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Date of source: Sunday, February 14, 2010
This article examines the relationship between Muslims and Christians in Egypt, looking at the difference between the past and current relations especially. Both moderate Christians and Muslims are interviewed, and say that because of rising extremism there have been more sectarian incidents within...
Date of source: Sunday, February 7, 2010
This article reflects on the recent flooding in parts of Upper Egypt, the Red Sea Coast, and Sinai, and compares it to very similar flooding that occurred in 1994. In 1994 there were supposed to be precautions set in place so that this type of devastation would not be witnessed again, or could at...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 to Wednesday, March 17, 2010
“Don’t cry for me, mother; to a martyr you’ve given birth.
Murderers killed your son, on a night of Christmas mirth.”
These lines of poetry were crafted for the fortieth day memorial service held for the six young Egyptian Christians randomly gunned down while exiting a Coptic Christmas Eve mass,...
Date of source: Sunday, January 31, 2010
This article gives an in-depth account of the events in Najc Hammādī on the Coptic Christmas Eve. It includes a number of first hand accounts of the shooting, as well as interviews from the victims’ families. It also follows the victims from the shooting, to the hospital in Najc Hammādī, to Sohag...
Date of source: Sunday, January 31, 2010
This article pertains to the status of Human Rights in Egypt, through the reporting of the US-based Human Rights Watch. A report from the HRW states that human rights in Egypt are deteriorating for a number of different groups throughout the country. Religious discrimination of Copts and Baha’is...
Date of source: Sunday, January 24, 2010
This article deals with the multiple examples of Christian harassment by Muslims in Egypt, as well as in Malaysia. The incidents of Nag Hammadi in 2009, and the murder of 21 Copts in the village of el-Kusheh in 2000 are compared. However, the attack in Nag Hammadi is different than others because...
Date of source: Sunday, January 24, 2010
This article summarizes the effects of the flash floods on January 18th, 2010, throughout Egypt. Many were killed, and even more were displaced by the torrential rains. Many houses and buildings were also destroyed by the flooding. The flooding affected many places in the Sinai peninsula as well as...
Date of source: Friday, January 22, 2010
This article explains the lawsuit filed by Coptic lawyers against President Mubārak and the Qena governor.
Date of source: Sunday, January 24, 2010
This article summarizes the incident of Nag Hammadi on Christmas Eve, and the charges issued against the assailants. The three men who are charged with the shooting will go on trial on the 13th of February for a number of charges, a single one warranting the death sentence. The article also...
Date of source: Friday, January 22, 2010
The author reflects on and offers an in-depth analysis of the incident of Naj‘ Hammādī, in an attempt to answer the question “Who killed the Copts?”
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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.