Al-Ahram Weekly Online   20 - 26 May 2004
Issue No. 691
Special
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

The articles below are translated and abridged versions of two papers on reform in Egypt presented at a conference of the Centre for the Study of Developing Countries at Cairo University, 3-4 May 2004. The articles look at the issue of reform from both a Coptic and an Islamic perspective
The Islamist perspective
Examining the complex transformation of Islamist currents in Egypt's recent history, Ammar Ali Hassan underlines the need for clarity as well as a commitment to compromise
The Coptic idea
United in agreement on the need for reform, expatriate and local Coptic communities remain split on how it should be pursued, writes Sameh Fawzi

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