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Date of source: Wednesday, April 3, 2013
On Wednesday, April 27th, we've had the pleasure to show the movie "One Hand", a film produced by Johnny and Rebecca Weixler with help of contacts provided by Arab-West Report. The film had been earlier presented and well received at the well-attended MESA Film Festival in Denver, Colorado, USA....
Date of source: Tuesday, January 19, 2010
The article at hand revolves around the death sentence against Hammām al-Kamūnī, who killed six Coptic worshippers coming out of a church last Christmas, on January 6, 2010. While the article criticizes the court’s slow examination, it welcomes the harsh sentence, which sets an example of how...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 18, 2011
On Sunday, an emergency tribunal sentenced Hammām al-Kamūnī to death for his part in last year’s slaying of seven people outside a church in the Upper Egyptian town of Naj‘ Hammādī. * Egyptian newspaper coverage of the court ruling continued on Tuesday, but on a more limited scale than in previous...
Date of source: Monday, January 17, 2011
An Egyptian emergency tribunal has sentenced Hammām al-Kamūnī to death for his part in the Christmas killing of six Christian worshippers and a Muslim police officer outside a church in Naj‘ Hammādī in January of 2010. Al-Kamūnī ‘s sentence will now be sent to the Grand Muftī for confirmation.
Date of source: Sunday, November 4, 2012
Another session in the trial of the suspects in the case of the attacks in Naj‘ Hammādī was scheduled for April 18, 2010. The suspects’ defense refuted the decision to refer the case to the State Security court, asking instead to refer it to the Supreme Constitutional Court. One of the three...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Al-Wafd interviews Sāmih ‘Āshūr, former head of the Lawyers’ Syndicate and vice-president of the Arab Democratic Nasserist Party and the lawyer for the victims of Naj‘ Hammādī, who talks about sectarian fitnah.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Head of the Egyptian Organization for human Rights files a claim against MP ‘Abd al-Rahīm al-Ghūl.
Date of source: Sunday, January 24, 2010
This article summarizes the incident of Nag Hammadi on Christmas Eve, and the charges issued against the assailants. The three men who are charged with the shooting will go on trial on the 13th of February for a number of charges, a single one warranting the death sentence. The article also...
Date of source: Sunday, January 17, 2010
Following the killing of 6 Christians in Najc Hammādī, Watani International publishes reports rioting in nearby Bahgura, where Coptic shops and homes were reportedly attacked and set alight.
Date of source: Sunday, January 10, 2010
Watani International reports on the incidents in Naj‘ Hammādī, listing the names of the dead and giving background about the threats reportedly received by Copts over revenge for the alleged rape of a Muslim girl in Farshūt. The article closes comparing the outrage over the killing of Marwa al-...
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.