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Date of source: Sunday, August 1, 2004
An animated session of Watani Forum hosted a round-table discussion on Christians of the Arab World. Participating were a number of Egyptian intellectuals and religious figures, as well as Lebanese Jesuit Brother Danny Younis.
Date of source: Sunday, August 1, 2004
Education—a vitally important issue on the reform agenda—is one of the most widely-discussed topics. A new vision and a bold policy are required to produce a new generation of Egyptians who can grasp modern-day variables and deal in the latest technology. Our public education is still hostage to...
Date of source: Sunday, August 1, 2004
Dr. William Wissa is an Egyptian media-man and journalist living in Paris. He heard about the first and second incidents in Al-Kosheh. He felt bewildered due to the contradictions between the international and the local Egyptian media coverage of the Al-Kosheh incidents. He traveled to Al-Kosheh...
Date of source: Sunday, June 12, 2005
In his excellent book, ‘Understanding Jihad’, David Cook of Rice University in the USA dismisses the low-grade debate that has raged since 9/11 over the nature of jihād - whether it is a form of offensive warfare or (more pleasantly) a type of moral self-improvement
Date of source: Sunday, June 12, 2005
Yousuf Sidhum mentions cases of a number of Copts who experienced some troubles with issuing their computerized ID documents when such documents were issued with incorrect information—the applicants being listed as Muslims instead of their actual Christian identity.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 14, 2005
In his last Friday sermon in Doha, Shaykh Yousuf al-Qaradāwī indicated that it may be his last this season and revealed that the Qatari TV had erased all his previous speeches.
Date of source: Sunday, June 12, 2005
The current winds of change in the Middle East is a welcome whiff of fresh air in the region, but the hasty promotion of democracy, could plunge the region deeper into the “dark side”, bringing the Moslem Brotherhood to power in Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and elsewhere. While some in Washington are...
Date of source: Sunday, May 22, 2005
It would be of course great if we could nominate a Copt in the presidential elections. I just think it is too early for us to do so. This is the last step that should be preceded by so many other steps and preparations and political awareness.
Date of source: Sunday, May 22, 2005
Next Wednesday will witness the public referendum on the constitutional amendment which was passed by Parliament earlier this month, and which allows for the first multi- candidate presidential elections in Egypt. It is to be hoped that the voters will actively respond by taking part in the...
Date of source: Sunday, June 2, 2002
In 1977, the Bishop of Minya purchased a piece of land in the village of Beni Mahdi in order to build a church to serve the village congregation and those of eight neighbouring villages and hamlets which lacked a local church. The church has been waiting for approval for about a quarter of a...
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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.