Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Acting patriarch Bishop Pachomius refused canceling any of the 2008 amendments introduced by late Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III on the rules of divorce and marriage, which confined to divorce only to reasons of adultery and conversion to other faiths. [Mustafá Rahūmah, al-Watan, May 15, p. 3] ...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The village of al-Jamhūd in the Upper Egyptian governorate of al-Minyā has seen a tense day after a Coptic young man converted to Islam. Several local residents said 32-year-old Ayman Yūsuf ‘Ayyād’s family forced him into the house of his mother’s family and tried to bring him to reverse his...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
It is true the government does not have a policy of persecution against Copts but this should not deny the fact that Copts have been suffering from many problems, dilemmas and congesting atmosphere. [Tāriq Hijj, al-Wafd, May 15, p. 2] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
“Our issue now is to achieve justice, freedom, democracy, equality and respect for human rights, on top of which comes citizenship,” said Tayīb during a meeting with Dutch ambassador in Cairo Susan Blankhart on Monday (May 14). [Muhammad ‘Abd al-Khāliq, al-Ahrām, May 15, p. 1] Read original text in...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Siwa oasis is well known and beautiful. Two of our interns went for a trip there and experienced their interesting way of life, and explored the exciting touristic sites.
Date of source: Thursday, June 21, 2018
Following my initial visit to ‘Izbat al-Hajjānah [1], I furthered my research on other issues occurring in the aḥayʾ sha‘abiya of Cairo, or the popular areas where Egypt’s poor are living. The word ‘slum’ is disputed since Egypt does not have the abject poverty such as is seen in for example India...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 13, 2018
German organization Misereor decided not to continue support for the Center for Intercultural Dialogue and Translation (CIDT) after 1 July 2019 for reasons of policy change. CIDT has been supporting the Center for Arab-West Understanding in turn.
Misereor has been good for around 35% of their...
Date of source: Thursday, April 26, 2018
This article was written with the purpose of exploring the overlapping interests between MISEREOR & CIDT/CAWU, which, in my view, explains the many years of cooperation between MISEREOR & CIDT/CAWU. This paper provides a brief overview of both parties, their goals and achievements, and...
Date of source: Monday, January 1, 2007
Sawsan Jabrah Ayyūb Khalīl (Sawsan Gabra) was born in 1963 in Alexandria, Egypt. Jabrah became involved in intercultural and interfaith dialogue when she returned to Egypt with her husband and co-founder of Arab-West Report (founded in 1997); Cornelis Hulsman. Gabra is Coptic Orthodox. She actively...