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Date of source: Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Egyptian Christian families living in Rafah have been forced to leave the city which is divided by Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip following the threats they received from masked men wearing black outfits, known as the men with black flags. These threats came in the form of anti-Christian...
Date of source: Sunday, October 7, 2012
During the last few days the arrest of two children, who are less than 10 years old, has dominated discussions and debate about the legality of such an arrest.
What are the reasons behinds these developments that took place at the village of ‘Izbat Mārcu, ten kilometers away from the city of Beni...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 26, 2012
I recently received a book as a gift from my friend Dr. Emad Sami, a well-know dentist with an interest in the Egyptian public affairs. I did not recgonize the book’s title and my friend drew my attention to the fact that the author of the book is from Saudi Arabia. I was very astonished how a...
Date of source: Thursday, October 4, 2012
Last Wednesday, I was invited to a reception held in the honor of the American Imām Yahyá Hindī at the house of the U.S. Ambassador to Cairo, Anne W. Patterson. This was the first time for me to see an American Muslim preacher of Arab origin. Hindī is promoting several progressive ideas regarding...
Date of source: Thursday, August 23, 2012
The Board of Trustees of Al-Misrī al-Yawm newspaper has approved the appointment of Yāsir Rizq as the responsible Editor-in-Chief, with Mr. Muhammad Samīr as the newspaper’s executive Editor-in-Chief.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 19, 2012
I was invited by Al Jazeera Center for Studies in Qatar to participate in a conference last week called "Islamists and Arab Revolutions" to present a paper on “Copts’ Obsessions from Political Islam”. I began with the full rejection of any insult to the Islamic religion and Holy the Qu'rān,...
Date of source: Thursday, August 23, 2012
Recently, I visited Dahshūr village with one of my friends, despite many warnings I received about clashes that may occur with the residents due to the sectarian tensions. The tensions started Wednesday, July 25, 2012, in the evening, when a clash erupted between Sāmih Nisīm, Christian makwajī (a...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 4, 2012
“Car Murabaha” is the advertisement published by Banque Misr—one of the most significant and oldest national Egyptian banks, in newspapers for the past few days.
The advertisement, published in al-Sha’b al-Jadīd newspaper on September 4, 2012, has noted that (Car Murabaha by Banque Misr is a sharī’...
Date of source: Thursday, August 9, 2012
The Shūrá Council in its session of August 7, 2012 approved the proposals of its General Committee regarding the appointment of Editors-in-Chief of the national (state-supported) newspapers for the next three years.The appointments encompassed 80 percent of editors-in-chief (1).
Date of source: Thursday, August 9, 2012
President Muhammad Mursī on Wednesday, August 8, issued a presidential decree appointing Ambassador Muhammad Fathī al-Tahtāwī as chief presidential chamberlain.He is the grandson of Rifā’ah Rāf'ī al-Tahtāwī, one of the leading figures of the enlightenment during the reign of Muhammad 'Alī in the...
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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.