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Date of source: Saturday, February 19, 2011
After the negative tune of last week, naturally people were happy this week. The day that will for a long time remain unforgettable in every memory can be seen and heard in all the contributions of this week, and especially in the images shown in articles 3 and 20.
Date of source: Thursday, February 17, 2011
It will probably only much later that we will understand what a pivotal role the peaceful protests in Tahrir square played for the transformation of an entire region which is still developing.
Date of source: Monday, February 14, 2011
We find it special to experience these events in Egypt. It is, however, not our first such experience. In 1998 we lived in Jakarta and experienced the fall of Suharto, 2nd president of Indonesia (1967-1998). We moved to Macedonia, just when the Kosovo war started. We also experienced the civil war...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 15, 2011
As so many many also Worldvision called us for information. But providing information does not always result in reporting that we would agree to. We introduced Worldvision to a medical doctor who is a good friend of ours. This is what they reported:
Weeks of protests in Egypt in the midst of...
Date of source: Monday, February 14, 2011
Editor: Dr. Nagia Abdelmoghney Said is a longtime member of the board of the Egyptian Moral Rearmament Association, an Egyptian peace movement with Muslim and Christian members. The Egyptian MRA is part of Initiatives of Change in Europe.
Date of source: Monday, February 14, 2011
Editor: Text of the speech of a leading Coptic intellectual at Tahrir Square.
When the 'Prince of Poets' Ahmad Shawqī returned to the homeland from exile in 1920 following the end of the events of the 1919 revolution, he addressed the following verses to the nation:
My nation I have met you...
Date of source: Monday, February 14, 2011
Yesterday, we saw a lot of young people sweeping the sidewalk along the Corniche near Tahrir Square. Today other young people are cleaning our street too, but just sweeping up the dust on the sidewalk, not really collecting the garbage . Meanwhile, the uniformed street sweepers were sitting on...
Date of source: Monday, February 14, 2011
Editor: Many Egyptians have expressed concerns about the continuation of demonstrations following the resignation of president Mubarak because the demonstrations in the past weeks have cost Egypt billions. Ongoing demonstrations would make the financial consequences for the country even graver. The...
Date of source: Thursday, February 10, 2011
Bishop Mūsa writes, there is no doubt that the youth who protested in Tahrīr Square, and other places, were like the sweeping tsunami.
He related the cause to three main reasons: first, the despotism the youth suffered from not being heard by the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP); second,...
Date of source: Sunday, February 13, 2011
As part of its interaction with the protests and demonstrations, the Muslim Brotherhood group issued a statement in which it said that the regime’s reaction to popular demands will determine how long the dialogue will last. This was a reference to the dialogue to which Vice President ‘Umar Sulaymān...
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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.