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Date of source: Tuesday, May 16, 2000
Al-Shaab launched an attack on the Minister of Culture in several articles in the same issue. Several writers have contributed to this attack in the May 16, issue. Adel Hussein commented on the threats of closing down the Labor Party saying, "Threats of closing down the Party, stopping the paper or...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 17, 2000
The writer of this article wonders why the Ministry of Culture doesn’t publish the works of Egyptian writers first. How could they publish the work of an unknown Syrian writer, while the young writers in Egypt are facing great difficulties in getting their works published.
Date of source: Friday, May 19, 2000
The Attorney General announced that the statement issued by the Azhar Islamic Research Institute regarding the novel "A Banquet for Seaweed" will be considered by the Supreme State Security Prosecution. He had also received a note from Farouq Hosni, Minister of Culture, regarding the same issue. In...
Date of source: Saturday, May 13, 2000 to Friday, May 19, 2000
In a quick interview with the Egyptian Minister of Culture, he confirmed that he understood that the Labor Party is now in charge of the preaching mission for extremism. Regarding the statement of Ahmed Omar Hashem, in which he urged the burning of the book, the Minister was shocked, as it reveals...
Date of source: Thursday, May 11, 2000
The Minister of Culture, Farouq Hosni, reiterated his previous statement on the controversial novel and asserted that the allegation that the Ministry could approve such publications is outrageous and may be a sort of political profiteering.
Similar articles appeared in Al-Ahram (p.1), Al-Akhbar (...
Date of source: Monday, May 8, 2000 to Thursday, May 11, 2000
The news paper asked the Minister of Culture to resign as a way to apologize for printing and financing tens of books that are against morality, including "Banquette for Seaweed", and for giving many contradictory declarations.
Date of source: Monday, May 8, 2000 to Thursday, May 11, 2000
Hundreds of people gathered at the conference of the Labor Party to protest and condemn the controversial novel "Banquet for the Seaweed". They urged the state to destitute the Minister of Culture. Adel Hussein, the secretary-general of the Labor Party, claimed that there is a Zionist plan and...
Date of source: Thursday, May 11, 2000
Afaq Arabia ran an article by Abdullah Al-Tahawy saying that some weak and uncreative writers find insulting Islamic values the shortest way to be famous. Some writers want their books to be banned, then they can run to Human Rights Groups and the Leftists and start wailing about the lack of...
Date of source: Friday, May 12, 2000
Al-Shaab carried out a fierce campaign against the novel "Banquet for the Seaweed". It opened with an article which stated that the people’s outrage against the Minister of Culture has transferred from the Azhar University to the Faculty of Islamic Studies. Page 3 showed the opinion of some...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 9, 2000
Subtitle: The Minister of Culture: We don’t approve of any form of blasphemy
Groups of the Azhar University students gathered near midnight on May 7 at the Azhar University City to proclaim their opposition to the work of Haider Haider " Banquet for the Seaweed". The Minister of Culture explained...
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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.