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Date of source: 28 Aug 2021
She commented on her official Facebook page that this marked a historic day for Egyptian women in the field of judiciary.
The Public Prosecution decided to transfer 11 female judges to the Public Prosecution Office for a period starting from September 1, 2021 until September 30, 2022 and enroll...
Reviewed by Darragh Crean
Translator Darragh Crean
Date of source: 20 Jun 2021
The sectarian dispute was between a Coptic family and a Muslim family in the village of Bayād al- ʿArab in Banī Suwayf. Bishop Ghubriyyāl, bishop of Banī Suwayf and Fr. Armiyā praised the security forces’ success of in containing the dispute and dealing equally with all sides.
Fr. Armiyā also...
Reviewed by Frederick Boase
Translator Frederick Boase
Date of source: 29 Jun 2021
His holiness also appointed Bishop Ilāriyyūn to perform the funeral and offered his condolences to the family.
In his obituary, the Pope said: “We are saddened by the passing of the distinguished businessman Unsī Sāwīris, who died aged 91. He left behind a rich legacy of work and major...
Reviewed by Frederick Boase
Translator Frederick Boase
Date of source: 2 Aug 2021
Tradition says after fleeing to Egypt, the holy family stayed in this cave before returning to their homeland Palestine. In response to criticism of the renovation of the monastery’s cave, the Church said that it was carried out while preserving its archaeological character.
The Virgin Mary...
Reviewed by Frederick Boase
Translator Frederick Boase
Date of source: 16 Aug 2021
In a statement today, the coalition stated that the Taliban movement is imposing severe restrictions on human rights in the areas under its control, where targeting and killings of civilians are increasing.
The coalition called on the international community to intervene urgently to protect the...
Reviewed by Frederick Boase
Translator Frederick Boase
Date of source: 5 Aug 2021
The text of the question read: “In these times, filming and broadcasting videos and pictures of comics are spreading on social media, mocking people who are dealing with the health, environmental and economic crises in our country, and those who do it justify their action as a freedom of expression...
Reviewed by Luke Noble
Translator Luke Noble
Date of source: 28 Aug 2021
Pope Tawāḍrūs welcomed the young 90 attendees, and gave them a brief history on the Coptic Orthodox Church, which is one of the oldest churches and is spread in more than a hundred countries around the world. The pope spoke about how rich the Ancient Egyptian civilization is, and the concept of...
Reviewed by Yasmin Tarek
Translator Yasmin Tarek
Coptic Church Counselor files a lawsuit to eliminate the religion field from national identity cards
Date of source: 25 Aug 2021
In his lawsuit, which bore No. 66102 of judicial year 75, Jibrāʾīl stated that “In light of what Egypt is witnessing of unprecedented unity under the leadership of President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī, then it’s time to get rid of everything that doesn’t match with the state’s strategy, such as the...
Reviewed by Yasmin Tarek
Translator Yasmin Tarek
Date of source: 9 Jun 2021
Dr. Hudā Badrān, head of the Egyptian Feminist Union, pointed out that members of the Union demand a legislative change to legalize free movement for women older than 18, pointing out that freedom of movement is a human right. She further calls for a change in society’s perception of women’s...
Reviewed by Rieke Mülstegen
Translator Rieke Mülstegen
Date of source: 22 Jul 2021
“Today is a Beautiful Day” [al-Nahārda Yawm Jamīl], is another movie that discusses marriage in its respective social context. It sheds light on taboo topics like marital rape from various points of view, perhaps with a tendency towards a female perspective without prejudicing men.
Actress Najlāʾ...
Reviewed by Rieke Mülstegen
Translator Rieke Mülstegen
Date of source: 24 Jun 2021
Al-Najjār’s wife, Shaymāʾ ʿAfīfī, disclosed the details of his disappearance 2018 in an interview with ʿArabī 21, stating that the family was staying in Alexandria and returned to Cairo without him. However, she was surprised when her husband called her from Aswan. It was confirmed that this call...
Reviewed by Rieke Mülstegen
Translator Rieke Mülstegen
Date of source: 3 Jul 2021
He clarified in his statement to al-Waṭan that all five Egyptian Churches, The Coptic Orthodox Church, the Roman Orthodox Church, the Syrian Orthodox Church, the Catholic, and the Protestant Church agreed on the legal draft for Christians. According to Sulaymān, the legislative proposal is in line...
