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Date of source: Saturday, September 26, 2020
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Inclusive citizenship seeks to go beyond the intellectual debates of recent years on democratization and participation to explore a related set of issues around changing conceptions of citizenship. Peoples’ understandings of what it means to be a citizen go to the heart of various...
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ʿUmar (38) was born in Saudi Arabia and moved to Cairo when he was six years old.
Date of source: Sunday, May 24, 2026
Based on participant observation and interviews with two bawwābīn in al-Munīra neighborhood of Cairo, this report examines the position of doormen in contemporary urban Egypt. By following the experiences of bawwābīn Wā’il and ʿAīd, the paper shows how the boundaries between work and private life...
Date of source: Monday, April 20, 2026
Rev. Rifʿat Fateḥī, Secretary-General of the Evangelical Synod of the Nile and a member of the committee drafting the personal status law for Christians, responded to questions about the extent to which the new law meets the aspirations of Christians regarding personal status affairs.
Date of source: Thursday, April 16, 2026
The government announced that the draft family law for Christians has been completed in a comprehensive manner.
Date of source: Sunday, April 19, 2026
Ṭāriq al-Muḥammadī, Deputy Chairman of the Religious Affairs Committee in the House of Representatives, said the National Front Party (NFP)’s initiative to launch a societal dialogue on the draft law on personal status affairs represents a "serious and important" step towards reforming one of the...
Date of source: Sunday, April 19, 2026
A Christian lawmaker said that the old law on personal status for Christians had many flaws, as there has been more than one separate law for each denomination, let alone the fact that the current active laws were "antiquated."
Date of source: Friday, April 24, 2026
In one of the most important legislative steps in modern Egyptian history, the Christian community, in all its denominations, stands on the threshold of a new legal era with the completion of all features of the "Unified Personal Status Law for Christians." This draft law, which represents the...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 31, 2026
The Egyptian Freedom Party strongly condemned the Israeli Knesset’s approval of the law to execute Palestinian prisoners, describing it as a dangerous and unprecedented escalation and a flagrant violation of all principles of international humanitarian law and the Geneva Conventions. It considers...
Date of source: Thursday, March 26, 2026
Dr. Gīhān Zakī, Egyptian Minister of Culture, expressed her great pride in participating in the meeting of Egyptian Women and the Ideal Mothers and President Sīsī’s celebration of Egyptian women, as well as honoring the Ideal Mothers and a select group of female creators. She noted that this...
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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.