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Date of source: Thursday, January 13, 2011
On Tuesday, an off-duty Egyptian police officer reportedly opened fire on a train in the southern province of Minya, killing one Christian and injuring 5 others. Today's Egyptian newspapers mostly emphasized that the assailant was allegedly mentally unstable and that his motives were not...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Wednesday's Egyptian newspaper coverage of the Alexandria church bombing focuses on speculation regarding who may be behind the attack. But some are accusing the Egyptian media of competing to identify the responsible party, according to AWR's Hānī Hamdī...
Date of source: Monday, January 3, 2011
Diyā’ Rashwān, a researcher at al-Ahrām Center for Political and Strategic Studies, gives special attention in al-Shurūq to the stylistic features of the terrorist attack outside the Two Saints Church, Saint Mark and Pope Peter in Alexandria.
According to Rashwān, the bombing carries the...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 4, 2011
AWR's Hānī Hamdī continues to survey Egyptian newspaper coverage of the Alexandria church bombing. He reports that Tuesday's coverage focused primarily on Coptic protests, which continue in different areas of Egypt some three days after the attack...
Date of source: Sunday, December 19, 2010
Mahrūs talks about an article by ‘Abd al-Nāsir Salāmah in al-Ahrām that he says is based on reports by extremist websites known for their negative attitudes towards Copts.
He says that the report created a crisis, causing the newspaper to apologize and publish a large number of articles responding...
Date of source: Friday, December 17, 2010
Participants at a forum held by the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services on Friday called upon the People's Assembly to take up the idea of forming a social charter on citizenship and dialogue, as well as to work toward passage of legislation to confront those who stir Fitnah Tā’...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Al-Wafd Party General Secretary Munīr Fakhrī ‘Abd al-Nūr said in a press conference held by al-Ahrām newspaper that there are seven basic safeguards that need to be provided in order to guarantee the fairness of the upcoming parliamentary elections. He also demanded the state close “back doors,"...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Priest Abdel Messih Baseet called the news of Kamilia's upcoming appearance on television a mere speculation based on the Pope's interview with Al-Ahram newspaper. On the other hand, Hany Aziz assured Amr Adeeb that Kamilia would definitely appear on television starting with the Al-Yawm channel...
Date of source: Sunday, June 6, 2010
This is a series of various recent articles with Copts making the headlines.
Date of source: Sunday, March 14, 2010
This article describes a conference held in Sharm al-Sheikh organized by the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services. The director of the CEOSS, Nabil Abadir, stated that the purpose of the conference was to discuss “the tragic cultural dilemma Egypt is living through, hoping to build...
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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.