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Due to the pervasive media reporting both inside Egypt and in the international community, the violent incidents of May 31, 2008 at the Abu Fana Monastery is widely viewed as a sectarian confli
Date of source: Thursday, June 11, 2009
Ihāb Ramzīwas the Christian lawyer representing the monks from the monastery of Abū Fānā. He took on the case a week after the attack on the monastery on May 31, 2008 and claims that he stepped down from the case after the governor of Minia pressured him to do so.
Date of source: Friday, May 29, 2009
An authority on land-related matters in Egypt expounds on the different laws and problems affecting land registration and disputes over land in Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 3, 2009
A group of interns from Arab-West Report visited Minia to found out the most recent developments in the Abū
Fānā conflict. They visited some of the ’Arabs’ in their village near the Abū Fānā monastery.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 3, 2009
A group of Arab West Report’s interns visited Minia on January 30-31 in order to follow the latest developments concerning
the incidents of Abū Fānā monastery. They were particularly interested in developments related to the criminal
aspect of the conflict.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Arab-West Report interns and Sebastian Elsaesser, a German researcher went to Abū
Fānā monastery in the district of Mallawi, Upper Egypt in order to visit the monastery, see the Arabs’ land and look
at the new fence that has been constructed since the conflict of May 31, 2008.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 3, 2009
On September 9 Maria Graversen visited Dayr Mawas and conducted an interview with
‘Alā’ Hassānayn to discuss his role in resolving the Abū Fānā conflict.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 3, 2009
On June 18, 2008 a meeting took place in governorate
of Minia to study the status of the land surrounding the monastery of Abū Fānā. Many delegates from authorities
involved in the issue attended the meeting.
Date of source: Friday, January 23, 2009
Marianne Mahrūs, an AWR intern responded to Mike Fowler’s comment on Zayn al-‘Abidīn al-Rikābī’s article ’Why did Western countries refuse to protect prophets from insults?’
Date of source: Monday, October 20, 2008
A delegation of Arab-West Report interns visit the Al-Shafia Center of the Korean Evangelical Church to attend a seminar on the history of the Coptic Church and a lecture on Muslim-Christian relations and report on their perceptions.