Reviewed by Rieke Mülstegen
Translator Rieke Mülstegen
Date of source: 22 Jul 2021
It is well-known that minorities, whether religious or social ones, always focus on their interests as a sort of protection in the face of the majority groups. But what does this have to do with Copts and the revolution?
More than half a century after the 1952 Revolution, we find Copts that try to...
Reviewed by Rieke Mülstegen
Translator Rieke Mülstegen
Date of source: 25 May 2021
During her visit to him, Ikrām Yūsuf, al-ʿUlaymī ’s mother reported that Ziyād had been assaulted by an officer, when he asked to go to a prison cell in order to offer his condolences to one of the prisoners.
She said that their colleague, ʿAlāʾ ʿIṣṣām, was surprised at dawn on Thursday by the...
Reviewed by Luke Noble
Translator Luke Noble
Date of source: 2 Jun 2021
Pope Tawāḍrūs II called on the Ministry of education to include the history of the Holy Family in its curricula because it is a pride for every Egyptian. He also demanded that this occasion should be a national holiday.
This came in his speech at a ceremony marking the anniversary of the Holy...
Reviewed by Luke Noble
Translator Luke Noble
Date of source: 14 Sep 2021
Moody Demetry is the founder of the organization. He is an Egyptian-American who in 1996 went to the USA to finish his studies and started working and volunteering in different organizations in the USA. In 2013 he decided to come back to Egypt and founded Heya Masr (translated: She is Egypt). He...
Date of source: 8 Jul 2021
In Egypt, the first major rally of the Arab Spring uprising that shook the Middle East was held on 25 January 2011. The Egyptian people filled the streets with their demands of “freedom and justice” in order to topple down autocratic ruler Hosni Mubarak [Muḥammad Ḥusnī Sayyid Mubārak], who had been...
Date of source: 14 Mar 2021
Īzīs Maḥmūd, head of Training and Awareness department at the National Council for Women, explained that the door-knocking campaign coincides with the council’s efforts in supporting the “Decent Life” [Ḥayāh Karīma] initiative launched by President al-Sīsī to improve the quality of life in the...
Reviewed by Luke Noble
Translator Luke Noble
Date of source: 6 Jun 2021
Al-Ḥadīdī said, during a telephone interview “Ṣadā al-Balad” satellite channel, that the Shaykh of al-Azhar stressed people’s right to water, noting that “tampering with the right to possess and access water resources is corruption of the earth, and the world must stop it”, quoting the speech of...
Reviewed by Luke Noble
Translator Luke Noble
Date of source: 28 May 2021
The celebration is organized by the Martyria Foundation for Culture & Development and hosted by the Church of the Virgin Mary in Maadi, in the presence of His Holiness Pope Tawāḍrūs II, Dr. Khālid al-ʿAnānī, Minister of Tourism and Culture, and a number of church clerics and public figures.
Fr...
Reviewed by Luke Noble
Translator Luke Noble
Date of source: 9 Sep 2021
Bookreview: Laoucet Ayari, Sighting the Month, Boulder, Colorado, USA, 2020
♡ innocence ♡ براء [Barāʾ]
This book is the product of fifteen years of scrutiny, arithmetic, experiments and meticulous observations of astronomical measurements.
I am not a scientific specialist, nor am I qualified to...
Date of source: 6 Sep 2021
Valeria: How do you feel after a month traveling in Egypt, Lebanon and Iraq?
Maria: It indeed overwhelmed me. I spent 3 weeks in Iraq. First of all, the heat: +50ºC is hard. It is very hard. Glasses frame is warming up on your face, the phone in your pocket is burning you, the ground is burning...
Date of source: 19 Mar 2021
President ʿAbbās further welcomed the positive results of the previous national dialogue sessions, stressing the importance of translating these results in favour of future progress of democracy, in order to a time table for presidential and legislative elections and form a new National Council ....
Reviewed by Luke Noble
Translator Luke Noble
Date of source: 4 Aug 2021
Despite considerable societal advances in recent years, revenge killing [al-thāʿr in Arabic] is a tradition which still persists amongst communities in Upper Egypt. It is a practice which has resulted in the loss of countless lives in the region.
According to official statistics issued by the...
