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Date of source: Tuesday, November 27, 2001
The idea of a conflict between civilizations is not a Western invention, but almost an Islamic-Arabic one. Arabs believe the illusion that they are a threat to the West and that the West keeps conspiring against them. They always try to see others as responsible for their failures. Such feelings...
Date of source: Saturday, November 24, 2001 to Friday, November 30, 2001
The author believes BBC, CNN and al-Gezira have not provided objective reports about the war against the Taleban and the Al-Qa’ida movement.
Date of source: Saturday, June 23, 2001 to Friday, June 29, 2001
According to the author there are two main types of journalism, responsible and irresponsible. One that cares about man and one that is only after money. Some well- known journalists give their views on the qualities required of a responsible editor in chief.
Date of source: Monday, May 7, 2001
The conference of "The Right of Expression" witnessed great controversies among intellectuals and men of law concerning the ideas Salah Eissa, the Editor-in-chief of Al-Qahira Magazine, introduced. He introduced ideas pertaining to religious and national constant principles and some other opinions...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 27, 2001
[Editor’s note: Due to personal problems of the translator the translation could not be finished. A complete translation of the article will be published in week 15]
Al-Midan newspaper organized a debate between the Muslim Brothers and Egyptian intellectuals. It was moderated by Midan’s editor in...
Date of source: Friday, July 7, 2000
The culture seminar that was held on Wednesday evening, in the Cairo Center for Human Rights Studies, under the title "An Islamic party and the freedom of thought and expression", witnessed a heated debate among the participants concerning the possibility of establishing an Islamic party and a...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 27, 2000
Today, Monday, continues the trial of writer Salah El-Din Mohsen, who is accused of denouncing religions. The defense asked Dr. Hamdi Zaqzouq, Minister of Awqaf [Endowments], Dr. Samir Sarhan [head of The Egyptian Book Authority], Dr. Gaber Asfour, poet Abdel-Mo’ti Hegazi, writer Salah Eisa,...
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: Thursday, May 20, 1999 to Wednesday, May 26, 1999
"Its a conspiracy against our cultural heritage"; "a hidden agenda that aims at eradicating our identity"; "it is the destruction of the history of the Islamic nation" - the "it" being a reference to a controversial decision taken by minister of culture, Farouk Hosni, to disperse the permanent...
Date of source: Thursday, March 4, 1999 to Wednesday, March 10, 1999
News of security clampdowns on members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood is never a surprise. Although it has been banned since 1954, the group not only continues to function but wins over new members - all in violation of the law. Analysts tend to read into the timing and scale of some of the...
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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.