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Date of source: Saturday, December 31, 2011
[Drs. Cornelis Hulsman, Editor-in-Chief of Arab West Report (AWR): Sebastian Elsässer made extensive use of our Arab-West Report database for his PhD research which he completed in 2011. He earlier wrote about his work in Middle Eastern Studies, vol. 46: 1, 131-150, “Press Liberalization, the New...
Date of source: Saturday, December 31, 2011
[Lamīs Yahyá is an Egyptian student living in Germany who is supporting the Egyptian student movement for democratization in Egypt. She earlier wrote the investigative report on the conflict around the building of a Coptic Orthodox Church in Marīnāb, September 30, 2011.]
Date of source: Friday, December 30, 2011
One year ago this evening Egypt was rocked by an explosion in Alexandria, killing twenty-one and injuring over 170, at the Two Saints’ Church in the Sīdī Bishr region. One year before that, at Coptic Christmas on January 7, six Christians were killed along with a Muslim security guard at a church...
Date of source: Sunday, December 25, 2011
Media dialogue have become an important tool that can damage the relationships among the Egyptian people due to their sectarian nature.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Table of Contents
I. Introduction: Complications
II. Egyptian Media Reporting
III. Experiences of the Center for Arab-West Understanding (CAWU)
IV. NGO Registration: The U.S. Model
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It is the time before the presidential elections. Egypt is in the middle of a possible transitional period and a mostly transitional mood.
Date of source: Thursday, December 1, 2011
Following publication of a report detailing video evidence from the October 9, 2011 attack on a mostly Coptic demonstration at Maspero, a few people have sent in additional evidence. This appendix report updates the original text. Officer Fires on Protestors – Maspero (30 seconds)
Date of source: Friday, December 16, 2011
This third and final article on Shaykh Usāmah al-Qūsī focuses on a matter closest to his heart and specialization of study: The sunna of Muhammad, that is, what he said and did outside the recorded testimony of the Qur'ān. Whereas article one provided his life history in pursuit of this knowledge,...
Date of source: Friday, December 16, 2011
Shaykh Usāmah al-Qūsī is a Salafī Muslim scholar in Egypt who has won a level of notoriety since the revolution. Prior to January 25, 2011, Salafīs were a largely unknown and mostly silent religious trend in Egypt, with strength concentrated in Alexandria. Their theology encourages absolute...
Date of source: Friday, December 16, 2011
One must be cautious when writing about religious leaders, as they have mastered the art of speaking to an audience. Humans have a penchant for self-deception and self-justification; when mixed with religious language manipulation is easily manufactured, even if unintentionally advanced. People who...
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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.