Date of source: الجمعة, آب (اغسطس) 1, 2008
The following article presents the up to date information received by Arab-West Report from Ra’ed al-Sharqawi.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تموز (يوليو) 30, 2008
Arab-West Report presented a text for Wikipedia on the background of Abu Fana.
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 2, 2008
Drs. Hulsman comments on the reactions of Christian organizations to the recent sectarian incidents in Egypt.
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...
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 14, 2008
Excerpts from a meeting with two prominent local shaykhs from Minia in Upper Egypt on the dispute involving a monastery.
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 14, 2008
An interview with monks involved in the dispute in Minia, Upper Egypt.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 8, 2008
Governor Ahmed Dia el-Din on the tensions in Minia, Upper Egypt, involving the Monastery of Abū Fānā
Date of source: الأربعاء, تموز (يوليو) 16, 2008
The following issue of AWR presents a number of articles on the recent disputes around the monastery of Abū Fānā, Upper Egypt, including AWR interviews with governor Ahmed Dia el-Din, father Dumadios from the Monastery of Abu Fana, the head of the Arab Bani Khaled tribe, two prominent shaykhs, four...
Date of source: الخميس, شباط (فبراير) 7, 2008
The article presents a discussion on the process of church building in Egypt, demonstrates one church’s ability to rebuild a church without any hindrances, and the importance of preserving antiquities in Egypt.
Date of source: الخميس, شباط (فبراير) 7, 2008
AWR visited the Holy Family celebration in Dayr Abū Hinnis with journalists from the Spanish News agency EFE.
Kees Hulsman wrote a letter to bishop Dimitrius about the visible decline of the cave church with 7th century murals of the flight to Egypt.