Date of source: Monday, April 30, 2007
Hulsman highlights a number of major reports that were placed in week 53, all belonging to closing the year 2006 for AWR. This week had been delayed because of the substantial amount of editing and checking that had been needed. This week includes the transcript of the lecture of former Dutch Prime...
Date of source: Monday, November 27, 2006
Dr. Ahmad
al-Tayyib, chancellor of the Azhar University and former Muftī of Egypt,
expressed his
anxiety about what is going on with fatwá’s in an interview with Dr. Durrīyah
Sharaf al-
Dīn. He stressed the superficiality of some Muslims nowadays and the compelling need to move from
appearance...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 22, 2006
The authors discuss successful experiments of
German and Danish Media. They
believe that it would be easy to implement in the Arab world. However, to
guarantee its success, it needs to change
its method of dealing with the events, and to be able to compete
with the other mass media in order to...
Date of source: Friday, November 17, 2006
Transcript of a speech presented by William Dalrymple at the American University in Cairo, highlighting his experiences traveling to Christian Holy sites throughout the Middle East, as well as his personal interpretation of political Islām. He includes references to both historical and present day...
Date of source: Thursday, February 15, 2007
British author William Dalrymple showing rapid decline of Christianity in the Middle East.
Episcopal Bishop Munīr Hanna Anis explaining the consequences of rumors in Muslim-Christian relations.
Date of source: Sunday, November 19, 2006
Majdī Khalīl discusses the forced disappearance of Coptic girls. The claims around this phenomenon are not new, however it is being announced more frequently. Khalīl discusses the reasons why Coptic families are more often daring to announce the disappearance of their girls, and the reasons behind...
Date of source: Monday, November 13, 2006
Khālid al-Dakhīl satirically examines the relationship between
‘yellow’ journalism and the sidewalk. Citing al-Ghad newspaper as an example, al-Dakhīl says that the
newspaper
has failed to establish a good reputation with the public.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Rev. Andre Zakī discusses the effectiveness of intercultural and interfaith dialogue and weighs their pros and cons.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Suhayr ‘Uthmān, a researcher from the Faculty of Mass Communication, conducted research on the relationship between reading printed and electronic newspapers and the youths’ conceptions of terrorism. This article outlines some of the study’s results.
Date of source: Friday, October 13, 2006
Dr. Sāmī ‘Abd al- ‘Azīz reports the results of an annual seminar held by Iqra’ satellite channel entitled, ‘The Iqra’ seminar for fiqh and media,’ headed by Shaykh Sālih Kāmil.