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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: Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Julie Casper narrates a Casper family trip to two of the Holy family sites located south of Cairo near Maghāghah.
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...
Date of source: Saturday, February 13, 2010
AWR Editor-in-chief Cornelis Hulsman explains his disagreement with the views of Dutch scholar Dr. Matthijs De Blois about Israel and Palestine, following the release of De Blois book “Israel: A state in discussion?”
Date of source: Tuesday, March 30, 2010
This week's issue takes a rare look at Egypt's Jewish community.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 17, 2010
There is no religious strife (fitnah) in Egypt, but there is religious tension; there is no Christian persecution in Egypt, but there is Christian discrimination. This, in summary, was the message presented in a seminar organized by the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS),...
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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.