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Date of source: Sunday, January 17, 2010
Following the tragic incidents of Naj‘ Hammādī, an angry Youssef Sidhom asks “Where is President Mubarak?” Focussing on the report to the president by the NCHR, Sidhom asks the regime to intervene to protect Copts from future attacks and to apply the law without discrimination so that justice is...
Date of source: Sunday, August 23, 2009
Even though the Supreme Administrative Court issued a final ruling last March giving Bahā’īs the right to have ID cards and birth certificates with an empty religion field there are still examples of discrimination taking place.
Date of source: Sunday, August 23, 2009
Watani interviewed a number of intellectuals and human rights activists to discover their views on the rise of sectarian attacks in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, August 9, 2009
Robert Fisk ponders why the Middle East is so backward and why the area has so many dictators and so many human rights.
Date of source: Sunday, November 15, 2009
Despite international interest in the study of Coptic Orthodoxy and Coptic history, until as late as the 1950s there was no academic institution offering such studies in Egypt. This article describes the founding and continued work of the Institute for Coptic Studies, founded in 1954.
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: Sunday, September 27, 2009
Al-Wafd reportson the Education minister al-Jamal’s decision to change parts of the history curriculum.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 13, 2009
On October 11, 2009 Her Excellency Dr. Mrs. Jihān al-Sādāt presented a lecture to the Women’s Association of Cairo at the Oriental Hall of the American University of Cairo. During the lecture she highlighted the role of women’s rights and education as well as looking at her husband’s policies and...
Date of source: Sunday, September 20, 2009
A new stage of inflaming the sectarian climate because of the educational curricula of the Egyptian Ministry of Education.
Date of source: Sunday, September 13, 2009
Watani International relates the story of a medical student who was not given the promotion he deserved even though his grades were higher than other students who were promoted. Yūsuf Sidhum reviews the student’s file and believes that this type of discrimination in rife in the education system in...
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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.