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Date of source: Sunday, November 8, 2009
Robeir al-Faris provides a round up of the Cairo press this month. He covers the case of the murder trial of Marwa al-Shirbīni which is taking place in Germany, looking in particular at an article written by Ibrāhīm Isá in al-Dustūr that reflects on the Egyptian reaction to the case. Al-Faris also...
Date of source: Sunday, July 5, 2009
al-Faris writes of the isolation of Copts in Society, the need for more churches, and the controversial 'Master Yacoub'.
Date of source: Sunday, May 31, 2009
Robeir al-Faris commends increased attention to Coptic matters in the print media, and hopes visual media will follow. He also denounces media misreporting of the Zaytūn church bombing. Faris praises what he describes as the only writer who spoke out against those claiming that President Obama’s...
Date of source: Sunday, May 3, 2009
Robeir al-Faris comments on two issues featuring Copts that have appeared in the Egyptian press recently. The first is related to a campaign to boycott Coptic companies while the second concerns a lawyer’s attempt to have the finance minister removed from office after he found a cross sign on the...
Date of source: Saturday, April 4, 2009
Ibrāhīm ‘Īsá sheds light on a number of points about expatriate Copts which he believes should be taken into consideration while judging them.
Date of source: Sunday, April 5, 2009
The author comments on articles from the Egyptian press this month, in particular stories about houses of worship and the unified law for houses of worship and the second anniversary of the constitutional amendments.
Date of source: Sunday, February 1, 2009
The author reviews stories from the Egyptian press over the last month. The articles he picks up on include a story about Christian Qur’ānic readers, a Muslim carpenter that make crucifixes and the tale of a convert to Islam who believes the church is hiding his family to prevent them from...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 27, 2009
An NGO proposes a draft law to amend the current NGO law.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 31, 2008
In an interview with Gerrit Roos of Reformatorisch Dagblad and Cornelis Hulsman, Bishop Marqus highlights the problems facing Christians in Egypt today. These problems include issues such as church building, conversion, the Egyptian education system and the emigration of Christians abroad.
Date of source: Saturday, September 20, 2008
Arab-West relations are complicated and controversial. In this paper Bāhir Dukhān, an Arab-West Report intern, has analyzed the Egyptian media from 2003 to investigate how the media affects Arab-West relations and how the Egyptian press covered the events leading up to the 2003 U.S-led war on Iraq.
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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.