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Date of source: Friday, August 4, 2023
Foreign ministry spokesman, Aḥmad Abū Zayd, said that Egypt’s Foreign Minister, Sāmiḥ Shukrī, received a phone call from his Danish counterpart, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, to discuss repeated incidents of the desecration of the holy Qurʾān and the crimes of contempt of religion that jeopardize peaceful...
Date of source: Thursday, January 6, 2022
President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī congratulated His Holiness Pope Tawāḍrūs II of Alexandria, patriarch of the See of St. Mark, on Christmas, during his visit to the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ at the New Administrative Capital.
Date of source: Monday, November 15, 2021
Ambassador Nabīla Makram ʿAbd al- Shahīd, Minister of State for Immigration and Egyptians Abroad Affairs, witnessed the signing of a tripartite cooperation protocol between her ministry and the Coptic Orthodox Church represented by the “Bishopric of Public, Social and Ecumenical Services” and the...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Pharmacist Īzīs Muṣṭafā, who was assaulted by her colleagues for not wearing the ḥijāb, recounted the details and reasons behind the incident which took place at her workplace in the Sharqiyya governorate, during a video interview with journalist Sharīf ʿĀmir in a program called “Happening in Egypt...
Date of source: Sunday, August 29, 2021
The activities of the first “Logos Forum” for the youth of the Coptic Orthodox Church ended this evening, under the supervision and the attendance of Pope Tawāḍrūs II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, which is entitled "Enjoying the Roots 2021", with the participation of 200...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 9, 2020
The Endowments Ministry announced that it will open 130 mosques nationwide on Friday, of which 53 are in al-Sharqiyyah. 34 will be opened by the ministry itself while 96 will be opened under the supervision of the ministry, according to comments from Endowments Minister Muḥammad Mukhtār Juma’a.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 3, 2020
Dr. Rāniyyā al-Mashāṭ, Minister of International Cooperation, sought an economic cooperation strategy between Egypt and the United States for the upcoming five-year period (2021-2025) in a virtual meeting with Leslie Reed, Mission Director of the USAID delegation.
Church Opens its Doors to Residents of ʿIzbat al-Zarāyib and the Government Helps to Face the Crisis
Date of source: Friday, March 13, 2020
Egypt's Cabinet announced that rescue forces from the Ministry of Social Solidarity have arrived in ʿIzbat al-Zarāyib, after the residents of this area had called for help following heavy rainfall. Blankets and food were provided to those affected with the help of local community associations.
Date of source: Friday, January 31, 2020
Engineer Waʿd Allāh Abū al-ʿIlā, head of the Projects Sector of the Supreme Council for Antiquities, said that the work on the project to renovate the Church of the Virgin Mary at the Monastery of the Mountain of Birds [Dayr Jabal al-Ṭayr] began in 2018, after the Permanent Committee for Coptic and...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Ethiopian Orthodox Church followers across the African country celebrated Demera, the tradition of burning bonfires on the eve of the anniversary of Meskel (Finding of the True Cross) yesterday colorfully.
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.