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Date of source: Sunday, February 6, 2000
"...Al-Kosheh is a wealthy village in a poor area. Seventy percent of its inhabitants are Copts among a group of villages with a Muslim majority. The inhabitants of the area complain of corruption. The representation of Copts in local councils is zero. Inhabitants of Al-Kosheh are living a state...
Date of source: Sunday, February 6, 2000
Every citizen in Dar Al-Salaam knows the story of Manal Zarief Fares and her husband Mamdouh Noshi Qulta. She said: "When we heard the shooting and our wooden house door being broken down, I hid with my husband and three children under the bed. They came in and stole everything that was in the...
Date of source: Saturday, February 5, 2000
Bishop Wissa’s name is central to the understanding of the violence [Fitna] in Al-Kosheh, both in 1998 and in the more recent events. Since the first events of Al-Koshh in 1998, his name has become known outside his bishopric and Egypt’s borders and [his name] was repeated continuously in the Press...
Date of source: Sunday, February 6, 2000
The author looks at why the State insists on maintaining certain policies, and overlooks certain mistakes occurring within the political, media and security sectors. These mistakes have proved to have a disastrous effect on Egypt, especially in areas that suffer from deterioration of economic and...
Date of source: Sunday, February 6, 2000
In a recent television program "Editor-in-Chief" the talk was about equality of citizenship for all Egyptians and how to avoid discrimination between Muslims and Copts especially the issue of categorizing religion on identity cards which prevents people from gaining employment. The guests were...
Date of source: Sunday, February 6, 2000
He is the mayor of Mansha’at Basyoun in Gharbia. His name is Nabil Helmi Anees Hemaya. His father and his grandfather we also mayors. What is strange is that mayors are elected. A village of Muslims elected a Christian mayor from Muslim and Christian nominees.
Date of source: Saturday, February 5, 2000 to Friday, February 11, 2000
This is an article praising the value of someone like Father Makarios of Abu Qurqas. It highlights his example as an Egyptian patriot, his wisdom in dealing with foreign media representatives and his message to President Clinton.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 8, 2000
The debate around the problems of Copts in Egypt is one of the most important issues that is raised every now and then. Accordingly, I have preferred to write about the situation of Copts in Egypt by defining certain points that are the core of these problems. Dealing with these points will help...
Date of source: Thursday, February 3, 2000
In this article which is a continuation of the interview reported in Al-Liwaa’ Al-Islami last week Milad Hanna argues that Egypt has a unique cultural identity which is the reason for the good relations between Muslims and Christians in Egypt since the entry of Islam into Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 2, 2000
What happened lately in Al-Kosheh has shaken the whole Egyptian entity and made everybody worry about the future of Egypt. Very honestly, what happened was the result of the general atmosphere of Egypt lately, which produced a huge amount of violence and hatred.
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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.