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Date of source: Thursday, May 1, 2014
Recently, a 35-page essay was published on Facebook by the so-called “Groups Protecting the Peaceful Egyptian Revolution.” The document, however, is not so peaceful and calls for armed resistance against the Egyptian interim-government that came to power after the deposal of former President...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Mother Theoliptie is a Chinese-Canadian Coptic Orthodox nun who has resided at St. Demiana’s Monastery for about 16 years. Her story is one of remarkable change from Buddhism to Coptic Orthodoxy. She quit her job as a pharmacist in Toronto and entered the monastery at age 27. I have met with...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Dr. Enan Galaly, having the Knight of Dannebrog title bestowed by Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, Ambassador of Historical Relations between Denmark and the Middle East and chairman of the Advisory Council for the International Association of University Presidents worldwide, and...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Are you crazy? For sure? Why Cairo? These were some of the questions my family and friends (especially family) asked me when I first told them about my internship at the Center for Arab-West Understanding (CAWU), a center for intercultural dialogue, here in Maadi, Cairo.Of course, prior to...
Date of source: Monday, April 15, 2013
I arrived in Cairo in the first week of February, shortly after I had finished with my undergraduate school in Vienna, Austria. I was looking for a working experience that was relevant to my studies, and, luckily, found a research internship at an NGO, Center for Arab West Understanding. I was, of...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 15, 2014
I was with other interns of the Center for Arab-West Understanding and we were the guests of Mr. Maged Zarif, manager of the Fayoum Oasis Company for pottery. The Center asked him to show us his work in the Fayoum Oasis and how they are helping local people to improve their lives.
To read the...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 26, 2014
In its dispatch no. 5657 MEMRI focuses on the mutual accusations between supporters of the current regime and the Muslim Brotherhood. “Each camp accuses members of the other camp of being Jewish and of implementing the Protocols of the Elders of Zion.” The MEMRI report is full of examples from both...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 4, 2014
In the article below Center for Arab-West Understanding board member Dr. Nabīl Hilmy mentions many important changes that Egypt needs.
Date of source: Sunday, November 24, 2013
‘Izzat al-Salamunī is a member of Jamā’ah al-Islāmīyah’s Cairo Guidance Council. He hails from Salamun village in the district of Tīmah, in the governorate of Suhag in Upper Egypt. He graduated from the Azhar University in Cairo with a degree in commerce. He has adult children from his first wife,...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 12, 2013
In February 2013 Arab-West Report researched the small but controversial Islamist movement known as the Salafī-Jihadis. An interview was procured with Ahmed ‘Ashūsh, one of their leading figures and a colleague of Muhammad al-Zawāhirī, brother of Ayman, the leader of al-Qā’idah. A summary of this...
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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.