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Date of source: Friday, October 16, 2015
The long-awaited parliamentary election, starting on Oct. 18-19, witnesses many of the candidates who were prominent political faces from the era of the president Mubarak who was toppled by the January 25 Revolution in 2011. It also witnesses the absence of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group and...
Date of source: Saturday, September 19, 2015
Perhaps no prominent personality has been more criticized by political powers since the sparked January 25 Revolution like Ahmad al-Zend. His provocative comments over the years made him reputed for inflammatory statements, like “We [judges] are the masters and the rest are the slaves”. Although,...
Date of source: Saturday, September 19, 2015
In a cabinet of 33, three appointees are women. Ghāda Wāli retained her position as minister of social solidarity. Nabīla Makram was appointed as minister of immigration and Egyptian expatriate affairs, and Sahar Nasr was named minister of international cooperation.
Date of source: Saturday, September 19, 2015
Egyptian President `Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi swore in a new government on Saturday, a week after the previous administration resigned following a corruption scandal and less than a month prior to parliamentary elections, the first since 2012.
Date of source: Saturday, September 19, 2015
In statements disclosed to parliamentary reporters today, Saturday, judge Majdi al-`Ajāti, the newly appointed minister for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, confirmed that transitional justice will be given high priority, pointing out that the decision to revert the Ministry of Transitional Justice...
Date of source: Monday, September 28, 2015
In an interview he gave to 'Al-Ghad al-`Arabi' Channel, the renown Egyptian vernacular poet Sayed Hijāb said that culture in Egypt began to retain its role under President `Abd al-Fattāh al-Sisi and that it is witnessing a crucial role in its history.
Date of source: Monday, September 28, 2015
The Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs, ambassador Berhane Gebre-Christos held a meeting with Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the St. Mark See on September 26, 2015. Abune Mathias, the Patriarch of the Ethiopian Coptic Church, Egypt's ambassador to Ethiopia Abu-Bakr...
Date of source: Monday, September 28, 2015
Amid a warm reception on the official and public levels, Pope Tawadros II arrived in Ethiopia on a four-day visit, Saturday. The Coptic Orthodox Patriarch will participate in the ceremonies of the Feast of the Holy Cross.
Date of source: Friday, September 18, 2015
The report released by the American-based AL-MONITOR media outlet describes the efforts made by the Egyptian government to monitor the preaching of extremist ideas and to support moderate religious thought, especially since the ousting of former president Muhammad Mursi.
Date of source: Friday, September 18, 2015
In a report disclosed by the independent U.S.A.-based media outlet Al-Monitor, Hāni Raslān, an expert in African affairs at Al-Ahrām Center for Political and Strategic Studies, said: “ Resorting to the church or to religious institutions at the present time to resolve the ongoing dispute over 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.