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Date of source: Monday, April 15, 2019
Over 25 years ago, Jasmine learned from her grandmother the telli-craft and took it, after she became adult, as a profession. She has a workshop of dozens of girls, girls' training centers, and her own production in the country and abroad. The pieces she sells in touristic areas are...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Egyptian churches rejected insistence by salafī members of the constituent assembly drafting a news constitution for Egypt that Copts should be compelled to pay the zakāh.
Date of source: Thursday, January 30, 2014
Egyptians have Egyptianized the three heavenly religions coming to Egypt! For that reason the practices of Christianity and Islam are similar in Egypt. They all follow Egyptian traditions, before they are associated to a particular religion. For example, the tradition of writing wishes on papers...
Date of source: Sunday, January 19, 2014
Epiphany is the day that Christ was baptized in the river of Jordan by John the Baptist. In Egypt the Coptic Orthodox church celebrates it on the 11th of Tuba, the Coptic month. Many Muslims likewise celebrate it, especially in Upper Egypt and join their Christian brothers in eating sugar cane,...
Date of source: Sunday, June 1, 2014 to Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Julie Casper writes of her experiences with the ancient Egyptian tradition of "Subuu'". (Photo credits go to Julie and Jayson Casper)
Date of source: Sunday, August 16, 2009
In spite of the governmental decision to cancel mūlids in Egypt, people celebrated many mūlids. Some Muslim mūlids were canceled while other Christian were permitted paving the way for heated arguments and fears of sectarian tension.
Date of source: Thursday, August 6, 2009
The authors report the situation of facing the swine flu in Egypt during ‘Umrah and traditional mawlids.
Date of source: Saturday, August 1, 2009 to Friday, August 7, 2009
In spite of the governmental decision to cancel mūlids, Egyptians adhere to their religious traditions and turn a deaf ear to the decision. However, Lower Egyptian areas seem to be more complying.
Date of source: Saturday, August 23, 2008
‘Alā’ al-Jamal said there were a million visitors at the Virgin Monastery when fire erupted at a nearby farm. The security services are to blame and emergency response was inadequate.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 4, 2008
The article sheds light on a study conducted by researcher Robier al-Farīs on the way folklore brings religions together. Al-Farīs also concluded that Coptic folklore suffers from the ignorance of researchers and the oppression of the church’s official culture as public creativity remains exquisite...
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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.