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Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 8, 2016
Munā al-Tahtawī’s new book “Headscarves and Hymens” calls for a revolution in the Middle Eastern women’s mentality. The book begins with a discussion of the women’s body, asserting that the Middle Eastern woman is attacked by Arab culture and traditions which function as a prison to women not just...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 29, 2011
As an American Christian in Egypt I find that I instinctively view events here through the following lens: Liberals are the good guys, Islamists are the bad guys, and the army is somewhere in between, perhaps neutral, perhaps not. Complicated times beg for simplistic narratives, and this one...
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 24, 2008
The Archbishop of Canterbury’s recent comments about the application of Sharī‘ah in Britain have created a massive wave of responses. Here one author who is a Muslim women discusses how Sharī‘ah still governs women and children in family law.
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 11, 2007
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies [CIHRS] has sent an appeal to the president of the republic and the speakers of both houses of Parliament called to amend Article Two of the Constitution that states that Islam is the religion of the state and Islamic sharīʿā is the main source of...
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 12, 2006
An article about the Muslim Brotherhood’s intent to establish a state that has a religious, and not civil nature, and the attitude of the Muslim Brotherhood towards the Copts.
Date of source: الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 13, 2003
The author comments on the issue of Sultana Freeman, an American woman who brought an action against the authorities of Florida State. The authorities refused to issue her a driving license that has a photo of her wearing the niqab [veil that covers hair and face]. She comments on the issue in...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 4, 2003
Examples on how Muslims in the US are living under hard circumstances due to measures taken against them by the US administration.
Date of source: الاثنين, آب (اغسطس) 15, 2005
Unless the law banning religious parties in Egypt is annulled, we shall never get an answer to this question. But, for the sake of argument, Egyptians should pose the question, for indeed, the Brotherhood seems quite confident that they would win, were they allowed to participate in the election.
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 25, 2005
Forget words like "we" or "they". The matter involves all of us. London, Beirut, and Sharm el-Sheikh all suffered attacks within less than 48 hours. Forget ‘Muslim’, ‘Christian’ or ‘Jew’; ‘believer’ or ‘disbeliever’; ‘east’ or ‘west’. No place is safe from terrorism.
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 19, 2006
Mona Eltahawy writes against the repression of expression across the Arab world. The author notes that Arab “dictators” oppose the Danish cartoons because they think "freedom of expression” should have limits. The author redirects that call to Arab leaders themselves, arguing that they should have...
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.