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Date of source: Saturday, January 22, 2000 to Friday, January 28, 2000
Proper logic says that it is foolish for people to fight each other because some of them have black eyes and are short while the others are not. The same logic judges that it is also foolish for people to fight each other for nothing except that some of them inherited Islam and others Christianity...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 8, 1999
The number of divorces in Egypt is on the rise according to a Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) study reported in the Egyptian opposition daily Al Wafd. While there were 67,000 divorce cases filed in 1990, by 1997 that number had jumped to 71,000. Last year the number...
Date of source: Friday, August 31, 2012
The Ministry of Social Affairs had closed the feminist association that was headed by Dr. Nawal Al-Sadawi in 1991. She has come back in order to establish an Egyptian feminist league in Egypt but the minister declared she had not approved it.
Date of source: Thursday, July 29, 1999 to Wednesday, August 4, 1999
"Power to Change" was the theme of the World YWCA’s 29th council in Cairo. Throughout the conference, Egypt was acknowledged as an excellent example of co-operation between Muslims and Christians by encouraging to work together in all fields of voluntary work.
Date of source: Thursday, July 29, 1999 to Wednesday, August 4, 1999
Infringement on personal freedom or sound educational policy? The ban on wearing the niqab, or full face-veil, in schools has stirred intense controversy and a lengthy legal battle ever since it was issued by Minister of Education Hussein Kamel Bahaaeddin in 1994. The legal wrangle came to an end...
Date of source: Sunday, July 18, 1999
Today Mrs. Mubarak opens the 29th International Conference for the Christian Women’s Associations. Dr. Mervat Al-Talawi, the minister of Social Affairs, and Mamdouh Al-Beltagi, the minister of Tourism, will be attending the opening session. 600 women attend this conference, representing leaders of...
Date of source: Thursday, May 27, 1999 to Wednesday, June 2, 1999
The minister of justice has announced new restrictions on the marriage of Egyptian women to foreign men, many of whom are Saudis. But the proposal has come under fire from many quarters. It could push men to seek an Urfi marriage.
Date of source: Thursday, April 29, 1999 to Wednesday, May 5, 1999
It is certain that there will be fewer marriage proposals made by rapists to their victims, now that the People’s Assembly has approved the annulment of clause 291 of the Penal Code, which waives aside criminal charges against a rapist if he offers to marry his victim. The removal of the clause is...
Date of source: Thursday, April 29, 1999 to Wednesday, May 5, 1999
The Court of Cassation recently ruled that a husband’s infertility does not constitute sufficient grounds for his wife to file for divorce. The court justified its ruling with the statement that the aim of marriage is not procreation, but the exercise of mu’adda [love, friendship] and rahma [mercy...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 to Wednesday, May 12, 1999
The infamous Article 291 of the penal code, which exempts a rapist from punishment if he marries his victim, was canceled by the People’s Assembly on 20 April. Lawyers and women’s activists, who’d been pushing for years for amendment to the law, hailed the decision as a partial victory for women’s...
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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.