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Date of source: Tuesday, October 29, 2019
“The crescent moon with the cross”: this is the motto of Father Bandalīmūn Bushrā, a Roman Orthodox priest in Dumyāṭ. Father Bandalīmūn, in the spirit of interfaith engagement, bought 50 boxes of sweets, commemorating the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad [al-Mawlid al-Nabawīy], to distribute to...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Dr. Majdī Manṣūr, general directory for Conservation and Renovation in the Ministry of Antiquities and an adviser to the Coptic cultural center in Cairo is presenting a research paper entitled, “The Coptic Museum: Challenges and Accomplishments.” His participation comes among one of the first...
Date of source: Thursday, October 17, 2019
When an opportunity presented itself for a seventeen year old female refugee from South Sudan to flee, she took it. However, upon arriving to Cairo, she was imprisoned in a residential apartment for three months where she was repeatedly raped. After this horrifying experience, she discovered that...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 23, 2019
The cabinet of ministers has agreed to the recommendations of the presidential council, laid down in writing in Article 8 of law Number 80 from 2016 to organize the construction and renovation of churches.
Date of source: Thursday, September 26, 2019
The Arab Publishers Association announced its solidarity and support for writer Kamila Shamsie, who was recently awarded the Nelly Sachs prize from Germany. Shamsie, who is British with Pakistani roots, was awarded the reward for her novels, which “building bridges between societies.” However,...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 25, 2019
A number of human rights organizations released a joint statement, expressing their concern about the increase of arrests and detainments throughout Egypt after the protests on September 20th. The organizations stated that operations to kidnap and arbitrarily detain protesters, activists, lawyers...
Date of source: Saturday, September 21, 2019
On Friday evening, protests calling for the downfall of the regime broke out in several Egyptian cities and continued until early Saturday morning. However, most of the Egyptian media didn’t mention them. Their coverage came in different forms: ignoring the protests, reporting inaccurately that...
Date of source: Monday, September 9, 2019
On Sunday evening, Dr. Saḥar Naṣr, Minister of Investment and International Development, held a press conference to celebrate the new level of collaboration with the embassy of Sweden and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development - OECD to strengthen women’s participation in the...
Date of source: Thursday, September 19, 2019
The 22nd Knesset Elections has shaken the confidence of the current Israeli Prime Minister and leader of the Likud Party, Benjamin Netanyahu, who has canceled all of his meetings at the UN this Friday in order to meet with his coalition of right-wing parties. He is hoping to address the slim...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Early Saturday morning, two oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, Biqayq and Khurayṣ, were attacked by drones, temporarily halting oil production and slowing down natural gas production at the facilities. Together, these two facilities produce 9.5 million barrels every day, over half of Saudi Arabia’s...
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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.