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Date of source: Sunday, February 13, 2011
Statement of the Anna Lindh Foundation
Alexandria; 13 February 2011: The Anna Lindh Foundation considers of historical importance the events which are taking place in the Euro-Mediterranean region, and particularly the democratic change which has been undertaken by the people of Egypt after 18...
Date of source: Friday, February 11, 2011
Editor: AWR received this text before President Mubarak announced he would step down. Nothing in the media indicated that this could happen tonight, yet it did.
Ever since the demonstrations began on January 25, men of religion have been stressing the importance of them not being transformed from...
Date of source: Thursday, February 10, 2011
According to the Pew Research Center, US media attention for the Egyptian protests has exceeded every foreign policy story over the last four years, commanding 56% of all news coverage. While initially surprising, upon reflection this story hits at the conjunction of many popular flashpoints:...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 9, 2011
I was invited a few days ago to Egyptian state television, to take part in the program “Good Morning Egypt,” to comment on the protests in Tahrir Square, and to comment on Iranian statements on the Nile News Channel. Iranian Foreign Minister ‘Alī Akbar Salhi had said that the “revolution” in Egypt ...
Date of source: Monday, February 7, 2011
Editor: New managing director Hani Labib describes the background of almost two weeks of rioting in Egypt.
In February 2009, President Husni Mubarak approved Police Day, which comes on January 25 each year, as an official holiday for employees of the state and the Public Sector. Police Day marks...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Jayson Casper previews the "Day of Wrath," a protest by Egyptian opposition parties that corresponds with Egypt's Police Day holiday...
Date of source: Saturday, January 22, 2011
Inspired by Tunisian Muhammad Bu‘Āzīzī, who burned himself and thereby triggered the Tunisian “Jasmine Revolt,” several Egyptians have set themselves ablaze during the last week.
“Egypt has not witnessed this phenomenon before, and never saw murder and killings like now,” said Shaykh Salāh ‘Abū...
Date of source: Friday, January 21, 2011
The Egyptian Gazette reports that Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood groups says that the same reasons and motivations that caused the recent uprising in Tunisia are present in Egypt, as well.
They perceive the Tunisian developments as a message to oppressive Arab leaders and call the Egyptian government...
Date of source: Thursday, January 20, 2011
The article discusses the Tunisia inspired self-torching in Egypt, which has so far been limited to Muslim men. It emphasized that “all the divine religions condemn a person, who commits suicide as a non-believer”. Furthermore, the article at hand points out that since the Tunisia events suicide...
Date of source: Monday, January 17, 2011
The following is a listing of articles that fit the AWR Selection Criteria, but have not been translated:
Headline: Wafd Party Enters Presidential Elections with Coptic Candidate Source: Al-Jumhūrīyah Page: 1 Author: Safwat ‘Umrān Keywords: Wafd political party, 2011 presidential elections...
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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.