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Date of source: Sunday, December 15, 2024
In his homily, Patriarch Yoḥannā X of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and the East, reflects on the future of Syria after the fall of Bashār al-Asad and the Asad regime in Syria in early December 2024. The sermon was delivered on December 15th at St. Mary’s (Mariamite) Cathedral in...
Date of source: Friday, December 13, 2024
Since the overthrow of Bashār al-Assad and the Syrian Baʿath Party, many people have been feeling joyful and optimistic – not just in Syria, but across the Middle East and the rest of the world. However, this optimism has been closely followed by feelings of uncertainty about a future under new...
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Intercultural and interreligious dialogue brought Cornelis Hulsman from a conservative Christian Reformed bubble in the Netherlands to a deeply ecumenical attitude, refraining from absolutist statements about faith since any religion is the outcome of a human search for meaning in life.
Date of source: Sunday, September 11, 2022
Prof. Dr. Hassan Wagieh [Ḥassan Wajīh] is a Professor Emeritus, Linguistics Department, Faculty of Languages, at the prestigious Azhar University in Egypt. Prof. Wajīh is a long-time friend of Cornelis Hulsman, editor-in-chief of Arab-West Report/Dialogue Across Borders. In April 2022 Hulsman...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 5, 2020
In this op-ed, the author argues that ignoring the local and sectarian nature of the Armenian and Syriac genocides comes at the risk of having these sentiments resurface again. He then focuses on how these events tie with the situation on the ground for Christians in Turkey and Syria and the...
Date of source: Sunday, March 16, 2014
The 13 nuns of Mar Taqlā monastery in addition to three ladies that used to work in the monastery in Ma’lūla, Syria have been released.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 10, 2017
In 1889 [translators note: this date is most likely a typing mistake, correct date unknown] in one of Damascus’ streets, I picked up a photograph of a blind Muslim named Muḥammad carrying on his back this disabled Christian dwarf named Samīr.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 10, 2010
CIDT Intern Hibah Mutāwi‘ interviews the founder of the Islamic Hotline service....
Date of source: Tuesday, November 2, 2010
In this final installment of a three part series on the life of Nasr Hāmid Abū Zayd, Professor Stefan Wild of Bonn University paints a picture of the life and work of the late Egyptian scholar....
Date of source: Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Cornelis Hulsman's farewell speech given at Cairo University in June 2009.
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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.