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Date of source: Saturday, February 6, 2010
As we bring you the final issue of 2009, now is perhaps an appropriate time to pause for reflection both on the year just passed, and on the new year ahead.2009 was a year full of incidents and occasions of great importance and interest to those of us with either a professional or a personal...
Date of source: Sunday, December 27, 2009
Dutch journalist Eildert Mulder carried out a series of discussions and forums in cooperation with the Arab-West Report to discuss his book “De Omstreden Bronnen van de Islam” (The Contested Sources of Islam). He met with Muslim intellectuals Jamāl al-Bannā, Dr. Sayyid al-Qimnī and with Belgian...
Date of source: Saturday, November 21, 2009
National unity and coexistence are terms often employed by public figures and politicians to remind Egyptians that Muslims and Christians are united under the banner of the Egyptian state. However, in spite of this sporadic outbreaks of tensions between Muslims and Christians still occur. This...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Jayson Casper recently interviewed Father Basilius from the Coptic Orthodox Church on the role of monasticism in the church. He asked him specifically about issues related to the Monastery of Abū Fānā which was at the heart of a dispute last year with local Arab communities.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Daniel Roters examines the role of poetry in Arab society, and the possible applications of poetry as a metalanguage for intercultural dialogue.
Date of source: Saturday, January 31, 2009
Intercultural dialogue should be available through many different media, and we should always look to innovate to encourage dialogue.
Date of source: Friday, December 18, 2009
Arab-West Report Editor-in-Chief Cornelius Hulsman criticizes Egyptian media coverage of conflicts, arguing that background research and balanced reporting are too often traded for lazy, sensationalist journalism. He also cites an over-concentration of journalists in Cairo as one of the reasons...
Date of source: Saturday, March 13, 2010
With the passing of Sheikh Tantawi as Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar we at Arab West Report have had opportunity to remember him through several interactions which took place between him and our editor-in-chief, Cornelis Hulsman, who often conducted interviews with him on behalf of various delegations....
Date of source: Saturday, March 13, 2010
Yesterday, March 10, 2010, the Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar died of a heart attack while visiting Saudi Arabia. Sheikh Muhammad Tantawi led the inimitable institution, considered by many if not most Sunni Muslims to be the leading Islamic university in the world, since his appointment by President...
Date of source: Saturday, March 6, 2010
In addition to the continued, and excellent, series of interviews on the causes and solutions of sectarian fitnah, this issue of Arab-West Report offers a pair of articles on one of the most interesting battles currently taking place in Egypt's public sphere: whether women judges should be...
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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.