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Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 15, 2014
Cairo, Egypt: On April 18 and 19, a two-day training session was conducted for the project: A project with and about women in Egypt, post 25 January Revolution[1]. The training took place in the office of Center for Arab-West Understanding, located in Maadi, and the aim was to develop the skills...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 15, 2014
Open Space Technology was developed by Harrison Owen and is a simple way to facilitate meetings, conferences, workshops and other organizational gatherings. It is engaging yourself in discussions that you like and find fruitful, centred on topics you find crucial, to which you believe to have...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 15, 2014
Editor: Christine Guirguis (21) is currently working as an assistant on a project with and about women in Egypt, post 25 January revolution, which is led by Peter Hervik, a Danish Professor at Aalborg University (AAU) in Denmark. Accompanied by Mette Toft Nielsen, the daily project coordinator of...
Date of source: الخميس, تموز (يوليو) 10, 2014
President Muhammad Mursi was removed on July 3, 2013. His supported promised large-scale demonstrations in protest of this removal one year later. There have been demonstrations but they were far from large-scale.
Egypt has received very negative Western press since Mursi’s removal for human rights...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تموز (يوليو) 9, 2014
On June the 26th of 2014, The Center for Arab West Understanding organized a forum meeting titled: Egypt’s constitution 2012-2014. The forum was attended by our staff, interns, friends, and supporters. The speaker for this meeting was Diana Serôdio. Diana has a degree in Political Science and...
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 29, 2014
The relationship between expatriates living in Egypt and Ramadan can be a love-hate relationship. Some might argue that Ramadan is the ‘most unproductive month of the year’. People work less hours and businesses can get a bit slow. On the other hand, however, very few can deny the level of...
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 29, 2014
The month of July is to be the month of Ramadan this year. At the time of writing this article, it was expected that the beginning of Ramadan will be the 29th of June, this is a presumption based on astrological knowledge. The real beginning will be announced in every country by the “ro’ya”, i.e....
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 29, 2014
This summer will mark my third Ramadan spent in Egypt since I began traveling to the country in January 2011. My first experience of an Egyptian Ramadan in the summer of 2011 remains particularly memorable, both as a cultural and personal experience.
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 29, 2014
As a student who signed up to study Arabic in the autumn of 2010, I looked forward to the third year of my degree (abroad in an Arabic-speaking country) with a lot of excitement – there were so many options to choose from. I had organised a three-month teaching placement in Muscat, Oman to begin in...
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 2, 2014
The Churches and dioceses in Egypt have witnessed intensified security measures by the armed forces and police. In Gharbia, Mar GirgisChurch in Tanta has witnessed high attendance of New Years Mass among intense security procedures. On the other hand, in Qena, the security forces have preempted a...
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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.