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Date of source: Wednesday, March 20, 2013
The recent transcript published by Arab West Report on our interview with Bishop Antonios of the Coptic Catholic Church has attracted the attention of scholars in the West. In particular, Dr. Wolfram Reiss, professor of historical and comparative studies of religions at the University of Vienna,...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 5, 2014
In a recent article for Arab West Report, Editor-in-Chief Cornelis Hulsman highlighted the mutual recourse to anti-Semitic accusations on the part of both opponents and supporters of the current government. He referenced to research complied by MEMRI, in which General Sīsī and the Muslim...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Seeking to represent all sectors of Egyptian society, the Egyptian Committee of Fifty to amend the constitution of 2012 was light on political parties. Only four seats were assigned, two for liberals and two for Islamists. This was in contrast to the Committee of One Hundred that wrote the 2012...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Following the passage of the 2012 Egyptian constitution in a disputed and divisive referendum, Muslim Brotherhood leader Muhammad al-Biltājī praised the text and tried to assuage opponents of any flaws it might contain.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 5, 2014
The composition of the committee to rewrite Egypt’s constitution was deliberately designed to include the diversity of Egyptian society. According to the representative of the Nubian community, Hajāj Udūl, in the case of his people this was a deliberate break from the past.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 28, 2014
The interview took place at the residence of the bishop in Six October City on December 10, 2013. The interview was entirely in Arabic and was transcribed and translated into English.
Interviewers: Cornelis Hulsman and Jayson Casper
Transcribed by: Ahmad Deiab and Raafat Nabil
Translated by: Ahmad...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 29, 2013
One of the greatest horrors that can befall a family is the sudden disappearance of their child. No country in the world could doubt such tragedy. Why then does controversy surround Coptic minors?
There are two prominent reasons, and both relate to the contested sectarian nature of Egyptian...
Date of source: Friday, December 27, 2013
Rev. Safwat al-Bayādī, president of the Protestant churches of Egypt, believes the amended constitution submitted to Egypt for referendum January 14-15, is 85 percent positive. As one of the fifty committee members, he described his experiences, both positive and negative, to Arab West Report on...
Date of source: Monday, December 16, 2013
On May 16, 2013, Arab-West Report was able to interview a former security advisor for the government in North Sinai, who preferred to stay anonymous. A general in the army, his posting began in 2005 and lasted until November, 2012, when he resigned in disagreement with the Mursī administration for...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 15, 2014
They are called the Committee of Fifty, and with good reason. Fifty leading Egyptian figures were selected by president Adly Mansour to amend the 2012 constitution, drawn the suggestions offered by the institutions of state, religious bodies, professional syndicates, political parties, and his...
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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.