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Date of source: Wednesday, October 19, 2011
The district of Shubrā has distinctive features that distinguish it from any other old districts of Cairo. Anyone who lives in Shubrā for a period of time falls in love with the place and can hardly live away from it. Shubrā has a significantly large Christian population, compared to other...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Volkhard Windfuhr [read his biography here], Cairo correspondent for Der Spiegel (German weekly magazine), said in an interview with al-Akhbār that he had sensed a change in former President Husnī Mubārak since 2004.
In 2002, Windfuhr started to sense anxiety and tension in the community close to...
Date of source: Monday, July 4, 2011
CAIRO: Egypt’s Supreme Administrative Court ruled on Sunday in favor of Christian reconverts, allowing them to be identified as Christians on their national ID cards and birth certificates.
Date of source: Thursday, May 19, 2011
Dr. Nabīl al-'Arabī, minister of foreign affairs, has met with Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City in Italy where they discussed the situation in Egypt, specifically the Coptic file.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Hundreds of Copts yesterday continued their strike outside the official TV building for the third day on Cairo Nile Corniche over recent sectarian violence, as revolutionaries are planning a march in support of national unity on Friday. The message of the march will be that Muslims and Christians...
Date of source: Friday, April 29, 2011
Dr. Rafīq al-Daw, vice-chairman of the Iron & Steel Factory, donated the sum of EGP200,000 (roughly $34,000) for building a mosque inside the the Suez Canal University in the coastal governorate of Suez.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Ramadān is no longer a social occasion confined to Muslims only; Copts also celebrate Ramadān. They adore it and consider it “the month of Egyptians.” Buying “yamīsh” [nuts and dried fruit], eating desserts such as “kunāfah” and going to al-Husīn have become annual habits for Copts during Ramadān...
Date of source: Saturday, August 14, 2010
Dr. Melad Hanna states that the crisis that threatens the unity of Egypt is the disability to accept oneself and hence the disability to accept the others.
Date of source: Saturday, August 28, 2010
The Minister of Religion confirms that the national unity tables of breakfast are important indications of the strong relations between Muslims and Christians.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Business tycoon Naguib Sawiris, a Coptic Christian, said yesterday he would accept a Muslim president for Egypt, on the condition that he would be committed to “values of justice, and equality between a Muslim and a Christian, and between a man and a woman”. He added that he rejected a Christian...
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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.