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Date of source: Friday, January 8, 2010
Hulsman wrote an article about the shooting in Upper Egypt for the Reformatorisch Dagblad. The church editor changed it substantially and added material from other sources. Hulsman has, therefore, added some comments in the text. Hulsman also gave a radio interview on January 7 to the Dutch radio 1...
Date of source: Thursday, September 24, 2009
Bishop Marqus, Coptic Orthodox Bishop of Shubrā-al-Khaymah held an interview with the Cairo-based Danish photo-journalist Flemming Weiss Andersen and Jayson Casper, the international coordinator for the ZIVIC peacemaking initiative at the Center for Arab West Understanding (CAWU). During the...
Date of source: Sunday, November 22, 2009
In the second part of his interview with al-Jumhūrīyah, Pope Shenouda discusses Copts’ political participation and the problem of building churches in Egypt. He also notes his friendly relations with President Mubārak and argues that problems never come from higher political authorities.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Rev. Safwat al-Bayyādī presents his views on peacemaking through education, training, and personal involvement. He also discusses the value of religious initiatives to promote peace.
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On November 18, 2009 I had a chance to interview Rev. Safwat al-Bayyādī, President of the...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 3, 2009
A group of Arab West Report’s interns visited Minia on January 30-31 in order to follow the latest developments concerning
the incidents of Abū Fānā monastery. They were particularly interested in developments related to the criminal
aspect of the conflict.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Arab-West Report interns and Sebastian Elsaesser, a German researcher went to Abū
Fānā monastery in the district of Mallawi, Upper Egypt in order to visit the monastery, see the Arabs’ land and look
at the new fence that has been constructed since the conflict of May 31, 2008.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 3, 2009
On September 9 Maria Graversen visited Dayr Mawas and conducted an interview with
‘Alā’ Hassānayn to discuss his role in resolving the Abū Fānā conflict.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Cornelis Hulsman interviewed Munīr Fakhrī ‘Abd al-Nūr and discussed Christian emigration from Egypt, the need to build up Egypt into a democratic state again and the importance of dealing with Egyptian problems within Egypt and not as a result of foreign interference.
Date of source: Saturday, December 20, 2008
Sāmih Fawzī discusses Egypt’s emigration problem, the need for greater transparency and Coptic expatriates. He also calls on Christians to be active players in Egyptian society andbelieves that in the modern age socio-economic factors are more of a uniting force than religion.
Date of source: Saturday, December 20, 2008
Dr. Philippe Fargues is a researcher and professor at the American University of Cairo who has investigated the complicated issue of Christian statistics in Egypt. While Pope Shenouda states that around 12 percent of the Egyptian population is Christian, CAPMAS estimates that the figure is actually...
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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.