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Date of source: Sunday, May 7, 2000
In a special declaration to Al-Ahrar newspaper, the Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosni, revealed that his ministry did not confiscate the novel "A banquet for the seaweed" by the Syrian writer Haider Haider, and it was not taken off the market. He added that the committee which examine the novel...
Date of source: Sunday, May 7, 2000
The novel of the Syrian writer started a controversy between the intellectuals about the freedom of creativity and it’s relation to freedom in general, Al-Usboa listed the opinions of some key figures in the camp of literature, such as, Ahmed El-Sheikh, Fou’ad Qandeel
and many others.
Date of source: Sunday, May 7, 2000
The Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosni defended the lately controversial novel "Banquet for the seaweed" by the Syrian writer Haider Haider. The Minister criticized the polemic and described it as "non objective dealing, which aimed achieving only political targets, for the benefit of it’s promoters...
Date of source: Saturday, May 6, 2000 to Friday, May 12, 2000
Hanaa Fathi describes Haider’s book as a "wonderful novel". Haider Haider foresaw what happened in Algeria. Haider developed the story along two parallel lines, one extremely political and the other, delicate fine literature. Both lines ended in a mythological love story.
Date of source: Saturday, May 6, 2000 to Friday, May 12, 2000
During the last two weeks Egypt has witnessed unprecedented terrorism, and a lot of Fatwas for shedding the blood of the Culture Minister and some intellectuals who are all accused of impiety. The objective of those who declared the war against the [polemic novel] "Banquette for the seaweed" is to...
Date of source: Friday, May 5, 2000
The Ministry of Culture took of all the published issues of the novel "A banquet for the seaweed" by the Syrian writer after the controversy which the story provoked. The Minister had to order the formation of a committee to investigate the case of the novel. In addition, the Minister denied the...
Date of source: Friday, May 5, 2000
[In week 18 the RNSAW-translators translated ’ashab el-bahr’ in sea algea because it was done this way in the Cairo Times. We checked this and found ’seaweed’ to be the correct translation.]
The author of this article claims that Mohammed Abbas mocks the Qur’an, the Prophetic Sunna, and the divine...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 2, 2000
The Grand Imam of the Azhar, Dr. Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, delivered a lecture on ijtihad [the application of the sources of Islamic law for the purpose of making an independent judgment with regards to an issue or question] before the High Council for Islamic Affairs two nights ago. Concerning...
6. Tomorrow the trial of Sheikha Manal who claims prophecy; the accused promotes ideas against Islam
Date of source: Monday, May 8, 2000
The Supreme Court of State Security will start tomorrow the trail of Sheikha Manal, who claims prophecy, and her followers. They are accused of disdaining Islam, promoting ideas that deform its picture, trying to cause conflict within society and holding meetings to study the ideas of their group.
Date of source: Saturday, May 6, 2000 to Friday, May 12, 2000
Some hidden parties, in Egypt, are trying to substitute the role of the religious institutions, like Azhar and the Ministry of Religious Affairs, in the call to religion missions. Thus leaving the path open to the non qualified charlatans, to assume such a vital responsibility, abusing the need of...
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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.