Comments in support of [Gamal Mubarak] by church officials don't represent the opinion of all Egypt's Copts," Youssef Sidhoum, editor-in-chief of Coptic weekly Al-Watani told IPS. "Calls for strikes and demonstrations by online Coptic activists, meanwhile, represent only the views of a small minority within the Coptic community. Ever since he was appointed head of the ruling National Democratic Party's (NDP's) supremely influential Policies Committee in 2002, conjecture about Gamal's presidential ambitions has been rife. In recent months, speculation reached fever pitch, with many informed sources declaring that that "inheritance" of the presidency from father to son was "imminent." In an editorial entitled "The Pope and Inheritance," Coptic writer Gamal Asaad challenged [Shenouda III...
...5 edition of independent daily Al-Dustour. Sidhoum, who enjoys a close relationship with the...
The government claims the decision was taken for 'security reasons,' but, in reality, it's because of these students' personal beliefs," he added. "These measures, which in some cases have forced studente onto the street, will only serve to encourage extremism. [Zaghloul Al-Naggar] described [Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi] in independent daily Al-Dustour as "a government employee," and said the niqab ban constituted "an affront to his position as leader of AlAzhar." Ever since Tantawi's direct appointment by President Hosni Mubarak in 1996, Al-Naggar said, "he has done nothing but serve the state and the ruling regime." "These decisions are part of an official campaign against the niqab due to the government's annoyance over ite recent proliferation," agreed [Hossam Bahgat]. "But if the sta...
CAIRO, Egypt - Even when America is doing something for Muslims - in this case, helping mostly Muslim Indonesia and other tsunami- battered nations - it comes in for criticism in the Middle East, where resentment and suspicion color thinking about the United States. On the streets of Tehran, technician Dariush Darabian accused Americans of "talking more than they actually do." Jordanian columnist Aida al-Najjar wrote in the daily Ad-Dustour that America's was exploiting "the suffering of people" to try to improve its image.
The basic necessities for continued life - medical care, food, access to water - are disappearing from Darfur's refugee camps. After President Obama called the Sudanese government's expulsion of key international humanitarian organizations "an enormous human rights crisis," the spokesman for heads of those refugee camps, Hussein Abu Sharati, sent a letter directly to Mr. Obama. Mr. President," Mr. Abu Sharati wrote, according to the April 3 Sudan Tribune, "We need quick and immediate multilateral or unilateral intervention to save us from the imminent death: unconditional return of the international [humanitarian organizations] expelled by the regime ... [their expulsion] is the regime's
...The Al-Dustour newspaper in Jordan reported that the Arab League,...
... editor-in-chief of independent daily Al-Dustour, wrote in an Apr. 28 editorial. "It only wants obe...
We spoke of the racism, discrimination, the threats against our very existence and the efforts to shut the newspaper. This all occurred in the 70's when La Prensa San Diego opened its doors and first began to speak out against the outrageous actions taken against our community. But, I spoke with trepidation, as I felt and knew that if they used the tactics that we did to establish a free and unfettered press that many would die. We knew that we had an ace in our arsenal of weapons, against racism and discrimination to use as our first line of defense... Our very own Constitution... upon which this County was founded. We had to force the Citizens of this Country to abide by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. We determined to use the Constitution and move them to abide by it. As Chi...
...Basim H. H. Dibeyes, Editor-in-Chief, Ad-Dustour (newspaper), Mr. Hamdi H. Ajlan, Managing Editor, ...
[Hosni Mubarak] officially appointed the Sorbonne-educated al-Tayeb as grand sheikh on Mar. 19 following the death of die previous head of Al-Azhar, Mohamed Sayyid Tantawi, nine days earlier. Al-Tayeb quickly declared his intention to "focus on reinforcing national unity and inter-civilizational dialogue" and to "work on maintaining Al-Azhar's status as the main point of reference for Muslims worldwide. We haven't taken a position on him yet. We're giving him a chance," official brotherhood spokesman Essam al-Arian told IPS. "But we hope that he manages to revive Al-Azhar's lost standing in the Muslim world." "I suspect al-Tayeb will prove different from his predecessor," added al-Arian. "Since his appointment, he has overturned some of the more controversial decrees issued by Tantawi...
... expert at the independent daily Al-Dustour, told ?PS. The resignation came despite earlier st...
From an American perspective, such tiny gatherings would hardly seem a threat, but more formal protests of less than 200 people held in late April and mid-May in support of two judges on trial for their refusal to sanction rigged elections were met by thousands of riot police-armed with plastic shields and long, bark-covered sticks-who beat and arrested male and female protesters alike, as well as journalists. Such facts of life make the position of Egyptian women even more confusing as they negotiate a path between the overt visual sensuality of pop stars like the midriff-baring Ruby-Egypt is, with Lebanon, one of the two major producers of pop culture and music in the Arab world-and the growing prevalence of the ultra-conservatives' facial veils and thick black gloves and hose, which...
...-iew to a pretty young reporter from Al-Dustour. The paper, an independent newsweekly banned in 19...
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The U.N. envoy urged Iraqis on Wednesday to accept the new interim government he helped put together and called for a dialogue with "patriotic" elements of the anti-American insurgency -- a departure from U.S. policy. The envoy, Lakhdar Brahimi, also acknowledged a strong American hand in shaping the new government, which held its first meeting Wednesday under Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, a CIA-backed Shiite politician.
... columnist Battir Wardam in the daily Ad-Dustour. "Nearly nothing has changed," wrote Lebanese poli...
According to Hamdi Hasan, parliamentarian for the Muslim Brotherhood opposition movement, the United States, Israel and the NATO alliance are already monitoring the Egypt-Gaza maritime border "with a mandate to intercept any boats carrying aid to Gaza." "This," said Hasan, "is well known. Hamas spokesman Mushir al-Masri, speaking late lastinonth, said the barrier "has killed the last lifeline keeping the Gaza Strip alive after two-and-a-half years of siege." AlMasri added that the wall "does not serve the interests of any Arab party" and that it "only benefits the Israeli occupation." The government is fond of talking about Egypt's 'sovereignty'," said Hasan. "But when the Israeli navy detained a Lebanese ship in Egyptian waters last summer, Egypt didn't say a word about its vaunted s...
... day, another independent daily, Al-Dustour, reported that Egypt was also building an anchorag...
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