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Date of source: Sunday, November 25, 2007
The author presents an interview with Carolyn Ludwig, co-author of a new novel released by the American University in Cairo Press entitled, ‘The Churches of Egypt.’
Date of source: Sunday, April 22, 2007
The author investigates a frequently re-occurring problem of older churches in Egypt being unable to produce legitimate documentation to prove their validity, having existed prior to the imposed required documentation. As a result of the missing documents, authorities refuse to grant many of these...
Date of source: Sunday, August 20, 2006
Bāsimah William writes about the celebrations of the feast of the Virgin Mary at Dayr al-Azrā’ in Jabal Assiut, which does not attract only Christians, but also Muslims and people from all over the world.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 16, 2006
The annual celebrations of the feast of the Virgin Mary at Dayr al-Azrā’ attracted millions of Muslims and Christians and boosted economic activities in the city of Assiut.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 20, 2003
The governor of Assiut stated that more than 2 million people, including foreigners from 25 European countries and Egyptian Muslims and Christians, would visit Durunka Monastery to celebrate the day of the Virgin Mary.
Date of source: Saturday, December 14, 2002
Dr. Gawdat Gabra will be teaching a course on Coptic Monasticism in the Spring semester at the American University in Cairo (AUC). The course provides a general survey of Coptic monasticism.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Tāriq al-Qādī believes that the path of the Holy Family could serve as a major tourist attraction in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, June 27, 2004
When I. visited the monastery of the Holy Virgin on the Western Mountain of Dronka in Assiut, I saw at the foot of the mountain a vast area covered with gloomy brushwood. The monastery tried hard to clean up the area and cultivate it with timber-producing woods—watered by the drained water—but the...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 22, 2000
The Virgin Mary church in Zeitoun is a relatively small building that is surrounded by a small garden in which the Virgin tree is located. This church had only a very small congregation, but after the Virgin Mary appeared everything changed and thousands of visitors started to come to the church...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 15, 2000
The full, published text of the EOHR’s Special Report on the Al-Kosheh incident.
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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.