Date of source: Monday, June 6, 2005
‘Amr Khlālid emerged to present a model and an idol for Muslim youth seeking modernity and moderation. He didn’t look or dress like classical clerics, and spoke the language of the poor and unprivileged, and gave hope to the hopeless.
Date of source: Saturday, May 28, 2005
Interview with Amīr Mīlād, a Christian desert guide, about the monks in the Wādī al-Rayyān. Amīr Mīlād adds information to the article of Dr. John Watson in AWR, 2005, week 20.
Date of source: Saturday, May 28, 2005
An Al-ʾAsbū‘ article published on January 31, 2005, reinforces a widespread belief that Americans are trying to use Egypt’s Christians to create a wedge between Muslims and Christians with the purpose of weakening Egypt. The article lacks accuracy but shows Egyptian distrust of US involvement in...
Date of source: Saturday, May 21, 2005
Journalists must be aware of sectarian sensitivities. By not being aware of them, journalists contribute to the bias and distortion of facts.
Date of source: Saturday, November 16, 2002
Report on a visit to the monastery of St. Bishoi in Wadi al-Natroun organised by RNSAW.
Several requests for RNSAW work.
Date of source: Monday, October 28, 2002
Egyptian Cultural TV broadcasted on October 27 a live discussion with Patrick Haenni, social researcher at the CEDEJ in Cairo and Cornelis Hulsman on inter-religious dialogue in a program of Heba Fahmy, “We and the Other.” Much of Egyptian and Western news reporting about the Arab World is not...
Date of source: Thursday, October 31, 2002
Rev. Dr. Wolfram Reiss joined the advisory board of the RNSAW. He is a German Scholar with broad knowledge of inter-religious studies, focusing in the relations between the three religions, which have their cradle in the Middle East: Judaism, Oriental-Orthodox Christianity and Islam. He studied...
Date of source: Monday, November 4, 2002
Visit to monasteries in the Wadi al-Natroun organised by RNSAW.
Media attention for RNSAW work.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 23, 2002
A totally distorted report about the church in Egypt in a US publication called ’the Layman.' The editorial also reports about a visit to Assiut with a group of journalists and members of expatriate churches, a meeting with Bishop Thomas of al-Qussia and Governor Ahmed Hamam Atiya of Assiut. These...
Date of source: Thursday, October 17, 2002
Computer problems in AWR office due to a virus resulting in loss of data and delays.