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Date of source: Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Dutch lawyer, André Seebregts filed on behalf of four Dutch citizens of Egyptian origin, a case on Thursday, September 18 to the Dutch general prosecution against Egyptian Minister of Interior Mohamed Ibrahim [Muhammad Ibrahīm], former President ‘Adly Mansour and former Prime Minister Hazem El-...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 24, 2014
On a trip to the village of Qufada in Upper Egypt, Intern Jonathan Vink became fascinated with the art of tattooing, which has a rich heritage within the Coptic demonination population of Egypt. This article is a product of his curiousity on the subject, which is also published with Egypt Today.
Date of source: Thursday, September 11, 2014
In a piece for Egypt Today, AWR reseacher Yosra El Gendi explains the need for dialogue to solve the disagreements between a number of Egyptian NGOs and the Egyptian government. These disagreements began in mid-2014 when an advertisement in Al-Ahram stated that all NGOs in Egypt must register...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 3, 2014
The year 2014. A very dark page in the history of the Arab region. ISIS on the rise, more than 2000 people killed in Gaza, the civil war in Syria still ongoing, the stories we hear and the pictures we see can make us doubt whether there is still hope. However, after having spent a week in Dhour...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 3, 2014
From August 17-24 the Forum for Development, Culture and Dialogue (FDCD) organized its 10th annual International Work and Study Camp under the title “Promoting Peace through Inter-religious Dialogue.” Farah de Haan from our Center for Arab-West Understanding participated and wrote about her...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 1, 2014
AWR: On June 29, our friend Dr. Mahmūd ‘Azab (Mahmoud Azzab) suddenly passed away. He meant a lot to Arab-West Report. Intern Alastair White translated this article about him.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Intern Aidan and Cornelis Hulsman interviewed Dr. Mahmūd ‘Azab (Mahmoud Azzab) on June 19, 2013 about the Bayt Al-‘A’ila (Bayt al-Aila), the Azhar initiated center for Muslim-Christian dialogue. Bayt Al-‘A’ila is Arabic for House of the Family, that is presenting Muslims and Christians in Egypt as...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Dr. Mahmūd ‘Azab was the Advisor of the Azhar’s Grand Imām for Dialogue Affairs and Director of the Azhar’s Center of Dialogue. He passed away on Sunday June 29, 2014, at the age of 59, due to a heart attack. He was a staunch advocate for dialogue and was outspoken about the need to renew the...
Date of source: Monday, August 19, 2013
A specter is haunting Egypt: the specter of social apartheid. We thought that the revolution had swept away the old barriers between the Egyptian social classes, but my experience in Ezbet Al-Hagana led me to question this assumption.
In order to examine the validity of...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 19, 2014
The Emarat Al-Insan (buildings of people) is a non-governmental Organization (NGO) that was founded in September 2005. The main founders were architect Nagwa Raouf and her daughter Maha, who are deeply motivated to use their skills to help improving the housing of the poor. The Foundation was 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.