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Date of source: Wednesday, May 20, 2015
John Casson, British ambassador to Egypt, met with appellate defender Najjād al-Bur ̔ī to discuss the current state of human rights in Egypt. Al-Bur ̔ī is the president of United Group, an Egyptian law firm which focuses on human rights cases.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Muḥammad Khayrat al-Shāṭir is generally seen as the financial leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. He was elected deputy to the Supreme Guide of the organization in 2003. al-Shāṭir was born May 5, 1950, in al-Daqahlīyah, Egypt. He has been active in Islamic, political activities since the...
Date of source: Thursday, March 1, 2007
Father Mattah al-Māskīn, before his consecration he was called Yūsuf Iskandar, was born on September 20, 1919 in Banhā, Cairo. al-Māskīn participated in the Sunday School Movement and became a monk in 1948 knowing that the church could only be reformed from within. Students from the Sunday School...
Date of source: Sunday, October 1, 2006
Ḥasan Ḥanafī is a Muslim liberal leftist thinker who has been and still is a professor in philosophy at Cairo University since 1988. His vast knowledge on a broad field of philosophy and religion has given him many positions and invitations throughout his career. Ḥanafī's political understanding of...
Date of source: Thursday, March 1, 2007
ʿAmru Mūsā; an Egyptian politician and diplomat who holds the position of Secretary-General of the Arab Leagueand plays a pivotal role in negotiations around most of the major disputes in the Arab world. Such negotations are in regards to the disputes between Morocco and Algeria over Western Sahara...
Date of source: Sunday, July 1, 2007
This biography focuses on the Islamic viewpoints of Āḥmad al-Ṭayyib; how he argues from an Islamic perspective and does not attempt to see the world through the eyes of non-Muslims. He strives to represent Islam in the best possible light, talking about it in a very positive way and accordingly...
Date of source: Saturday, May 16, 2015
Former President Muhammad Morsi, as well as more than 100 others, received the death sentence for escaping prison during the 25 of January Revolution in 2011. The decision came after rapid mass trials which the United Nations described as “unprecedented in modern history.” Amnesty International...
Date of source: Saturday, May 7, 2016
Opinion: Egypt direly needs to promote a culture of accountability and instill it in daily life so that the government is forced to provide services to its citizens. It is incumbent upon everyone in society to actively engage and promote such a culture through government, civil society, the media,...
Date of source: Sunday, April 12, 2015
Stephen Cook, employee of the American Ministry of Foreign Relations and specialist in affairs of the Middle East, claims that Erdogan requested Mursī’s release in order to improve Turkish relations with Egypt. However, it is clear that the release of the former Egyptian President is not a...
Date of source: Sunday, May 5, 2013
Colonel General 'Abd al-Fattāh Khalīl al-Sīsī, Commander-In-Chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces, Minister of Defense and Military Production and Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, sent a congratulatory cable to Pope Tawadros yesterday (May 4) bestowing his Easter greetings upon 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.