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Date of source: Thursday, December 1, 2011
In The Name Of God Most Gracious Most Merciful Our beloved country, Egypt, is going through a very critical transitional period after the 25th of January peaceful revolution. The current situation is very critical and demands a lot of wisdom and self-restraint. We are facing many challenges,...
Date of source: Saturday, December 10, 2011
News is almost never as it appears. On December 1st I went with investigative researcher and former lieutenant with the Egyptian coastal security Intelligence Rā’id al-Sharqāwī to Tahrīr square. The square is currently blocked for traffic by perhaps 2,000 demonstrators asking people wanting to...
Date of source: Saturday, December 3, 2011
I’ve never thought for a single moment on January 28, 2011, known as the Friday of Anger, while I was marching with hundreds of thousands others screaming at the top of our lungs “Down with Mubārak!” that I was only paving the way for Islamists to make it to the corridors of power.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 29, 2011
As an American Christian in Egypt I find that I instinctively view events here through the following lens: Liberals are the good guys, Islamists are the bad guys, and the army is somewhere in between, perhaps neutral, perhaps not. Complicated times beg for simplistic narratives, and this one...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Islamic movements continued their preparations for participation in the Friday of identity and stability in a million-man protest due to be staged in Tahrīr Square and other major squares across Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, November 7, 2011
Maspero's youth union decided to organize a celebration to pay a tribute to the Maspero martyrs next Friday starting at 2 p.m. in the yard of Saint Morcos Cathedral in 'Abbāsīyah followed by another funerary march at 3 p.m. heading from the Cathedral to Tahrīr Square accompanied by music and...
Date of source: Monday, October 10, 2011
Date of source: Friday, September 30, 2011
The National Association for Change, al-Wafd Party, al-Wasat (Centrist) Party, the Maspero Youth Movement and other Coptic organisations and political groups announced their participation in the 'Friday of Reclaiming the Revolution' protests in Tahrīr square to express rejection against...
Date of source: Sunday, September 11, 2011
Seven months since the beginning of the Egyptian revolution, the nation is still in the process of democratic transition, and the focus of the world has greatly receded. The events of September 9 could threaten to draw back the world’s eye, and possibly serve to confirm many misgivings held...
Date of source: Sunday, August 21, 2011
Three Egyptians churches have warned Israel about the reaction of Egypt after the revolution of January 25. Dr. Andrea Zaki, Vice President of Egypt's Evangelical denomination, stressed the need to stand firmly in the face of the Israeli enemy, and to reconsider the peace treaty in order to...
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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.