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Date of source: Tuesday, June 8, 2004
Because the film “Baheb Al-Sima” [I Love Cinema] is about a Coptic family, the authorities wanted to have the Coptic Church’s opinion on the film. This is very strange and dangerous. It is unusual to submit artistic creativity to the authority of the church. The Egyptian church has never practiced...
Date of source: Thursday, May 19, 2005
I know that democracy and freedom in all political systems are controversial issues. Nevertheless, some parties in Egypt practice a different kind of democracy, unknown to all other parts of the world! I know that freedom, which is the essence and end of democracy, could not be changed from a noble...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 26, 2005
According to the logic of geography and history, not relying on claims of chauvinism, I can say that Egypt, unlike all the people of the globe, enjoys a deep-rooted national unity.
Date of source: Sunday, December 30, 2001
The Armenian community in Egypt celebrated the 1700 anniversary of its joining Christianity. The celebration was held in the Armenian Orthodox Cathedral. The Armenian Orthodox Archbishop of Egypt expressed the Armenians’ deep appreciation of President Mubarak and of his care for the Armenians.
Date of source: Thursday, December 13, 2001
Christian Catholics all over the world will fast with Muslim as a response to the call of the Vatican pope. This call comes as an affirmation of religious empathy with Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, December 2, 2001
The Italian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia was recalled after declaring his conversion to Islam. Some Italian newspapers explain that the reason behind the recall is to question the ambassador’s motives for conversion. Other newspapers speculated that due to the racist attitude of the European public...
Date of source: Friday, November 30, 2001
The president of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the People’s Assembly affirmed the importance of changing the Arabic discourse for a better understanding of the other [the West]. He said that there is an Arabic-Islamic revival that should be turned into an active civilizing power. He added that...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 5, 2001
The Administrative Judiciary Court postponed giving its verdict on a lawsuit filed by the Editor-in-Chief of Al-Nabaa until December 18. The lawsuit was to stop implementation of the Prosecution’s decision to refer him to the State Security Misdemeanor Court for the scandalous photos he published...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 10, 2001
The author expressed the opinion that President Mubarak and Pope Shenouda did not discuss, in their recent meeting, the issue of the status of Copts in Egypt or that of sectarian strife but just discussed the general problems of the country.
Date of source: Sunday, July 8, 2001
The Emergency State Security Misdemeanor court continues looking into the case of Al-Nabaa and Akher Khabar. The attorney of the editor-in-Chief of both papers argued that the court allowed third parties who claimed to be victims to interfere and have copies of the case’s documents, which made 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.