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Date of source: Tuesday, August 12, 2003
Bishop Samuel liked very much to see a revival of ancient Coptic traditions. Al-Ahram Weekly’s editor-in-chief, Hosny Guindy, has been praised for his strong ethical principles. Guindy was a fine example of a Copt who was able to obtain a leading position in Egyptian society, despite claims of some...
Date of source: Monday, June 2, 2003
An invitation to participate in a new Holy Family celebration in Ishneen el-Nasara.
Date of source: Saturday, April 30, 2005
After the project of the movie Nefertiti in which Egyptian scriptwriter Ahmed ‘Uthmān is trying to prove that Prophet Moses was only Akhenaten, the monotheistic pharaoh in ancient Egypt, he came up with another project in the pipelines: the movie Jesus in Egypt, based on a book he published in...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 27, 2004
Mamdouh Al-Beltagui, Minister of Tourism, discussed with the American writer Paul Perry the project of producing a documentary film about the life of Jesus Christ in Egypt and the path of the Holy Family to Egypt, where they took refuge from the oppression of the Roman Emperor almost 2000 years ago...
Date of source: Monday, April 26, 2004
Paul Perry Production has started preparing a film about the Holy Family’s journey since entering Egypt via Sinai until they reached Upper Egypt. The places where Virgin Mary, Joseph the carpenter and Jesus Christ stopped and the road they took along the coast of Sinai will be filmed.
Date of source: Saturday, May 29, 2004
The American author Paul Perry expressed his wish that Mel Gibson be the hero of a film based on his [Perry’s] book “Jesus in Egypt,” which was a best-selling book in the U.S. The book talks about the years of the Holy Family’s escape to Egypt to protect the child [Jesus].
Date of source: Tuesday, May 25, 2004
Dr. Mamdouh Al-Beltagui, the Minister of Tourism, stated that the ministry is currently sponsoring a policy for environmental and constructional development of sites on the route of the Holy Family that was adopted by the ministry six years ago. The project enhances the infrastructure and improves...
Date of source: Friday, May 21, 2004
The mulid [celebration] of Virgin Mary is an occasion shared by Muslims and Copts alike. According to statistics, the most recent mulid attracted more than two million visitors, including one million Muslims at least. Virgin Mary’s Mulid at Gabal Al-Teir is one of seven celebrations of the Virgin...
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: Sunday, July 12, 2009
The fatal stabbing of an Egyptian woman in a German courtroom arouses anger and indignation in Egypt, and the changing of the historic name of a Coptic village in Upper Egypt also causes widespread angry reaction among Egyptians.
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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.