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Date of source: Sunday, July 8, 2007
The author reviews a publication entitled, ‘Treasures of Coptic Art,’ that was released concurrently with the re-opening of the Coptic Museum in Cairo. She highlights factors of the book.
Date of source: Sunday, July 1, 2007
The following article presents an interview with Coptic Catholic Metropolitan Kyrillos William, bishop of Assuit. Metropolitan William speaks about the Coptic Catholic Church in Egypt in general and Assiut in particular. He provides information about the number of Coptic Catholics in Egypt and the...
Date of source: Saturday, June 30, 2007
Pope Shenouda will not assign Bishop Bimen to assume control of the Luxor Bishopric and the security advised lawyer Mamdūḥ Nakhlah not to organize a demonstration.
Date of source: Saturday, June 23, 2007
Allegations in Alexandria resulted in Christians and Muslims throwing stones and bottles at each other.
Christian scholar Muná Makram ‘Ubayd sees under-representation of Copts in political functions as the main reason to expect an escalation in the crisis between state and church Youssef Sidhom...
Date of source: Monday, June 18, 2007
Policemen used tear gas to separate the angry protestors sparked by a decision to repeat the elections between two nominees in Qinā one of the nominees represented the Bedouins and was nominated by the ruling National Democratic Party, and the other was an independent nominee, also a member of the...
Date of source: Sunday, June 17, 2007
The author comments on the recent Shūrá Council’s mid-term elections. He believes that the coverage of the election was mediocre, and that poor press coverage of events is helping to further distance the concept of citizenship.
Date of source: Monday, June 18, 2007
Victor Wahīb Fām was the only Coptic candidate who ran for the Shūrá Council elections of al-Fayyūm governorate, but security pressure forced him to concede his candidacy in favor of the National Democratic Party candidate Hānī Sayf al-Naṣr.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 6, 2007
A Copt was forced to withdraw from the Shūrá Council elections in the interest of the nominee of the ruling National Democratic Party. While the church urges Coptic youth to lead a positive role in public life and calls to establish a Muslim-Christian committee for this aim, many Coptic thinkers...
Date of source: Sunday, June 10, 2007
The author reviews a recent article published in al-Dustūr regarding Muslim and Christian houses of worship. A poll was conducted to see how many Muslim worshipers had entered churches, and how many Christian worshipers had entered mosques. It highlighted their impressions of the respective places...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Days before the Shūrá Council elections, the electoral campaigns have witnessed heated battles between the candidates of the Muslim Brotherhood and the ruling National Democratic Party. Both struggling blocks have accused each other of violating the law and showing religious references on their...
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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.