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Date of source: Sunday, November 12, 2006
The convent of the church Abū Sayfayn experienced, last Wednesday, the death of the famous nun Īrīnī. Many people gathered to pay her their last tribute.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
After a Supreme Council of Antiquities decision to execute urgently a fire protection system, a decision was made by the department of antiquities to terminate all restoration works, exposing the whole area to fire danger.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 4, 2006
Restoration works on the Hanging Church and the Coptic Museum were stopped
suddenly because of financial reasons.
The whole area is in danger of fire damage, for it is not
protected.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Al-
Maydān publishes the Supreme Council of Antiquities’ resolution no.
2129, dated July 18, 2006,
which calls for immediate restoration of the Hanging Church in Old Cairo.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 20, 2006
The author
discusses Bishop Yūhannā al-
Naqyūsī’s historical account of the seventh century
Arabian conquest of Egypt and refutes the claims
mentioned either by him or the Abyssinian translator about the
brutality of the Arabs when they entered
Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 20, 2006
The article is analyzes the
crisis
being experienced by the Mār Girgis church and attributes it to the fishy relationship between a
powerful
bazaar owner and corrupt officials.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 29, 1997
Subtitle:What is going on within the church?The real story about the excommunicated Monk
Danial El-Baramousi, and Monk AghathonWhy didn’t the excommunicated fathers speak about the real
reasons
for their excommunication?El-Watani newspaper examines the reasons for the
excommunication of...
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: Friday, September 15, 2006
This article discusses how the conditions of Coptic and Jewish monuments
are
neglected and gives examples of well-known churches and synagogues.
Date of source: Thursday, August 31, 2006
The author discusses
the problems facing the Hanging
Church as priests accuse a Christian businessman of encroaching on the sanctity of
the church by building
bazaars in front of the Mār Girgis church. Some point an accusing finger at the
Supreme Council of
Antiquities for supporting the...
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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.