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Date of source: Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Bishop Ibrām of Fayūm of the Wādī al-Riyān Monastery reported that he is expecting the government to construct a road that passes by the monastery. Bishop Ibrām reported that he gave the church’s consent to have the road built because of its plan to provide services to develop the area surrounding...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Pope Frances sent Pope Tawadros a letter marking the second year since they met in the Vatican in 2013. Pope Frances reportedly stressed that their shared faith unites the two parishes now more than any time in the past. Remembering the Christians who have recently been killed in the Middle East,...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Egyptian President ‘Abd al-Fatah al-Sīsī still enjoys popular support for his presidency, but at the same time, cracks are beginning to form in the foundation of his government. Many Egyptians are still awaiting the promised improvements in health and education while they sink deeper into poverty...
11-6 Al-Jazeera journalist Muhammad Fahmī to Robert Fisk: Qatar is playing a dangerous game in Egypt
Date of source: Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Robert Fisk said that Qatar is playing a dangerous game in Egypt pointing to journalist Muhammad Fahmī who was imprisoned by the Egyptian government for 411 days. Fisk explained that Fahamī is convening a conference called “Journalism is not Political” in which he is expected to talk about al-...
Date of source: Saturday, May 7, 2016
Opinion: Egypt direly needs to promote a culture of accountability and instill it in daily life so that the government is forced to provide services to its citizens. It is incumbent upon everyone in society to actively engage and promote such a culture through government, civil society, the media,...
Date of source: Monday, May 2, 2016
An American report drew attention to the deteriorating state of religious freedom in Egypt since the election of President Sīsī while conceding that he was by far a better alternative to the Muslim Brotherhood. The report went on to praise the tone of religious tolerance that President Sīsī adopted...
Date of source: Friday, April 29, 2016
A representative of the Egyptian Ministry of the Interior said that online media represents a growing danger to Egyptian society that must be dealt with. In contrast, a number of media experts said that the media clearly suffers from manipulation by the government. They believe that the government...
Date of source: Monday, April 27, 2015
Egyptian authorities shut down three satellite television channels broadcasting over a French satellite without a license. The Egyptian government has previously shut a total of fifty six satellite channels before including music and religious channels.
(27 April, 2015, al-‘Arabiyya, Ashraf ‘Abd...
Date of source: Sunday, April 12, 2015
The government made the decision last Thursday to reinstate Hasan al-Najjār to his post in Nasr city, which will recommence on 28th April. This comes after the ruling of 4 years imprisonment and a 50,000 EP fine imposed on him due to his involvement in demonstrations supporting former president...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 8, 2016
On February 11, the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) board of directors issued a warning not to travel to Egypt for study and/or research. Our Center for Arab-West Understanding disagrees. The brutal murder of Italian PhD student Giulio Regeni is a great tragedy, first of all for his family,...
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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.