Reviewed by Darragh Crean
Translator Darragh Crean
Date of source: 28 Aug 2021
The case of Bishop Daniel of Australia began during the time of Pope Shinūda III, who summoned Bishop Daniel to Cairo in 2008 to discipline him for a number of financial and spiritual infractions. In 2009, the Holy Synod decided to suspend Bishop Daniel from service for four years.
In August 2012,...
Reviewed by Darragh Crean
Translator Darragh Crean
Date of source: 21 Mar 2021
She began her career as a pulmonologist at al-Qaṣr al-ʿAynī Hospital, then moved to the United States of America where she obtained her master’s degree from Columbia University in 1966.
Nawāl became famous for her bold writings, including her book “Women and Sex”, which was published in 1968,...
Reviewed by Luke Noble
Translator Luke Noble
Date of source: 21 Feb 2021
Amīn’s statements sparked controversy and outrage among Egyptians, which prompted the TV presenter to issue an immediate apology on the matter, and he has tried repeatedly to beg for sympathy from his followers.
However, this campaign of anger has become widespread, causing the suspension of his...
Reviewed by Luke Noble
Translator Luke Noble
Date of source: 21 May 2021
The church stressed that Bishop Epiphanius’s murder had been rigorously investigated. Police took testimony from dozens of witnesses and presented their evidence to the Public Prosecution, who decided to charge two monks. At court, the judges issued a unanimous guilty verdict. The ruling was...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 23 May 2021
Pope Kyrillos [Kīrillus] VI had a close relationship with President Jamāl ʿAbd al-Nāṣir. The pope was the first to oppose visiting Jerusalem after the 1967 War and Israeli occupation of Jerusalem.
On the other hand, Pope Shinūda III had a tense relationship with President Anwar al-Sādāt, which...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 28 May 2021
The Faith Protection Association [Rābiṭat Ḥumāt al-Īmān], a group of ministers known for their extremism and attacks on church teachings and even the pope’s decisions, are now in charge of the bishopric. This has prompted the pope to exclude it from participating in the church doctrine conference...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 30 May 2021
The authorities’ move came after the monastery was unable to pay the agreed upon sum of four million EGP annually in order to use the thousand acres of farmland next to the monastery.
The Coptic Orthodox Church and Ministry of Environment reached an agreement in 2017 that legalized the St. Macarius...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 30 May 2021
One of the monks said that the conflict between the monastery and ministry is about a thousand acres of land and not the monastery’s entire 3,000-acre estate. In 2017, the monastery was legalized even though it still hasn’t been officially recognized by the Coptic Orthodox Church’s committee for...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 1 Jun 2021
Fr. Mūsā Ibrāhīm, official spokesperson of the Coptic Orthodox Church, said that the prayer was attended by a number of Metropolitans, bishops, priests, deacons, and nuns under consideration of the precautionary measures taken to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus.
Pope Tawādrūs himself had...
Reviewed by Rieke Mülstegen
Translator Rieke Mülstegen
Date of source: 3 Jun 2021
The commission consists of Fr. Abrām, bishop of Fayūm, Bishop Daniel, head of St. Paul [Mār Būlā] Monastery at the Red Sea, Engineer Kāmil Michel, a member of the House of Representatives, and Engineer Ayyūb ʿAdlī Ayyūb, a Coptic businessman.
The decision comes after the police forces headed last...
Reviewed by Rieke Mülstegen
Translator Rieke Mülstegen
Date of source: 14 Jun 2021
Yaʿqūb al-Maqārī who, by decision of the Church, returned to his secular name Shinūda Wahba ʿAṭālla Jūrjiyūs, continues to collect donations from simple Copts in his monastic clothing despite the Church’s warnings. He also ordained workers of the monastery violating the Church’s regulations....
Reviewed by Rieke Mülstegen
Translator Rieke Mülstegen
Date of source: 21 Jul 2021
Dr. Ṭāriq Shaʿbān Sālim, director of the Azhar Counter-Extremism Observatory, stressed to al-Ahrām Portal, that due to stereotypes against Muslims spread by far-right voices and some Western media, hardly a day goes by without an incident of violence or insult, including attacks on mosques. These...
