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Date of source: Sunday, January 17, 2010
Watani International reporter Nader Shukry heads to Naj‘ Hammādī and gets caught up in the rioting which followed the shooting of six Copts. Shukry includes the change in the tone of Bishop Kyrillos statements which followed the visit to the bisphoric by Qena governor Magdi Ayyub, and also suggests...
Date of source: Saturday, September 5, 2009
The article sheds light on Los Angeles Times report on the recent report released by Egypt’s National Council for Human Rights.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 2, 2009
This article sheds light upon the National Council for Human Rights report on the human rights status quo in Egypt during 2006-2009, addressed to Geneva International Council for Human Rights.
Date of source: Sunday, October 18, 2009
The Coptic cemetery in Hawwara, Fayoum dates back to 1913. However ten years ago two schools were built near the cemetery along with a water reservoir to supply the school. The reservoir has caused the underground water level to rise, leading to large parts of the cemetery being flooded. Local...
Date of source: Sunday, August 9, 2009
Robert Fisk ponders why the Middle East is so backward and why the area has so many dictators and so many human rights.
Date of source: Sunday, August 9, 2009
Watani interviewed Muhammad Zarie a human rights activist who is the head of the Arab Penal Reform organization.
Date of source: Sunday, July 26, 2009
The article deals with role of the media and political powers in religious incitement.
Date of source: Thursday, July 2, 2009
Hānī Samīr reports on the claims of Ra’fat Samīr, head of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights office in Luxor, that Luxor Municipality has seized church lands.
Date of source: Sunday, October 25, 2009
’A unified law for building worship places... necessity and impediments’ was the title of a seminar that was recently organized by the Egyptians Against Religious Discrimination group. Members of Parliament, human rights activists, public and media figures attended the seminar and it was led by the...
Date of source: Sunday, October 25, 2009
Sidhum continues his series of articles reviewing the grievances ofCopts in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Minya. In this article he focuses on the problems that Christians face when trying to build houses. Sidhum argues that any house built by a Copt comes under suspicion because the...
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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.