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Date of source: Monday, April 28, 2008
Drs. Hulsman provides an overview of the history of the monastery of Abu Hinnis. The German researcher Dr. Otto Meinardus wrote in the sixties about seventh century murals in a cave church near Deir Abu Hinnis, a Christian village some 300 km south of Cairo. Most of these murals he then described...
Date of source: Sunday, January 27, 2008
Sa‘īd Nāfic and Theresa Kamāl report on the celebration of the Coptic Orthodox Church of the Holy Family’s journey that was organized in the Monastery of the Virgin Mary in Abū Hinnis, al-Minia Governorate.
Date of source: Thursday, February 7, 2008
The article presents a personal impression of a trip to Dayr Abū Ḥinnis, and includes discussions on Muslim-Christian relations and church building.
Date of source: Thursday, February 7, 2008
The article presents a discussion on the process of church building in Egypt, demonstrates one church’s ability to rebuild a church without any hindrances, and the importance of preserving antiquities in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, November 4, 2007
The article discusses a recent sectarian clash that erupted in Minia over a plot of land. It provides eyewitness testimony of the events.
Date of source: Saturday, October 27, 2007
Sectarian incidents ignited in the Upper Egyptian village of Samālūṭ in al-Miniā governorate over an estate that the church purchased in 2003.
Date of source: Sunday, August 19, 2007
Many Copts choose to visit the Virgin’s convent near Assiut’s western mountain during the Holy Virgin’s fast. Basma William offers a personal look at this tradition, detailing her own visit to the convent.
Date of source: Saturday, June 2, 2007
Dr. Lewis Labīb Shahatah writes about the visit of the Holy Family to Egypt. He considers the reasons behind the visit, and why Egypt in particular was chosen. “The message that Egypt is trying to deliver to the whole world is that it is still a symbol for the unity of all religions,” Dr, Labīb...
Date of source: Sunday, May 27, 2007
The Coptic Orthodox Church in Ethiopia believes that the journey of the Holy Family was to Ethiopia, not Egypt.
Date of source: Saturday, August 21, 2004
I have visited DrunkaDurunka, Assuiute, twice to take part in the annual celebrations at the Convent of the Virgin Mary between the 7th and the 21st of August. Inside the Convent, there is a cave where the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ stayed. Father Daniel Habib says that the Virgin Mary and Jesus...
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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.