Reviewed by Rieke Mülstegen
Translator Rieke Mülstegen
Date of source: 24 Jul 2021
Aḥmad Qandīl, the media advisor to the Supreme Council of Sufi Orders, said that the Council’s president, Dr. ʿAbd al-Hādī Al-Qaṣabī thanks the president for the state’s support of the shrines. He emphasized that the Sufi Orders support the political leadership in its great efforts and sacrifices...
Reviewed by Rieke Mülstegen
Translator Rieke Mülstegen
Date of source: 13 Jun 2021
On April 30, 2020, Ethiopian monks boldly erected a tent in the Coptic Orthodox Church’s Monastery of the Sultan in the Old City of Jerusalem, a common occurrence during the festival seasons. However, this time Ethiopian monks raised the Ethiopian flag over the monastery, which led to a clash...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 19 Jun 2021
Given to the nature of the Red Sea governorate as it is a coastal governorate and a tourist attraction, Bishop Elarion [Īlāriyūn], bishop of Red Sea, has started celebrating a weekly sermon in the English language in Hurghada.
The Diocese of the Red Sea added: “This comes as an opportunity for...
Reviewed by Engy Rashdan
Translator Engy Rashdan
Date of source: 19 Jun 2021
He hit Fr. Samaʿān multiple times with a cleaver until he died.
Aḥmad Saʿīd, the murderer of Archpriest Samaʿān Shiḥāta Rizk Allāh, was executed on Monday morning. The execution took place at the Cairo Appeals Prison nearly four years later, the crime is known in the media as “al-Marj’s Priest”.
A...
Reviewed by Engy Rashdan
Translator Engy Rashdan
Date of source: 4 Jun 2021
The Pope stated in the editorial op-ed of al-Kirāza magazine’s new issue which was published today: “Peace in al-Quds cannot be achieved unless the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people and all peoples of the region are respected. True peace cannot become a reality unless the hostility,...
Reviewed by Engy Rashdan
Translator Engy Rashdan
Date of source: 26 Jun 2021
Shaykh Jābir Ṭāyiʿ stressed on banning unauthorized preachers from ascending the pulpits. He also mentioned the ministry’s efforts to form committees of inspection, in addition to providing periodic follow-up for mosques and observing adherence to the resolution.
The Awqāf Ministry adopts a...
Reviewed by Engy Rashdan
Translator Engy Rashdan
Date of source: 10 Jul 2021
The Secretary General stated that al-Azhar’s participation through holding a special wing at the Cairo International Book Fair for the fifth year in a row is a powerful addition, especially on the intellectual and cultural level. The wing offers various important intellectual and cultural...
Reviewed by Engy Rashdan
Translator Engy Rashdan
Date of source: 10 Jul 2021
The delegation of the Episcopal Church included Archdeacon ʿImād Bāssiliyyūs, the Chairman of the Council of Priests, Fr. Joshua Bakhīt ʿAmīd (ecclesiastical position), All Saints' Cathedral, the church’s media team in addition to Muḥib Nāʿīm and Mārīnā Mīkhāʾīl .
In a statement, the Episcopal...
Reviewed by Engy Rashdan
Translator Engy Rashdan
Date of source: 9 Jun 2021
The meeting focused on the cooperation between Egypt and Jordan in the field of religious tourism, and the importance for Coptic Christians of visiting the Baptismal Site of Jesus Christ in Jordan as part of the Christian pilgrimage.
His Holiness Pope Tawāḍrūs II also praised Jordan and King...
Reviewed by Darragh Crean
Translator Darragh Crean
Date of source: 30 Jul 2021
The center stated that the virtual tours will be available to followers and users to experience an authentic visit to these monuments through the church’s official website and the center’s YouTube channel.
The Nativity of Christ Cathedral in the Administrative Capital will be the first tour to be...
Reviewed by Darragh Crean
Translator Darragh Crean
Date of source: 19 May 2021
The case also demands the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Tourism to issue instructions to hotels of all types and rankings to accept the accommodation of Egyptian women without any discrimination against them compared to men and remove all impediments.
The lawyers...
Reviewed by Engy Rashdan
Translator Engy Rashdan
Date of source: 3 Jul 2021
Fr. Yūḥannā was one of the students of Fr. Mattā al-Miskīn who is considered one of the most famous monks of the Coptic Orthodox Church of the 20th century. The late Monk was born on 12th of May 1931, with the name Raʾūf Jirjis. He graduated from pharmacy school in 1951.
He served at St. Antonius’s...
