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Al-Arabi
and Āfāq Arabia
reported that a great many Jews came to the village of Demtawa to celebrate the mulid of Abū
Hasera. al-
Ahrar wrote that this year only three Jews attended the celebration. Rose al-Youssef mentioned that the
celebration was canceled by an Egyptian decree. It pointed...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 to Thursday, January 18, 2001
Coptic lawyers withdrew
their
lawsuits against "Awan al-Ward" and its writer and made peace with the team who work on the serial.
Pope Shenouda
and the President of the Radio and Television Union attended the reconciliation meeting.
Date of source: Saturday, January 13, 2001
A Muslim Brotherhood’s representative made an inquiry questioning the Minister of Culture
about
the last three novels published by the General Authority for Cultural Palaces, claiming that they violate
general decency. The Minister of Culture ordered an investigation into the matter, which ended...
Date of source: Sunday, January 7, 2001
The number of articles published about Christmas reflects the attention the Egyptian press paid to celebrations of it. The article gives a list of the articles published in five newspapers.
Date of source: Sunday, November 19, 2006
The review deals with Minister of Culture Fārūq Husnī’s latest
remarks in which he termed the H...
Date of source: Saturday, November 18, 2006
This review deals with Minister of Culture Fārūq Husnī’s latest remarks in which he described the Ḥijāb as "a relapse backward," stimulating public controversy and anger in parliament. The ruling party, opposition and independents agreed on the need to have the minister tender his resignation...
Date of source: Sunday, November 19, 2006
Police authorities finally arranged a meeting between prisoner Abū ‘Umar and his family after detaining him in an unknown location for three years. Abū ‘Umar had been arrested by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and its Italian counterpart, in Milan in 2003 over his alleged relations with...
Date of source: Sunday, November 19, 2006
The police authorities gave the head of the Jihād Group, ‘Abbūd al-Zumur, a temporary release for 24 hours to spend time with his family. Sources from the family asserted that this was a step toward the permanent release and the end of the group’s crisis.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 27, 2000
Al-Hayat and al-Akhbar praised Pope Shenouda’s invitation to those who participated in the series of "Awan al-Ward" to the annual Ifṭār party of the Coptic Orthodox church. Both papers wrote about the support of the Minister of Information for the series. Rose al- Youssef reported the details of a...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 20, 2000
The controversy around the TV show Awan al-Ward, which presented a mixed marriage between a Muslim and Christian, escalated this week with three cases filed against its author. Many Egyptian and Arabic-language papers dedicated much space to the film. Al-Ḥayāt said Awān al-Ward raised controversy...
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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.