on 1 May, 2006 at 8:10 in (IN)SIGHT MAGAZINE, Articles.مقالات | viewed times
On the other hand, the relationship department suffered. I hit my head against one brick wall after the other; wrong people, wrong relationships, wrong intentions, wrong reasons, wrong decisions, and wrong expectations. This was the real vicious cycle that consumed... (Continue reading)
