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Date of source: Tuesday, March 8, 2016
On February 11, the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) board of directors issued a warning not to travel to Egypt for study and/or research. Our Center for Arab-West Understanding disagrees. The brutal murder of Italian PhD student Giulio Regeni is a great tragedy, first of all for his family,...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Egyptian Human Rights Organisation requests the recruitment of as many people as possible in order to combat terrorism
After the terrorist attacks in Kafr el-Sheikh, North Sinai, East Fayoum and Qalyubia, the Egyptian organisation for human rights have requested that every possible person is...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Egyptian organisation for human rights condemn terrorist acts in Egyptian governorates
The Egyptian organisation for human rights has condemned the criminal acts of terrorism that took place in the governorates of Kafr al-Sheikh, North Sinai, East Faiyum and Qalyubia, which resulted in the deaths...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Human Rights Organisation condemns incidents of terrorism
Egyptian Human Rights Organisation has condemned incidents of terrorism that have taken place in the governorates Kafr Al-Shaykh, North Sinai, Fayūm and Qaluybia. These events claimed several victims, including citizens and military...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 4, 2015
At least four police officers were killed on Wednesday morning when a suicide bomer detonated an explosives-packed vehicle next to a police club in northern Sinai, according to the Egyptian state news media. The Islamic State's local affiliate, called Sinai Province, claimed responsibility for the...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 28, 2015
In a tweet he posted today, former minister of state for parliamentary affairs in the Muslim Brotherhood's cabinet of Hishām Qandīl, Muhammad Mahsūb describes the extension of the state of emergency on the Egyptian peninsula as a constitutional violation, reflecting a policy that destructs Egypt's...
Date of source: Sunday, August 3, 2014
Many authors in Egyptian media are discussing how the iron fist security policies of the government, without holding a dialogue among political groups, have assisted in the radicalization of some insurgent groups in Sinai towards terrorism. The continuation of these iron fist polices, without...
Date of source: Thursday, March 22, 2012
I. Introduction
In 2007, Rā’id al-Sharqāwī, a retired Egyptian coast guard intelligence officer, provided former intern Maria Rezzonico figures on the number of Copts in Egypt by governorate. These numbers were never published and so, in December of 2011, Ra’ed was interviewed once more to compile...
Date of source: Sunday, April 20, 2008
Final results of the elections held on April 8 are pending announcement. The article discusses voter turnout, and the reactions of voters after the elections.
Date of source: Friday, May 5, 2006
This press review deals with the history of the al-
Tawhīd Wa al-Jihād organization,
which is blamed for the deadly bomb attacks on the tourist
resort of Dahab in Sinai that killed a number of
Egyptians and foreigners and wounded many others.
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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.