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Date of source: Monday, July 2, 2012
Coptic circles have been lately preoccupied with the figure to be vice president, comparing some effective names like incumbent Minister of Tourism Munīr Fakhrī ‘Abd al-Nūr, thinker and political researcher Samīr Marqus, activist Michael Meunir and former lawmaker Georgette Qillīnī. [‘Abd al-Wahāb...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 28, 2016
John R. Bradley, a British author and journalist best known for his 2008 book Inside Egypt: the Land of the Pharaohs on the Brink of a Revolution, identifies the Egyptian revolution of 1952 as “a failed revolution” that ended Egypt’s belle époque of the 1930s and 1940s’ cultural heyday. The author...
Date of source: Sunday, June 10, 2012
On June 11, 2012, the Egyptian People's Assembly will discuss a report by its Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee, dealing with the criteria for selection of the members of the Constituent Assembly.
Meanwhile, the People's Assembly is receiving nominations for membership of the...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 28, 2012
The Coptic Orthodox Church's Holy Synod formed an 18-member committee that will make a list of nominees for the patriarchic chair.
Clergymen on the committee included Bishop Hīdrā of Aswan, Bishop Benjamin of Monufia, Bishop Būla of Tanta, Bishop Abrām of al-Fayoum, Bishop Serapion of Los Angeles...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 28, 2012
(Right) now all the political groups in Egypt conform to one main principle, which is to make sure that every part of society is represented in the constituent assembly that will draft the Egyptian constitution. There is no doubt that this principle is credible as long as it is implemented...
Date of source: Thursday, December 1, 2011
Reactions varied inside Coptic circles regarding reports that the church has made election lists supporting the Egyptian Bloc and urging Copts to vote for it.
Date of source: Friday, September 23, 2011
Dr. Georgette Subhī ‘Abduh Qalīnī [Lawyer; First female to work for Legislation department, ministry of Justice, member of the Egyptian National Council for Human Rights and People's Assembly] said that she filed a report against an anonymous woman that is fundraising money claiming that the money...
Date of source: Sunday, March 13, 2011
Dr. Georgette Qalīnī, a member of the previous people's assembly, said that there is a hand behind the events of fitnah of 'Ātfīh which Egypt has witnessed lately to terrorize Copts.
She pointed to the possibility of it being caused by remnants of the previous regime. She also called to re-open the...
Date of source: Friday, March 11, 2011
AWR's managing director Hānī Labīb visited Tahrīr square and closeby Maspero (Egyptian Television building) on March 11, 2011 where a large (uncounted) number of protestors and demonstrators from many governorates were: Muslims and Christians, young and old, and men and women came to unify their...
Date of source: Monday, December 13, 2010
Anger spread among Copts after announcing the appointment of ten (seven are copts) in the parliament; Copts' outrage came over appointing Jamāl As‘ad, coptic thinker known for his hostility to church and attacking Pope Shenouda, in addition, excluding Georgette Qalīnī for her defense on Copts...
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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.