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Date of source: Sunday, September 9, 2018
[AWR: Comfort Dickson interviewed a Tunisian female humanitarian and wrote here about how she experienced this interview]
Date of source: Friday, April 3, 2015
Mahmūd al-Sharbīnī, the President of the Center for Vocational Training, said that their vocational training program leads to economic and social empowerment for Egyptian women. The program aims to create new horizons and build new economic and social opportunities for women by training women and...
Date of source: Monday, July 14, 2008
This article defends Nawwāl al-Sa‘dāwī from the criticism received over her autobiography, stating that her detractors have not read her work and distort her message.
Date of source: Saturday, February 23, 2008 to Friday, February 29, 2008
Sāmīyah Sādiq reports on a complaint of students from the Women's College at Ain Shams University that they are not allowed to enter their college's swimming pool.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 19, 2008
The article talks about the current contest between Islamists and secularists of Turkey over a recent constitutional amendment that has aimed at the removal of the ban on wearing the hijāb in universities.
Date of source: Friday, February 8, 2008
The Turkish Parliament approved a draft law that allows women to wear the hijāb at Turkish universities. While advocates of the law consider it a step forward, opponents believe that it is a threat to the secular nature of the Turkish republic.
Date of source: Monday, June 5, 2006
Thuraya al-Shahrī discusses the current
educational system in Saudi Arabia. She criticizes "male only" universities and stresses the importance of
female
education for future generations.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 24, 2006
The article deals with religious reform in the Arab
world as a first step on the road to
progress amidst formidable problems concerning national income, unemployment,
poverty, illiteracy and lack
of basic education for children.
Date of source: Thursday, July 28, 2005
The US Department of State announced that it has started an experimental program financed by USAID to educate Pakistani girls. The program aims to promote critical thinking and to counter girls’ shyness.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 26, 2001
The Administrative Court annulled the decision of the Azhar University to differentiate between male and female students concerning the admission to top faculties. The court also annulled the decision to accept male students in the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Pharmacy with lesser grades...
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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.