Tamer Amin
Encyclopedia
Tamer Amin is an Egypt
ian television
presenter and interviewer forMasr El-Nahrda
(Egypt Today), a popular Egyptian live television
talk show
from Cairo
, which airs on the Egyptian National TV (ERTU).
), Al-Ekhbariya (Saudi Arabia
) that aired on November 10, 2010 (as translated by MEMRI), Amin expressed his views on a number of issues:
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
ian television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
presenter and interviewer forMasr El-Nahrda
Masr El-Nahrda
Masr El-Nahrda or Masr El-Naharda...Benehlam li Bokra is a live television talk show based in Cairo, Egypt. The show descended from the now defunct El beit beitak/el beet beetak show.-External links:*...
(Egypt Today), a popular Egyptian live television
Live television
Live television refers to a television production broadcast in real-time, as events happen, in the present. From the early days of television until about 1958, live television was used heavily, except for filmed shows such as I Love Lucy and Gunsmoke. Video tape did not exist until 1957...
talk show
Talk show
A talk show or chat show is a television program or radio program where one person discuss various topics put forth by a talk show host....
from Cairo
Cairo
Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...
, which airs on the Egyptian National TV (ERTU).
Positions
In an interview with LBC TV (LebanonLebanon
Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...
), Al-Ekhbariya (Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
) that aired on November 10, 2010 (as translated by MEMRI), Amin expressed his views on a number of issues:
- Responding to a question regading whether or not Egyptian men who marry IsraelIsraelThe State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i women should have their Egyptian citizenshipCitizenshipCitizenship is the state of being a citizen of a particular social, political, national, or human resource community. Citizenship status, under social contract theory, carries with it both rights and responsibilities...
revoked, Amin stated "Everything should be taken from them, not just their citizenship." - In response to a question about the right of homosexuals to marry and adoptAdoptionAdoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting for another and, in so doing, permanently transfers all rights and responsibilities from the original parent or parents...
children, Amin stated "All their rights should be shattered to pieces". - Amin expressed support for Egypt and IranIranIran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
acquiring nuclear weaponNuclear weaponA nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. Both reactions release vast quantities of energy from relatively small amounts of matter. The first fission bomb test released the same amount...
s, arguing that "Israel must fear something. There must be some scarecrowScarecrowA scarecrow is, essentially, a decoy, though traditionally, a human figure dressed in old clothes and placed in fields by farmers to discourage birds such as crows or sparrows from disturbing and feeding on recently cast seed and growing crops.-History:In Kojiki, the oldest surviving book in Japan...
to frighten it."