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Date of source: Saturday, April 25, 2015
The Egyptian Union for Human Rights confirmed on Saturday that a new draft law to combat illegal immigration in Egypt was presented to the President and Prime Minister. Notably, the new law considers even a failed attempt to immigrate illegally into Egypt, through tunnels or via an overland trail...
Date of source: Sunday, January 4, 2015
Press review: the kidnapping of Coptic Christians in Libya
On January 4, 2015, the Libyan Ambassador to Egypt reported that he had not yet begun coordinating an airlift to evacuate Coptic Christians from Libya, adding that the embassy was involved in intense and ongoing discussions with the...
Date of source: Sunday, January 4, 2015
اكد الانبا بولا اسقف طنطا ان دستور 2014 روح جديدة تظلل في سماء مصر علي الاقباط فهو صنع مرحلة فارقة في تاريخ الاقباط في مصر وﻷول مرة يتم الاعتراف في دستور مصري بالدور الوطني للكنيسة وقال خلال جلسة دور المسيحيين العرب في مواجهه التطرف بمؤتمر التطرف المنعقد حاليا بمكتبة الاسكندرية ان دستور 2014 يكفل...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Badrān: Personal status laws are creating a new generation of children on the streets
Doctor Hudā Badrān, the President of the Egyptian Women’s Union, said that Personal Status Laws are most focused on the role of the family, adding that the laws treat women as they were treated decades ago. She...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 2, 2015
The Egyptian National Council for Human Rights condemns the forced migration of Christians in Banī al-Suwayf
The Egyptian National Council for Human Rights expressed its extreme condemnation of the forced migration of around 19 Christians from the village of Darwīsh in the Banī Suwayf governorate....
Date of source: Monday, June 1, 2015
National Women’s Council welcomes delegation of German aid representatives
The National Women’s Council welcomed a delegation of German aid representatives so that they can become acquainted with the council’s work opposing violence against women. The visit also seeks to introduce German aid...
Date of source: Sunday, May 31, 2015
The Ministry of the Interior searches for human rights abuses on Facebook
At the direct order of President Sīsī, the Ministry of Interior began scouring social media websites for any video or pictures of policemen or security forces committing human rights abuses against Egyptian citizens. Through...
Date of source: Saturday, May 30, 2015
The Muslim Brotherhood incites the Egyptian government from Norway
The Muslim Brotherhood made several new attempts to incite the Egyptian government through its leaders in foreign countries. Jamāl Hashmat, a member of the Brotherhood’s Shūra council, met with a number of researchers, human rights...
Date of source: Friday, May 29, 2015
Women of Egypt: Campaign stigmatizing women who do not wear the hijāb is a dangerous escalation
Hudā Badrān, the President of the General Council for Egyptian Women, condemned the campaign to disgrace women who do not wear the hijāb. The campaign is spreading over social media and is set to take...
Date of source: Thursday, June 4, 2015
On Thursday night, the Center for Arab-West Understanding held its first cultural event at Room Art Space in Garden City. The event was part of a series of cultural events targeting youth in Cairo. The series aims to increase cultural understanding through events designed to bring multiple aspects...
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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.