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Date of source: Monday, September 7, 2020
Sudan is suffering from a terrible situation after the level of rains and floods this year surpassed previous records, leading to the death of dozens of people and the destruction of thousands of homes.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām, Grand Mufti of Egypt, welcomed a high ranking American delegation led by John Barsa, head of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Jonathan Cohen, American ambassador to Cairo, and Samah Norquist, chief advisor for international religious freedom at...
Date of source: Sunday, August 23, 2020
If not for the Egyptian public witnessing the hidden conflict between President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī and Grand Imām of al-Azhar Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib, the law regulating the Dār al-Iftāʾ, which the Egyptian parliament passed on June 19, would have passed without controversy. This conflict has entered...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 5, 2020
Father George Shīḥān, Archbishop of Cairo Maronite Church and head of the Maronite institutions in Egypt, offered his condolences to the victims of the explosion that took place yesterday in Beirut’s port. The Lebanese-Maronite Information and Cultural Center in Cairo issued a statement in which...
Date of source: Thursday, May 21, 2020
Isḥaq Ibrāhīm, a researcher within the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, said that recent events in al-Buḥayrah are yet another example of the recurring story of church closures creating sectarian tension. In the absence of a license to build a church, the people of the village of Kūm al-...
Date of source: Sunday, September 13, 2020
General ʿĀdil al-Ghaḍbān, governor of Port Said [Būr Saʿīd], caused a crisis for the displaced Copts from al-ʿArīsh, who have been living in the governorate since 2017, after informing families that he will no longer be paying for the money that helps them pay rent. Despite the number of displaced...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 7, 2020
His Eminence, the Grand Imam Dr. Aḥmad Al-Ṭayyib welcomed John Barsa, Acting Head of the United States Agency for International Development in Washington, and his delegation on Wednesday.
Date of source: Saturday, September 12, 2020
Egypt continues to intensify airlift flights to provide additional support to people in Sudan, as implemented by ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī, President of the Republic of Egypt, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces.
Date of source: Monday, August 24, 2020
Dr. Ṣalaḥ Ḥasab Allāh, spokesperson for Parliament, complimented Shaykh of al-Azhar Grand Imām Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib and Pope Tawāḍrūs II after al-Azhar and the Coptic Orthodox Church joined in with the Egyptian state to send aid to the Lebanese people to confront the aftermath of the Port of Beirut...
Date of source: Sunday, July 26, 2020
A video published on social media shows a young Egyptian man named “Walīd” who works as a cashier at the Ṣabāh al-Aḥmad supermarket in Kuwait suddenly getting attacked by a Kuwaiti while at work. Walīd was slapped in his face more than once, and despite attempts by those there to stop the incident...
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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.