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Date of source: Friday, December 15, 2023
The Maronite denomination emerged in Egypt in 1745, when the Aleppo monk, Mūsa Hilāna, consecrated al-Bārija, the first Maronite church in Damietta (Dumyāṭ), as well as in Egypt and Africa.
Date of source: Sunday, December 17, 2023
On this day, the 17th of December, in the year of 1267, the Friday prayers were held for the first time in al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo during the reign of Sulṭān al-Ẓāher Beybers, after nearly a century of the mosque being closed. Al-Azhar Mosque had been neglected during the reign of the Ayyubid...
Date of source: Thursday, November 30, 2023
Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sāmiḥ Shukrī, emphasized the importance of developing countries to actively participate in addressing the challenges of climate change, drawing attention to the need for intensified efforts in decarbonization. Shukrī delivered these remarks during his speech at the 2023...
Date of source: Friday, December 1, 2023
The Minister of Water Resources & Irrigation, Hānī Sūwaylam, emphasized that climate change has had a harmful impact on the water sector in many countries of the world, particularly in Egypt, where the per capita share is nearing a state of water scarcity.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 6, 2023
Pope Tawāḍrūs said that before Egypt was discovered, it was on the land in which churches were built in the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th centuries. He said that Egypt possessed authenticity, civilization, and the great expansion of churches throughout history, praising the Copts for the coming of the...
Date of source: Saturday, December 2, 2023
Today (Saturday), the governor of Alexandria, Major General Muḥammad al-Sharīf, and Pope Tawāḍrūs opened the new Anbā Tiklā Hospital.
Date of source: Saturday, November 25, 2023
The Egypt Council of Churches dedicated a day to pray for world peace, as the Archbishop of the Episcopal/Anglican Province of Alexandria, Dr. Sāmī Fawzī, said the word of God fills men’s hearts with peace at all times.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism said in an article that when one takes a simple look at the current global incidents and makes a comparison between the terrorist activities around the world and the activities of the Israeli army, one can detect a great similarity between Zionist...
Date of source: Saturday, November 18, 2023
In association with the Centre of Christian-Muslim Understanding & Partnership (CCMUP), the Egyptian Family House (Bayt al ʿĀʾila) held a concluding ceremony for the “It’s Our Planet, Let’s Preserve It” initiative.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Today (Tuesday), the Head of the Evangelical community in Egypt, Dr. Andrēa Zakī, participated in the celebration of the 140th anniversary of the founding of Dār al-Kitāb al-Muqadas (The House of the Bible) under the title “The Word of God Rejoices Us.” In his presence were the Coptic Orthodox...
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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.