Date of source: Saturday, February 27, 2010
Rochelle Curtis has undertaken a study of all media reports in the Arab West Report database which mention the word reconciliation. She has categorized these into seventeen cases, exploring in each one the root causes, the conflicting parties, the injuries suffered and damages inflicted, the major...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 23, 2010
This paper explores the issue of Izbet Bushra** in depth, seeking to discover the larger context behind the incident as provide integration of as many facts and testimonies as could be collected. This has been done through access to the many media reports published about village, as well as through...
Date of source: Sunday, February 21, 2010
The tragic events of January 6th 2010 in the small Upper Egyptian town of Naj‘ Hammādī cast a dark shadow over the Coptic Christmas celebrations and the start of the new year in Egypt, and have pushed debates around Muslim-Christian relations into both the local and international media spotlight....
Date of source: Monday, January 18, 2010
Tensions in Izbet Boushra received national and international media coverage following a clash on June 21, 2009 between Muslims and Christians over a church building. AWR visited Bishop Stephanous, responsible for the diocese in which Izbet Boushra is located, in August 2009. The Bishop then asked...
Date of source: Monday, February 22, 2010
This paper focuses on the issues of peace-building in Egypt. Using Johan Galtung’s methodology of conflict resolution following medical practice of diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy, this peacemaking project suggests better practices. The diagnosis is examining the problems and studying past cases...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 23, 2010
A paper focusing on the role of traditional reconciliation sessions in the Egyptian legal system, written to answer questions such as “Do reconciliation sessions have a relation to the law? If so, what is it? Are the examples of misuse highlighted by Copts aberrations of an overall beneficial...
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The recent attack on Christian worshippers exiting Coptic Christmas Eve mass in Nag Hamadi, January 6, 2010, has focused Egyptian attention on Muslim-Christian violence which has also been witn
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Over the past decade many Egyptians involved in disputes have attempted settlement through what are known as 'reconciliation sessions'.