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Date of source: Thursday, June 16, 2011
Thomas J. MacMaster is the real name of the blogger who claimed to be Syrian activist Amina Omari Abdallah al Araf, daughter of an American mother and a Syrian father, persecuted by Syrian authorities.
The character was ficticious, but as original news are scarce from the secluded Arab country...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 17, 2011
The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) highlighted today an article in Al-Jumhūrīyah of May 13, 2011 in which journalist Safā' Sālih wrote “that the Jews had orchestrated the clashes between the Muslims and the Copts [in Imbābah on May 7] in order to keep Egypt's youth from marching...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 3, 2011
The elections are swiftly approaching and none of the new parties has yet officially been endorsed.
They might not have a chance of victory in the coming elections. The public and the revolutionaries have been concerned lately, as they did not go through all the trouble of launching a revolution to...
Date of source: Sunday, April 3, 2011
Egypt in its entirety stood horrified a few days ago at the Salafists in the southern town of Qena, who challenged the authority of the State and the rule of law and enforced hadds [Islamic penalty] on a Copt.
Date of source: Sunday, July 18, 2010
“For Egyptians, football is the ‘essence of life’,” says Fathī al-Gizāwī, a café owner in Giza.
Even with the Egyptian team no longer in the 2010 World Cup, the event carried special importance for Egyptians. But how is it possible for Egyptians to watch all 64 games when subscription to the...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Dr. Safwat al-Bayādī, Head of the Evangelical Community Council in Egypt, believes that it will be very dangerous to amend article 189 in the constitution.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Many more Egyptians are reading opposition newspapers these days. Al-Ahrām is alleged to have lost senventy percent of its' readers since the revolution. Al-Wafd, Al-Shurūq and Al-Misrī Al-Yawm have proven to be very popular these days.
Furthermore, newspapers have also realized the importance of...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 15, 2011
The revolution in Egypt left the local media scene of Egypt completely changed. State-owned media used to be completely unreliable, but now they have altered their policies. The state media are also experiencing changes in leadership.
However, the process is definitely not completed yet. Experts...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 8, 2011
AP reported today that “thousands of Egyptian Christians demonstrated in two Cairo locations Tuesday against perceived persecution by the country's Muslim majority. About 2,000 of them cut off a main road running on the eastern side of the city and pelted motorists with rocks.” This must have been...
Date of source: Sunday, March 6, 2011
Since January 29, 2011, the vast majority of Egyptian newspapers and magazines are published with a less number of pages than usual, comparing to before January 25, 2011 revolution.
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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.