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Date of source: Thursday, May 22, 2008
The article comments on the key discussions that took place at the Egyptians Against Religious Discrimination conference that was held in Cairo in April. The conference looked at the various types of discrimination that exist in Egypt, ranging from discrimination in the workplace to the lack of a...
Date of source: Sunday, May 11, 2008
A textbook assigned to students at Cairo University presents an overview of Islamic history, which the author notes does not stick within the limits of proven historical fact.
Date of source: Sunday, April 20, 2008
The article discusses the percentage of Egyptians that are sent to receive a religious education.
Date of source: Sunday, March 23, 2008
Yūsuf Sidhom berates the continuing examples of extremism that exist in Egypt and details the story of a Bahā’ī student who has been prevented from sitting her Islamic religion exam.
Date of source: Friday, February 15, 2008
The article reports on the bitterly-contested conflict between the government and secular opposition powers in Turkey over a recent constitutional amendment to end the ban on wearing the hijāb in universities.
Date of source: Sunday, February 10, 2008
A university student suffered when he was caught up in a dispute between two university faculty members.
Date of source: Sunday, February 3, 2008
The following article presents an overview of what the author coins the “talibanization” of eduction in Egypt, and the impact that it is having in schooling systems, particularly in relation to Muslims versus Copts.
Date of source: Sunday, February 3, 2008
The article discusses the flaws in the education system in Egypt. The author believes that concerns about education are divided into two camps; those that are worried about the physical and logistical aspects of the problem and those that are more worried about the educational process. The author...
Date of source: Sunday, January 27, 2008
Hānī Labīb calls to create a new program in the Egyptian educational process to be focused on educating pupils and students of all educational levels on the rights and duties related to elections.
Date of source: Sunday, January 13, 2008
A student who graduated from Assiut University in 2006 hoped to be offered a permanent position at the university but the university decided not to appoint him. Moreover, when he applied to do a PhD he was told that he had been rejected because there were not enough supervisors. The author of the...
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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.