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Date of source: Saturday, December 1, 2007 to Friday, December 7, 2007
In the wake of two important conferences held recently in Cairo about citizenship rights and democracy, Diana al-Dab‘ examines the role of Copts in diaspora in these two conferences.
Date of source: Sunday, December 2, 2007
The author quotes a statement of a human rights group, in which it defends the Coptic businessman Najīb Sawirus’s right to express his opinion. A few weeks ago, Sawirus was reported as attacking the Ḥijāb along with other features of religious extremism.
Date of source: Sunday, December 2, 2007
The article discusses a recent meeting between King ‘Abd Allāh of Saudi Arabia, and Pope Benedict XVI, the first meeting of its kind, and the implications that this meeting has.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 20, 2007
The author records changes that have happened in Egyptian society, wondering about reasons that prompt Egyptians to abandon all the features of their own culture, traditions and even patriotism.
Date of source: Sunday, November 11, 2007
The Muftī of Egypt faced a storm of criticism following his ’controversial’ remarks about the Egyptian youths who died on the Italian shores while trying to cross the border illegally in search of a better life, in which he condemned their illegal acts and refused to consider them martyrs.
Date of source: Sunday, November 4, 2007
The author – Minerva Sa‘d – reports on the phenomenon of numerous churches getting involved in displaying promotions for the U.S. green card lottery and some churches providing a service of filling in online applications for people. The author then wonders whether churches encourage Christians to...
Date of source: Sunday, September 30, 2007
The article discusses the story of an Egyptian woman who filed a police report against two of her Saudi Arabian neighbors after they attacked her and her family. Subsequently, the woman discovered that the police were very reluctant to take any action against the women.
Date of source: Sunday, September 30, 2007
In the article the author comments on what he sees as the changes in Egyptian society in recent decades.
Date of source: Monday, September 10, 2007
Progress achieved in any Egyptian village is a part of the progress of Egypt as a whole. Some ministers and principals in the Egyptian government waste the state’s money on their personal luxuries. The author denounces the injustice followed in tackling the Coptic issues.
Date of source: Saturday, September 8, 2007 to Friday, September 14, 2007
Waḥīd Ḥāmid compares the Islamic Justice and Development Party [AKP] in Turkey, which has reached power, and the Muslim Brotherhood group in Egypt. He believes that the Turkish party has managed to attain power by concerning themselves with the real problems of people, unlike Islamists in Egypt...
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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.