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Date of source: Friday, June 15, 2001
The production company claims the film is approved by the Azhar. The paper interviewed scriptwriters, directors, actors, and cartoonists on whether it was allowable to talk about Mohammed through a cartoon and whether the American production team were the most knowledgeable to produce such a film....
Date of source: Friday, December 15, 2000
Egyptian authorities stopped Al-Jazirah Channel broadcasting a film about the future of the Brotherhood. The editor and host of the show stated that people in charge at Video Cairo surprised them six hours before air time that new instructions were given to them not to air the show. Essam Al-Erian...
Date of source: Saturday, October 16, 1999
Muslim actors speak about their roles in films in which they represented Christian characters. Bishop Bissenti said that the many Moslem Egyptian actors performing in films produced by the church have contributed to the success of these films because of their performance abilities, not religious...
Date of source: Friday, October 8, 1999
Many Islamic scholars question the value of artistic films. Many of them reject the representation of a sheikhh or ma’azun [marriage official] on the screen. Others, however, want to use the film as a means to spread Islam.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 23, 1998
The article discusses the image of Jews in religious films in Egypt and concludes that their image is related to political circumstances, that is relations between Egypt and Israel. The title doesn’t cover the content of the article and is probably not made by the author.
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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.