Date of source: Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Researcher Islām Biḥayrī described discussions about reconciliation with the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood as “the crisis of all crises,” from which Egypt and the surrounding region would not recover again. In a long interview with al-Dustūr, Biḥayrī said: the Brotherhood got a proper chance to...
Date of source: Saturday, May 20, 2017
Minister of Culture Ḥilmī al-Namnam expressed his happiness for attending the discussion of the book al-Ṭarīq ilā dāʿish [The Road to ISIS] in the Rose al-Yūsuf Foundation, one of the beacons of freedom [of expression].
Date of source: Sunday, March 12, 2017
The Forum for Dialogue of Cultures of the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services held an intellectual meeting entitled "Egypt for all Egyptians" in one of the hotels of Miṣr al-Jadīda
Date of source: Saturday, March 11, 2017
Ḥilmī Namnam, Minister of Culture, emphasized the role of the Ministry in combating terrorism and radical ideologies through encouraging creativity and developing houses of culture in order to protect the youth from terrorism and extremism. He also stated that terrorism is a global,...
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Fārūq Ḥusnī was Minister of Culture in Egypt from 1987 to 2011. During his tenure, he expanded state-run exhibition spaces and initiated a number of cultural programmes such as the Gezira Arts Centre, Alexandria Centre of Arts, the Cairo History Rehabilitation Project (which included a...
Date of source: Friday, April 26, 2013
Pope Tawadros met with the Minister of Culture, Dr. Muhammad Sābir 'Arab and the Minister of the Environment Dr. Khālid Fahmī just as the yesterday (Apr. 25) he received the Minister of Information, Salāh 'Abd al-Maqsūd, and the Minister of Tourism and President of the Radio and Television Union,...
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Due to the pervasive media reporting both inside Egypt and in the international community, the violent incidents of May 31, 2008 at the Abu Fana Monastery is widely viewed as a sectarian confli
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The issue of church building in Egypt is among the most misunderstood and misreported subjects affecting Muslim-Christian relations.