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Date of source: Wednesday, September 3, 2014
The year 2014. A very dark page in the history of the Arab region. ISIS on the rise, more than 2000 people killed in Gaza, the civil war in Syria still ongoing, the stories we hear and the pictures we see can make us doubt whether there is still hope. However, after having spent a week in Dhour...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 3, 2014
From August 17-24 the Forum for Development, Culture and Dialogue (FDCD) organized its 10th annual International Work and Study Camp under the title “Promoting Peace through Inter-religious Dialogue.” Farah de Haan from our Center for Arab-West Understanding participated and wrote about her...
Date of source: Sunday, June 29, 2014
The relationship between expatriates living in Egypt and Ramadan can be a love-hate relationship. Some might argue that Ramadan is the ‘most unproductive month of the year’. People work less hours and businesses can get a bit slow. On the other hand, however, very few can deny the level of...
Date of source: Sunday, June 29, 2014
The month of July is to be the month of Ramadan this year. At the time of writing this article, it was expected that the beginning of Ramadan will be the 29th of June, this is a presumption based on astrological knowledge. The real beginning will be announced in every country by the “ro’ya”, i.e....
Date of source: Sunday, June 29, 2014
This summer will mark my third Ramadan spent in Egypt since I began traveling to the country in January 2011. My first experience of an Egyptian Ramadan in the summer of 2011 remains particularly memorable, both as a cultural and personal experience.
Date of source: Thursday, January 16, 2014
On Friday, November 29, an article appeared in al-Fath, an independent Salafī newspaper, written by reporters Tāriq Bahgat and Walīd Mansūr. [1] The article reports on the discussion that took place between Bishop Bola, the representative of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the Constituent Assembly,...
Date of source: Sunday, November 24, 2013
Egypt is not (insert country here). Egypt’s troubles, however defined, are often compared to other nations, but always with a caveat noting Egyptian peculiarities. But considering ‘the troubles’, as the thirty-plus years of sectarian conflict are known in Belfast, Egypt would do well to consider...
Date of source: Saturday, June 15, 2013
AWR intern Diana Serodio participated in the Culture Workshop sponsored by the Anna Lindh Foundation in Turkey. “We argued over the extent to which cultures should be preserved in order to respect diversity without leading communities into isolation which would work against inter-cultural...
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We often hear about the radical statements and fatwás of Muslims and about uncompromising Christian or secular activists who can appeal to populist sentiments and mistrust of the ‘other’.
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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.