Reviewed by Engy Rashdan
Translator Engy Rashdan
Date of source: 23 Aug 2021
The last azan had quietened and yellowish shades of Maadi faded when I got off the metro and headed towards ʿAmrū's apartment. I was holding a turquoise box of sweets from "Nola" under my arm and uncertain ideas in my head. Streets of Maadi have numbers instead of names — just like in Vasilyevski...
Date of source: 16 Aug 2021
Māhir Farghalī, an expert on Islamist movements, believes that the fall of Kabul will affect Egypt if the Taliban recreates Afghanistan as a safe haven for returnees from conflict areas in the region, such as Iraq, Syria and Libya.
Farghalī stated “Taliban is the godfather of terrorist groups,...
Reviewed by Darragh Crean
Translator Darragh Crean
Date of source: 7 Jun 2021
1. It will be the first centre for Islamic studies opened in any of Egypt's churches.
2. Al-Azhar Shaykh Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib welcomed the idea during his meeting with the new Archbishop of the Episcopal Church, Dr. Sāmī Fawzī.
3. The Shaykh has prepared a course in Islamic studies for those...
Reviewed by Darragh Crean
Translator Darragh Crean
Date of source: 19 Aug 2021
Dr. Munīr:Let’s start Kseniia by you telling me something about your interests and background please.
Kseniia:
With pleasure, Dr Munīr. During my university program, I got interested in climate change challenges. I was receiving a degree in Mechanical Engineering and decided to connect my future...
Date of source: 4 Jul 2021
Now that all the denominations’ representatives have agreed to the draft, it will be sent to the Cabinet, which in turn will send it to either the State Council for review and then the House of Representatives, or the House directly, to approve it. Sulaymān added that the House is likely to approve...
Reviewed by Honey Thomas
Translator Honey Thomas
Date of source: 4 Jul 2021
The book tells the story of the first Maronite church founded in Egypt, the Barge Church, which was consecrated by Father Moussa Helena [Mūsā] in Damietta in 1745. The book also addresses the life of Father Helena, his work, the memorial church mural, and the fathers of the Aleppo Maronite Order (...
Reviewed by Honey Thomas
Translator Honey Thomas
Date of source: 6 Jul 2021
The St. Mary’s Coptic Church in Zaytūn published Pope Shinūda’s works written during the period of his presidency over the Orthodox Church. The books which published after his death were supervised by Rev. Fr. Buṭrus Buṭrus Jayid, the pope’s nephew and archpriest of St. Mary’s Coptic Church in...
Reviewed by Rieke Mülstegen
Translator Rieke Mülstegen
Date of source: 15 Jul 2021
The church can be considered the first one permitted to be built in the history of the Daqahilīya governorate and the third in Egypt’s history, after the church in the New Administrative Capital.
Wāʾil Ghālī, legal consultant and representative of the Coptic Orthodox Church stated: “We managed to...
Reviewed by Rieke Mülstegen
Translator Rieke Mülstegen
Date of source: 8 Jun 2021
The director of Minya security has moved to the site of the monastery, and some officials from the Diocese of Samallūṭ who supervise the celebration, asked to ease entry restrictions for Copts and grant them more time, especially since the celebration will conclude on Thursday.
A source in the...
Reviewed by Frederick Boase
Translator Frederick Boase
Date of source: 1 Jul 2021
The opening was attended by His Excellency Shaykh Ḥusnī Abū Ḥabīb, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Awqāf in Fayoum, and a number of imams of the Directorate, in an atmosphere of love, friendliness and national unity among all.
Representative Ayman Shukrī said that his partaking in the opening of...
Reviewed by Frederick Boase
Translator Frederick Boase
Date of source: 16 May 2021
In light of this, Masrāwī has published the most recent decisions the pope and Holy Synod took in 2018 to regulate monastic life following the murder of Bishop Epiphanius [Epīphaniyyūs], head of St. Macarius Monastery [dayr Abū Maqār], and the execution of his murderer, Wāʾil Saʿd (Monk Ashʿiyāʾ...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 16 May 2021
Egypt’s stance on Israel during this most recent flare-up of violence has differed from its previous stance during the 2014 Gaza War. Egyptian media coverage of events, although not extensive, showed Israel’s ruthlessness on Gaza, and some news websites and newspapers were allowed to highlight the...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
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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.