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Date of source: Monday, April 19, 2021
An episode of the Egyptian Ramadan television series “The Choice 2 [al-Ikhtiyār 2]” has sparked controversy across Arabic media over its depiction of the break-up of the Rābiʿa al-ʿAdawiyya Mosque sit-in in Cairo in 2013.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Abd al-Wahāb Sha’bān writes in Al-Watan that several Coptic organizations, among them “Copts without Restrictions,” “Copts for Egypt,’ and the movement “Civil Rights for Christians,” have announced that they will participate in the 24th of August demonstrations.
Michael Munīr from the “Al-Hayāh”...
Date of source: Saturday, September 28, 2013
Pope Tawadros stated in a TV interview that Egypt cannot be compared to any country in the world and needs a man such as al-Sīsī. He stated that in the past elections the Church has supported Ahmad Shafīq, as he is qualified and has managed the Ministry of Aviation well, which is why they supported...
Date of source: Friday, September 20, 2013
In an interview by Al Wafd newspaper with Samīr Ghatās, the president of the Middle East Forum for Strategic Studies, he stated that the U.S. position pertaining to the Christians in Egypt is flawed with double standards. He said that previously it was not acceptable if the glass of a church was...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 23, 2018
The courts in Egypt are witnessing weird cases every day and some of these cases become part of the collective memory.
One of these cases is the famous case in which the famous Coptic leader of the Wafd Party, Makram ʿUbayd Pasha, or Makram Ebeid, pleaded the case of a Muslim Egyptian citizen, who...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 18, 2014
The Wafd newspaper reported that after the families of al-Dab'ah, Fāyid center, Ismailia governorate published the problems they faced due to not having a proper functioning mosque in their village the Minister of Endowments, Muhammad Mukhtār Jum’ah, punished them through responding to them in an...
Date of source: Friday, June 22, 2012
Meanwhile, the committee overseeing the papal elections postponed interviews with candidates pending the end of a deadline to register voters.
Archbishop Abram of al-Fayoum, a member of the nominations committee, said the challenges against candidates will be received by unregistered voters, adding...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Al-Wafd reports on an interview with Evon Bishry Iqladios, a girl who was injured in the strife of Badrman. Evon was thrown from the balcony of the upper floor of her home by strangers who stormed the house right before Friday prayers on the 29th of November. She stated that no one was capable of...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 8, 2012
According to an application for the papal chair of the Coptic Orthodox Church, candidates must meet 22 conditions including his life before and after monasticism. The eight-page application also includes candidates’ relations to other churches as well as activities in their community and the...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 8, 2012
According to an application for the papal chair of the Coptic Orthodox Church, candidates must meet 22 conditions including his life before and after monasticism. The eight-page application also includes candidates’ relations to other churches as well as activities in their community and the...
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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.