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Date of source: Wednesday, November 19, 2008
For the first time in the history of Upper-Egypt, a Christian female woman has been appointed as a mayor in one of the villages of Assiut and was supported not only by Christians but by Muslims as well. She has got a lot of tasks aiming to achieve to serve her village.
Date of source: Sunday, November 23, 2008
William writes about the first female mayor in Egypt, who is also a Copt. She studied law at Ain-Shams University, then had a career in law, then politics. She beat four other candidates for the position and now has several plans for this primarily Christian village.?33) Al-Akhbār, November 19,...
Date of source: Sunday, February 11, 2007
The author condemns the Islamic Shaykhs of al- Nās satellite channel.
Date of source: Friday, August 22, 2003
The governorate of Assiut celebrated the Day of the Holy Virgin in the monastery at Durunka. A great number of Christians and Muslims participated in the celebration.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 21, 2002
More than two million Muslims and Christians celebrated the mulid of the Holy Virgin in Durunka monastery, in Assiut. Bishop Mikhail of Assiut expressed his appreciation and happiness at the great efforts the governorate exerts to develop religious places and places for tourism in Assiut.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 2, 2000
Directions have been issued for the National [Democratic] Party to nominate a number of Christian individuals in the capital and the governorates in the coming elections. ... Negotiations are now taking place between higher authorities of the party and a number of Christian elements,... These...
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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.