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Date of source: Thursday, December 8, 2022
Dr. Aḥmed Zāyed, director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, visited Dr. Aḥmed al-Ṭayyeb, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, today (Nov. 25) at the headquarters of Al-Azhar. During the visit, they agreed to sign a joint cooperation protocol between the Library of Alexandria and Al-Azhar for preserving historical...
Date of source: Sunday, October 16, 2022
Canon Law expert Dr. Bassām Shaḥātīt of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Jordan discusses the complex historical developments of personal and family status laws in the Middle East, especially in relation to the current challenges facing Christians in the region.
Date of source: Saturday, August 6, 2022
This year we celebrate the bicentenary of Champollion decoding the Rosetta Stone. The key to his success was the Coptic language, the final descendant of the Ancient Egyptian language.
Date of source: Friday, July 1, 2022
Fr. Dr. Emilio Platti (1943-2021) sadly suddenly passed away on October 25, 2021. His latest book De Koran herontdekt, Averbode: Uitgeverij Averbode|Erasme N.V, 2020, 96 pages, discusses the context in which the Qur’an came into being or as Muslims would formulate this, “was revealed.” In this...
Date of source: Monday, May 30, 2022
Orthodox Rabbi Moshe Peleg responded in questions and answers with Cornelis Hulsman to the article of Dr. Nājiyya ʿAbd al-Mughnī Saʿīd, vice president of the Egyptian Moral Rearmament Association (EMRA) about the death of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh [Shīrīn Abū ʿĀklih]. Please read Dr...
Date of source: Sunday, March 27, 2022
The Arab-West Report newsletter about the analysis of Dr. John Mearsheimer led to several angry responses. Mearsheimer puts the blame for the war on NATO. This should not be explained as an approval for the Russian war on Ukraine. Dutch physicist Dr. Evert du Marchie and Dutch Arabist and...
Date of source: Sunday, March 20, 2022
Throughout history, Russia and Ukraine have been allies and foes. No doubt they had indissociable bonds. In this article of former CAWU intern Valeria Bez we will see how the two nations evolved, what sort of relations shaped between them, and what the ethnic issue has to do with the war of 2022...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 15, 2021
The Royal Institute for Inter Faith Studies (RIIFS) held a lecture entitled “Arab-Christian Heritage and Christian-Islamic Dialogue”, delivered by Dr. Wajīh Yūsuf. Several scholars, including clergymen and Muslim religious leaders participated in this lecture.
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After the publication of Be Thou There; the Holy Family’s Journey in Egypt (AUC Press, 2001), Cornelis Hulsman organized a number of ‘pilgrimages’ to locations of the Holy Family in Egypt.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Interview with Professor Mohammed S. Dajani Daoudi, Founder of the Wasatia Movement in Palestine and Director of the Wasatia Academic Institute in Jerusalem.
Conducted by former CAWU intern Janneke Wijman on May 5th, 2020, via online platform Zoom. Both Janneke Wijman and Dr. Dajani Daoudi agreed...
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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.