Date of source: Thursday, April 1, 2010
the following is a speech given by Jayson Casper marking Jielis van Baalen leaving the office on April 1, 2010.
Date of source: Saturday, February 27, 2010
Amin Makram Ebeid's review of Jayson Casper's ZIVIC paper on peacebuilding in Egypt (AWR 2010 Week 2 Article 2)
Date of source: Tuesday, December 8, 2009
AWR Editor-in-Chief presents a paper on peace building, focusing on the work of CIDT, AWR and the ZIVIC project. The paper discusses the role of the media, governance and identity in interreligious conflict in Egypt, incorporating how the Arab-West Group can help in terms of study and...
Date of source: Sunday, February 7, 2010
On December 15-16, 2009 the Center for Arab West Understanding hosted a workshop entitled, “Balanced and Objective Reporting in Controversial Issues”. Our center has identified that a significant contributor to sectarian tension in Egypt is a media which is often either insufficiently professional...
Date of source: Thursday, February 11, 2010
On December 26-27, 2009 the Center for Arab West Understanding hosted a workshop in Cairo under the title, “Strengthening the Social Role of NGOs through Communication and Interaction”. At our center we have been conducting a project on peacebuilding following the incident of conflict in the...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 23, 2010
On Monday 15th February, the AWR team held a meeting in our office with a member of Bishop Marcos’ delegation which had travelled to Nag Hammadi, who wished to remain unidentified. We met this source through an earlier visit with Bishop Marcos, in order to discuss our organization’s proper response...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 16, 2009
CIDT’s Jayson Casper meets Upper Egyptian journalist Nermine Ridā, who tells of the difficulties faced by journalists in the region, and her drive for rigorous journalistic integrity, in addition to commenting on expatriate Coptic reporting.
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On December 15-16, 2009, the Center...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 16, 2009
The Center for Arab-West Understanding invites journalists from all over Egypt to attend a two day workshop entitled “Balanced and Objective Reporting in Controversial Issues”.
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Egyptian journalists coming together from different parts of Egypt with members of the Center for Arab-...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Cornelis Hulsman, AWR, CIDT, and CAWU co-founder re-locates to Europe, remains editor-in-chief of AWR, in forward-looking period of change and renewal.
Date of source: Sunday, July 5, 2009
Prominent academic translator Noureddine Zouitni gave a lecture at the Goethe Institute in Cairo and a workshop at CIDT. This is a report on the lecture and the workshop.