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Date of source: Sunday, August 1, 1999
Frequently questions are asked about why this accident had to happen. Was it a punishment of God? Was it a terrorist attack directed against Christians? The author ponders a number of answers given by Christians and Muslims in Egypt as well as questions asked and claims made by Coptic organizations...
Date of source: Friday, July 23, 1999
If the situation was not extremely embarrassing I would not have dared to write these lines. The situation is embarrassing for the non-governmental organizations because they have lost confidence in the governmental system.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 28, 1999
Dr. Mervat Al-Tellawi, the Minister of Insurance and Social Affairs, together with Pope Shenouda visited the injured people in the accident of Beni Suef. She also offered her consolations to the families of the dead people.
Date of source: Sunday, July 18, 1999
Today Mrs. Mubarak opens the 29th International Conference for the Christian Women’s Associations. Dr. Mervat Al-Talawi, the minister of Social Affairs, and Mamdouh Al-Beltagi, the minister of Tourism, will be attending the opening session. 600 women attend this conference, representing leaders of...
Date of source: Saturday, July 3, 1999
A government counterattack has thrown the three-week old campaign against the new Law 153 for Associations and Civil Institutions into disarray. Social affairs minister Mervat Tellawi has led a public relations campaign to deflect international criticism of law, which aims to keep a check on the...
Date of source: Saturday, July 3, 1999
In a sudden contradictory development, eight organizations of human rights in Egypt presented requests to register the organizations as civil ones working under the new NGO law. Their request were presented in a secret meeting between them and Dr. Mervat Al-Tellawi, the Minister of Social Affairs.
Date of source: Thursday, July 1, 1999 to Wednesday, July 7, 1999
In the second installment of her two-part interview with Al-Ahram Weekly, Minister Mervat Tellawi [the interviewee] tells Mariz Tadros [the interviewer] how it is possible to build a corporate culture of compassion.
Date of source: Friday, June 18, 1999
The stormy debate over the new NGOs law has not abated. It is claimed that the new law, which was endorsed by the People’s Assembly before it went into recess a few days ago, was maliciously designed by the government to firmly control NGOs. It is alleged that the law was put forward after some...
Date of source: Friday, June 18, 1999
Some extremist Coptic groups are attempting to provoke tensions during President Mubarak’s visit to the United States. The Egyptian Ambassador to the USA in an interview discusses some of the attacks and Egypt’s position.
Date of source: Thursday, June 10, 1999 to Wednesday, June 16, 1999
In the wake of presidential ratification of the controversial new Egyptian NGO law, Egypt hosted a conference on human rights and development featuring UN human rights commissioner Mary Robinson on June 7.
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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.