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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: 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: Sunday, April 30, 2000
Nobody expected that the rage induced by a book of the novelist Haider Haider "Walimat Ashab Al-Bahr" [The Banquet Dinner of the Sea] would become a time bomb exploding in the mosques. Some of the Imams asked for punishment and the termination of the campaign against Islam and speaking against God...
Date of source: Saturday, February 12, 2000 to Friday, February 18, 2000
Those who decided to attack culture issued a report for security bodies against a group of books published by the Supreme Council for Culture under the title ’The National Project for Translation’. The books that angered the issuer of the report are an integral group about women. They are...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 13, 1999
A bishop at a Vatican synod launched a broadside against Islam on Wednesday, bluntly accusing Moslems of plotting to dominate Europe and de-Christianize the continent.
Date of source: Thursday, September 9, 1999
The bookshop of Mohamed Ali Sobeih in Al-Azhar Street was up once again for auction last week. The bookshop, which also includes a printing press, was built in 1900 and is renowned for its collection of 5,000 masterpieces of Arab and Islamic culture.
Date of source: Thursday, July 8, 1999 to Wednesday, July 14, 1999
The Egyptian private sector is taking the lead in restoring the Holy Family sites which are being promoted as a destination for religious tourism in June 2000. On 1 June next year, modern-day pilgrims from around the globe will follow the route the Holy Family took from Sinai through the Delta to...
Date of source: Thursday, July 8, 1999 to Wednesday, July 14, 1999
Cairo governorate this week celebrated the passage of 1,400 years of Islam in Egypt. The celebration was held in Amr Ibn Al As mosque amidst 10,000 worshippers participating in the ceremony. The district the mosque sits is one of the most ancient in the Islamic world. It witnessed the Islamic...
Date of source: Thursday, July 8, 1999 to Wednesday, July 14, 1999
In an attempt to restore the Amr Ibn Al-As Mosque to its original state, the Culture Ministry signed a restoration contract this week with the public sector Nile Valley Company. The scheme will correct serious architectural flaws made in earlier restoration programmes as well as when the mosque was...
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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.