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Date of source: Wednesday, February 20, 2013
IntroductionOn January 10-11, 2013, Cairo hosted a conference that was the first of its kind in the Arab world. Titled "Support for the Ahwāz People," the conference was the first to express public Arab support for the Arab Sunnī minority living in Iran's Ahwaz region and to condemn Shīʿite Iran's...
Date of source: Monday, June 4, 2012
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, said that the people of Iran and Egypt should have a leading role to the people of the world, and should unite to achieve justice and reinforce religious values.
MEHR News, Iranian news agency, said that Ahmadinejad's statement came...
Date of source: Saturday, December 10, 2011
News is almost never as it appears. On December 1st I went with investigative researcher and former lieutenant with the Egyptian coastal security Intelligence Rā’id al-Sharqāwī to Tahrīr square. The square is currently blocked for traffic by perhaps 2,000 demonstrators asking people wanting to...
Date of source: Sunday, April 18, 2010
This article discusses the appropriateness of Egyptian knowledge concerning Israeli arts and culture. It is argued that it is important for Egypt to be a part of the global culture, and so have a vast understanding of the world around them. This includes Israel, although many in Egypt consider...
Date of source: Saturday, March 13, 2010
With the passing of Sheikh Tantawi as Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar we at Arab West Report have had opportunity to remember him through several interactions which took place between him and our editor-in-chief, Cornelis Hulsman, who often conducted interviews with him on behalf of various delegations....
Date of source: Sunday, July 26, 2009
The article deals with role of the media and political powers in religious incitement.
Date of source: Monday, January 28, 2008
The article discusses a new Iranian film that will depict the life of Christ from an Islamic perspective. The film is entitled ’God’s spirit,’ and is considered to be an Islamic response to Mel Gibson’s ’Passion of the Christ.’
Date of source: Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Despite the U.S. and Israeli attempts to trade on the issue of Jewish community in Iran to enhance their military plans, the author says that Jews refuse to leave their home in Iran where they feel safe and free.
Date of source: Sunday, January 28, 2007
The author highlights the ongoing tensions between the Arab world and the West, and how many of these tensions are perpetrated by Shaykhs on television who issue Fatwás that only serve to widen the gap between the two.
Date of source: Sunday, December 24, 2006
The author discusses the conference held in Iran to deny the Holocaust, and wonders
why there is no conference being organized to counter these accusations.
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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.