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Date of source: Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Midhat Bishāy writes about the life, work and achievements of two Egyptian historians; Jamāl Badawī and Yūnān Labīb Rizq, who passed away a few weeks ago.
Date of source: Friday, January 5, 2007
A priest and a historian and intellectual are two examples of sowing sedition and hatred between Muslims ands Christians.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 1, 2008
The author presents three books that he praises as subjective and well informed on the Coptic role in political and social life in Egypt.
Date of source: Saturday, October 27, 2007
Angry reactions continue to be heard in intellectual circles regarding press freedom. The developments in the crisis of the 80-lash Fatwá issued by the grand imām of the Azhar, calls to abolish imprisonment in publishing-related cases, and the future of press in Egypt are the main subjects...
Date of source: Sunday, July 8, 2007
The article considers the role of Copts in politics and parliament. He questions why so few Copts ever attain political appointments, and presents the viewpoints of those who believe the Copts already play an adequate role in parliament, and those who believe that further involvement is necessary.
Date of source: Friday, December 24, 2004
We may agree that there are plans laid to undermine what we were all settled to call “Egyptian national unity” We were wrong to confine that unity to Copts and Muslims, as it should encompass all national categories be they religious, ethnic or socio-economic; we were also wrong to boil it down to...
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In an unprecedented event in Egyptian cinema, Baheb al-Sima (I Love Cinema) portrays members of a Christian family as the protagonists in a film that deals with family relationships set in the 1960s. The film caused much controversy not only because it is the first film to show Christian as the...
Date of source: Thursday, February 8, 2007
A presidential ruling was recently issued to form the Secretaries Council of the National Translation Center. More details about the ruling are presented in the following article.
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Swift intensive efforts were made this week to contain a Muslim-Christian crisis due to a
blasphemous article, by
a Muslim writer, about a former monk. Thousands of angry youths protested against
the article, the Government was
accused of being in collusion with the paper, Pope Shenouda...
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The arrival of the American committee investigating religious freedom
in Egypt resulted in widespread
reactions from all Egyptian circles, which mostly rejected the committee’s
activity in Egypt. Pope Shenouda
rejects receiving the Congress’ committee and the Grand Shaykh said that
bonds...
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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.