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45. Establishing the first Catholic university in Egypt
Date of source: السبت, آيار (مايو) 31, 2008
Karīmah Sūwaydān writes about the initiative to establish a Catholic university in Egypt.
1. Editorial
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 14, 2008
Three Al-Ahrām al-cArabī articles in this issue have inflammatory headlines about Christian missionary activities. Drs. Hulsman comments that these types of headlines scare readers and distort the truth.
34. The 10th UN development report on Egypt Ideal partnership
Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 25, 2008
The article highlights the main findings of the 2008 UN human development report for Egypt, which is entitled, ’Social Contract in Egypt.’ The article comments that while education has improved there are still one in five Egyptians that live below the poverty line.
47. The American University in Cairo bans professors, students and staff from dealing with Israel
Date of source: الخميس, آيار (مايو) 15, 2008
The board at the American University of Cairo passed a resolution calling on professors, students and university staff to refrain from any dealings with Israeli academics on campus and to exclude companies that invest in Israel from university endowments.
20. Dr. Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd; back in Cairo after 13 years of exile
Date of source: الاثنين, آيار (مايو) 5, 2008
Liberal Islamic thinker Nasr Hāmid Abū Zayd participated in a cultural festival that was organized in Beirut and Cairo at the same time. After the difficulties encountered to hold Abū Zayd’s lecture in different places, the lecture was given at the American University in Cairo where Abū Zayd...
3. A review of Hugh Goddard’s ’Muslim Perceptions of Christianity,’ published by Grey Seal Books, London, Year 1996
Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 1, 2008
Drs. Hulsman and Dr. Burslem provide a detailed report on Muslim-Christian relations based on a review of Dr. Hugh Goddard’s book, commenting on a number of issues including Western perceptions, mis-interpretations, and examples of recent incidents involving Muslims and Christians.
1. Editorial
Date of source: الثلاثاء, شباط (فبراير) 24, 2009
A number of intern activities have taken place in the last week; a group from the office visited Beni Walmis in Minia and some interns also attended a screening of Philip Rizk’s film about Palestine.
15. The threatened heritage of Deir Abu Hinnis
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 28, 2008
Drs. Hulsman provides an overview of the history of the monastery of Abu Hinnis. The German researcher Dr. Otto Meinardus wrote in the sixties about seventh century murals in a cave church near Deir Abu Hinnis, a Christian village some 300 km south of Cairo. Most of these murals he then described...
93. Not a mere group of letters
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 20, 2008
Watani International interviews Mr. Shoman, an expert on folklore and publishing manager at the Organisation for Cultural Palaces, on his project to compile a dictionary on insults.
9. Translation; our window to the world is closed
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 24, 2008
The article sheds light on the issue of translation in the Arab world. All of the observers admitted that there is a problem with translation in the Arab world. The majority of them attributed it to financial factors, but many of them also claimed that the low level of education is a significant...

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