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Date of source: Sunday, May 25, 2014
No one in the streets of Egypt has any doubt about former Field Marshall Abdelfattah al-Sisi to win the presidential elections on May 26 and 27. The question, however, is what percentage of the electorate will go to the polls. The total number of votes al-Sisi will be able to obtain is also of...
Date of source: Thursday, May 1, 2014
Recently, a 35-page essay was published on Facebook by the so-called “Groups Protecting the Peaceful Egyptian Revolution.” The document, however, is not so peaceful and calls for armed resistance against the Egyptian interim-government that came to power after the deposal of former President...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 20, 2013
The recent transcript published by Arab West Report on our interview with Bishop Antonios of the Coptic Catholic Church has attracted the attention of scholars in the West. In particular, Dr. Wolfram Reiss, professor of historical and comparative studies of religions at the University of Vienna,...
Date of source: Monday, December 16, 2013
On May 16, 2013, Arab-West Report was able to interview a former security advisor for the government in North Sinai, who preferred to stay anonymous. A general in the army, his posting began in 2005 and lasted until November, 2012, when he resigned in disagreement with the Mursī administration for...
Date of source: Sunday, January 26, 2014
The last thing Dr. Nadia Mustafá wanted to talk about on December 9 was the constitution. Enraged at the military coup which deposed President Mursī and mournful over the deaths of so many of his supporters, the constitution is as illegal as the current government which produced it.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Muhammad ‘Ablah was rather surprised to be selected for the Committee of Fifty to amend Egypt’s 2012 constitution. “I have been against the government and anti-regime my whole life,” he said.
An internationally acclaimed artist, ‘Ablah suspects his name was chosen in consultation between the Arts...
Date of source: Sunday, December 1, 2013
As of today, December 2, 2013, the appointed fifty-member of the committee to amend the 2012 Egyptian Constitution are engaged in final voting on each article. They face a deadline to complete their work by December 3, after which it will be put to a national referendum in mid-January.
In advance...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 11, 2013
The tenth day of Muharram, the first month in the Islamic Hijrī calendar is known as ‘Āshūrā’. This day, is a sacred day celebrated by both Sunnīs and Shī’ah Muslims alike albeit for different reasons. Despite sharing this day in common, it highlights differences and brings memories of unjustified...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Amnesty International has been recurrently critical of the military intervention following large-scale demonstrations against President Morsi between June 30 and July 3. Amnesty International has also criticized the interim authorities for various human rights violations following July 3. In their...
1. Coup d’état or no coup d’état: Introducing the views of former presidential advisor, Wael Haddara
Date of source: Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Until today arguments in Egypt rage about whether the removal of President Morsi was a coup d’état or not. For Morsi supporters the argument is clear: Morsi was the first elected president since 1952 and was removed by General al-Sisi on July 3, 2013. For Morsi opponents the argument is equally...
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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.