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Date of source: Sunday, April 6, 2008
The author investigates a number of Christian newspapers that have become mere advertising spaces on account of their supposed spiritual and instructive messages.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Drs. Hulsman’s report discusses the state of past and present relations between Muslims and Christians in Egypt. The paper opens by giving information about Pope Shenouda III and the most important incidents that have taken place during his reign. The second half of the paper then looks at specific...
Date of source: Sunday, May 6, 2007
The following press review presents the titles of Christian publications published in Egypt by various Christian denominations.
Date of source: Sunday, January 28, 2007
The following lines represent an interview with Ibrāhīm Sālim al-Tarzī who translated many of the Apocrypha Gospels. al-Tarzī reveals information about the Apocrypha and considers the texts to be an important piece of Coptic literature.
Date of source: Sunday, September 24, 2006
The author emphasizes the importance of monastic life for the Coptic Orthodox Church. It describes its history and gives suggestions for boosting monastic life.
Date of source: Sunday, July 20, 1997
Ibrahim Sabri writes in Watani, July 20 1997 that ancient pharaonic
and Coptic art exposed at an
exhibition in Switzerland was not taken out of Egypt in the 17th and 18th centuries,
but was stolen at the
beginning of the 20th century. The most important artefacts are described.
Date of source: Sunday, July 23, 2006
The author describes the Coptic Orthodox church at VilleJuif, just beyond the city center of Paris, particularly noting the resurrection mosaic on its facade and the work of the famous Coptic iconographer Adel Nassief.
Date of source: Monday, October 6, 2003
The author discusses the reasons behind keeping the relics of saints in churches and monasteries. He raises many questions about how relics are known to belong to a certain saint. Are there complete relics of saints that have not been decayed?
Date of source: Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Historically, in Al-Bahnasa alone, some twenty thousands nuns lived in convents. Many convents were also built in Fayoum, Cairo, Alexandria, and Lower Egypt in general during the fifth century. Most of these convents were destroyed during the Mamluk age In Cairo, four convents only survived.
Date of source: Saturday, April 3, 2004
For the first time in 27 years, Pope Shenouda III visited the governorates of Upper Egypt, amid warm welcomes from the populace of Upper Egypt, both Muslims and Christians. The Upper Egyptian population gave the image of the cohesive fabric of the nation, which confirms the falsity of rumors [that...
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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.