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Date of source: Saturday, February 26, 2000 to Friday, March 3, 2000
The Monuments and Tourism prosecution service were able to apprehend an antique copy of the Old Testament inside a private car with four suspects (a driver, jeweler, accountant and a merchant) in Shoubra Al-Kheima. The book is an antique and handwritten dating back to the 17th century.
Date of source: Saturday, February 12, 2000 to Friday, February 18, 2000
Those who decided to attack culture issued a report for security bodies against a group of books published by the Supreme Council for Culture under the title ’The National Project for Translation’. The books that angered the issuer of the report are an integral group about women. They are...
Date of source: Sunday, December 26, 1999
The author is dismayed by the book "Women in the Developing World: Thoughts and Ideals" by Bangladeshi feminist writer Hasna Begum in which she claims that, according to Islamic concepts, woman was created for the pleasure of man implying that her life itself is of no value whatsoever, attacks...
Date of source: Monday, November 29, 1999
Prime Minister Dr. Atef Ebeed praised the projects of development and restoration in Old Cairo, which concerns both important Christian and Islamic monuments. The Prime Minister pointed out that these achievements were accomplished during the age of President Mubarak.
Date of source: Sunday, November 28, 1999
An overview of all the sites of the Holy Family with an overview of where currently sites are being restored.
Date of source: Sunday, November 21, 1999
Sidhom publishes a letter of Coptologist Dr. Gawdat Gabra who argues for the foundation of a Coptic Studies Department. He also describes the difficulties in obtaining this.
Date of source: Thursday, November 18, 1999
Over a thousand years ago, the site on which the mosque is built, currently the scene of major renovation efforts, witnessed Sayeda Zeinab’s advent to Egypt. She was described as the "heroine of Karbala’," rallying troops at the battle, providing them with water and food, treating the injured and...
Date of source: Sunday, November 7, 1999
Sidhom discussed a few months ago the subject of establishing a section for Coptic studies in the Egyptian university to teach Coptic language, Coptic history, and Coptic civilization because this is considered an important part of Egypt’s history and present too. The discussion was reopened in...
Date of source: Sunday, October 10, 1999
The efforts to revive the path of the Holy Family and restore all historical sites along the path didn’t stop at traditionally recognized sites only. Also the monastery of Saint Dimyana says it is located on the path of the Holy Family.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 15, 1999
"The artifacts and monuments used by Egypt’s Jews are part of our national heritage. They tell the story of the Jewish community in Egypt over the centuries." This is how Mohsen Abdel-Rahman Rabi’, director of the Department of Jewish Antiquities (DJA) at the Supreme Council of Antiquities,...
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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.