Jews, Christians, War and Peace in Egyptian School Textbooks
March 2004

This reports surveys 103 Egyptian textbooks for use in state schools
and 16 textbooks for use in the religious Azharite school system.
The majority of the books were published in 2002.

Read the Full Report:
    English (pdf, 12.8 mb)

Read the Report by Chapter:
    Table of Contents (pdf, 106 kb)
    Executive Summary (pdf, 151 kb)
    Introduction (pdf, 135 kb)
    Chapter 1: The Egyptian Educational System (pdf, 145 kb)
    Chapter 2: The General Attitude to Other Religions (pdf, 212 kb)
    Chapter 3: The Christian West (pdf, 696 kb)
    Chapter 4: The Copts (pdf, 1.31 mb)
    Chapter 5: The Jews (pdf, 292 kb)
    Chapter 6: The Palestinian Problem (pdf, 1.22 mb)
    Chapter 7: Israel (pdf, 9.24 mb)
    Chapter 8: Tolerance vs. Extremism (pdf, 252 kb)
    Chapter 9: The Attitude to Peace (pdf, 188 kb)
    Chapter 10: The Attitude to War (pdf, 150 kb)
    Chapter 11: Jihad and Martyrdom (pdf, 187 kb)
    Chapter 12: Terror (pdf, 311 kb)
    Conclusion (pdf, 148 kb)
    List of Sources (pdf, 106 mb)