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Date of source: Monday, July 31, 2023
A professional professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts in al-Minyā University has sculpted a statue of the Virgin Mary to decorate the route of the Holy Family in the city of Drunka in the Asyūṭ governorate.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 3, 2013
In al-Minya governorate, Coptic Catholic Archpriest, Ayūb Sālih, in Diljā village of Dayr Mawās Township, said that dozens of teenagers assembled in front of a church’s lounge, surrounded, threw rocks, and attempted to storm it (Islām Fahmī, al-Watan, Jul. 3). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Thursday, October 17, 2013
Security forces in al-Minya successfully rescued a Coptic doctor who was kidnapped by a criminal gang. General Usāmah Mitwallī, the head of al-Minya security department, received a notification that unknown assailants had kidnapped Mājid William Iskandar, who works as a doctor. The defendants kept...
Date of source: Friday, August 23, 2013
A brawl among Muslim and Christian neighbors in the village of Saft al-Laban in al-Minya governorate resulted in the death of a Muslim man, some injured, the burning and looting of three Christians’ houses and cattle. Witnesses say the dispute first started next to the village's bank. After the...
Date of source: Monday, September 23, 2013
The Copts in Diljā have held the first Sunday mass after the army and police forces entered the village. This was held in the Monastery of Virgin Mary and Bishop Abram that was burnt in the presence of security forces (Islām Fahmī and Khadīgā al-‘Adlī, al-Watan, Sept. 23, p. 3). Read original text...
Date of source: Thursday, September 12, 2013
Inhabitants of Diljā repeated their complaints about the security situation in the village and the continuing displacement of Coptic citizens by Muslim Brotherhood supporters. Father Ayūb Yūsif from Mar Girgis Church in the village said that the number of Coptic families who have been displaced...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 8, 2013
The crimes of abduction of Copts have increased in al-Minya. Ten of citizens were abducted, of which five are doctors, in less than a week. However, security sources refuse to call this a ‘phenomenon’ assuring that they are isolated incidents (Islām Fahmī, al-Watan, Oct. 8, p. 10). Read original...
Date of source: Monday, April 14, 2014
Amidst a remarkable security presence, millions of Copts came together yesterday nationwide to celebrate Palm Sunday. This tradition started when Jesus Christ was welcomed in Jerusalem with palm leaves and flowers.
Date of source: Saturday, September 27, 2014
‘Imān Marcus Sarophim, who is known as the “lady of the Jabal al- Tayr village” whose absence from home and her alleged abduction has led to acts of violence, has returned to her house.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 25, 2018
Located in Malāwī, Minya on the eastern side of the Nile, the archeological area of Dayr al-Barshā is closed for excavation works supervised by the Egyptian ministry of antiquities. After a land subsidence that occurred in the Minya area few days ago, residents of the neighboring valley of Dayr al-...
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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.