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Date of source: 24 Jun 2017
First of all we would like to use this opportunity to wish all our Muslim friends a blessed Eid al-Fitr [ʿĪd al-Fitr].
CAWU was registered as a non-governmental organization (NGO) under Egyptian law in 2007. Its mission is to promote dialogue among people of different convictions, Muslims and...
Date of source: 31 Jul 2017
While studying at the University of Essex, I decided to apply for an internship somewhere in the Middle East. After spending some time researching potential places to work, I came across the CAWU website and applied for the journalism internship almost immediately.
Writing about topics based on...
Date of source: 3 Aug 2017
Tens of thousands of citizens visit the Mugamma [Mujamaʿ] daily to process their documents. During office hours the building is overcrowded; behind each service window, one sees people pushing and struggling to get their paperwork finished. Visitors are not assigned numbers, hence the chaotic...
Date of source: 7 Aug 2017
Christianity and Islam are the largest religions in the world and share deep historical and traditional connections with some major theological differences.
The relationship between Christians and Muslims can be discussed in several contexts: positive: tolerance, respect and cooperation; and...
Date of source: 9 Mar 2017
As the protestors clashed with police, a social media hashtag انتفاضة_التموين#
surfaced, providing the spontaneous demonstrations with an unofficial name the Intifādat al-Tamwīn, or “Bread Uprising”
The Egyptian word for bread, ‘Aish, is the same word for “Life” in Egyptian Arabic. This...
Date of source: 12 Mar 2017
Aḥmad Abū Shādī, former senior press spokesman for 18 years at the IMF, former director of the Cairo Center for Economic Information, and friend of Arab-West Report, responded to our last newsletter about the bread riots: “While the depth of your experience and understanding of events in Egypt is...
Date of source: 1 Apr 2017
Friends of Annemarie organized an in memoriam service at St. John the Baptist Church in Maʿādī, Cairo on March 1, 2017. Attendees could write thoughts in a book that was placed in church.
Annemarie had been sent to Egypt by the King's Highway Fellowship (KHF) in Barneveld, the Netherlands...
Date of source: 10 Apr 2017
The Dutch organization Kerk in Actie (Church in Action), a partner of CAWU and AWF, responded to the attack with a statement calling for:
“prayer for the injured and for the families of the victims, for the churches in Egypt, their members, their leaders, for His Holiness Pope Tawadros [Tawāḍrūs],...
Date of source: 15 Apr 2017
The bomb under the front seat in the church in Ṭanṭa was obviously the result of lax security control. After the attack the head of security entered church to witness the carnage. Coptic youth was so angry that they beat him up. The officer was later sacked from his position. Security in Alexandria...
Date of source: 27 Apr 2017
Attendees are members of parishes who have signed up in time and received invitations. Of all attendees, passport or ID information is known. I was not so lucky. I returned to Egypt after Easter and found no more invitations available. Happily, thanks to Catholic priest Fr. Mathieu Grenier, I am...
Date of source: 30 Apr 2017
The visit was impressive but much too short. The Pope arrived on Friday, April 28, at 10:45 am at Cairo Airport, was received by President as-Sīsī and Grand Imām Ahmad al-Tayib at the Presidential Palace and went to the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral to meet with Pope Ṭawādrūs II. In the meeting with...
Date of source: 11 Mar 2017
Namnam delivered this speech, entitled "The Role of Leaders and Decision Makers in Spreading a Culture of Peace and Combating Terrorism " during the first session of the 27th Annual Conference organized by the Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs. The Conference was headed by Prof. Muḥammad Mukhtar...
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Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Date of source: 9 Mar 2017
The president spoke to the Egyptian delegation about the historical role Iraqi Christians have played in the intellectual and economic construction of Iraq. Maʿṣūm refers specifically to the fact that Iraqi society is aware of the existence and plight of Christians in their country (Iraq), and...
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Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Date of source: 7 Mar 2017
Although the law seeks to unite all of the various Christian factions and find a solution to their differences, in reality the opposite is occurring: it appears that there are Christian communities who will not be recognized and won't be covered under this this law, such as the Adventists.
The...
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Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Date of source: 8 Mar 2017
Also, the Church permits women to enter into monastic life: women may become nuns nuns in any of the female-specific monasteries, such as the monasteries of saint Dimyāna Bibrārī Bilqās the monastery of Abī Sayfīn with its two locations in Miṣr al-Qadīma in Cairo and Sīdī Krīr in Alexandria. Women...
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Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Date of source: 12 Mar 2017
The meeting was attended by Minister of Culture, Ḥilmī Namnam, Minister of Endowments Muḥammad Mukhtar Jumʿa, in addition to a number of political leaders, parliamentarians, prominent media figures and journalists. Rev. Dr. Andrea Zakī, head of the Evangelical denomination in Egypt, said that Egypt...
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Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Date of source: 10 Mar 2017
Prof. Jabir added that Christianity is a religion of different rituals and traditions than Islam, with its own special character. He declared that the decision concerning the removal of the place of religious identity in the official documents arose based on certain givens, thus it has actually...
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Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Date of source: 8 Mar 2017
Mr. Hānī stated to al-Waṭan that he aims to prevent the exploitation of the crisis of al-Arish Copts (that he described as "temporary") through his documentation efforts. He states that some people inside and outside of Egypt work to take advantage of the crisis to spread a negative and false image...
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Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Date of source: 8 Mar 2017
The bishops held a spiritual meeting with the families. Pope Bīmin stated that His Holiness Pope Tawāḍrūs II is closely following the Coptic crisis in al-ʿArīsh, and that both he and the state are aware of their critical condition.
On his part, His Holiness Pope Qūzmān in stated in his speech "We...
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Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Date of source: 9 Mar 2017
The court has listened to testimony and confessions of the accused, who admitted to committing the crime. ʿĀdil claimed that he has known the Lamʿī for a year and a half when he discovered that was he was selling alcohol. A year ago, the accused visited the victim’s store in in Khālid Bin al-Walīd...
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Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Date of source: 12 Mar 2017
The dialogue was held in the largest mosque in the Netherlands 5 days prior to the legislative elections. Participants included representatives from from small and medium-sized Dutch political parties of diverse backgrounds.
The Observatory said in a statement on Sunday, that national dialogue...
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Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Date of source: 9 Mar 2017
Bushra suggests using these funds to block the roads which he claims are being used by “mercenaries and beneficiaries of Coptic Crisis”. Mr. Bushra stated in his article on the Ṣadā al-Balad news website that the idea of establishing a funding institution came to his mind in 2009 when he sent an...
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Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Date of source: 9 Mar 2017
The monk emphasized in special declarations to al-Dustūr that admirers of Pope Kīrillus come to visit al-Ṭāḥūna on his celebration day from countries all over the world. Tīmūthāwus clarified that there are visitors from countries as diverse as Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and USA.
Tīmūthāwus followed up...
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Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Date of source: 9 Mar 2017
The inauguration was celebrated in the presence of Tawāḍrūs II, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch, in participation with a number of bishops and a congregation of priests of Banī Swayf. A number of monks and thousands of the Eparchy's citizens participated in the inauguration prayers which began at 5:00...
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Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Date of source: 8 Mar 2017
Naguib Jibra’el: “Rami Jan” does not represent Copts
The counselor Naguib Jibra’el [Najīb Jibrāʾīl], head of the organization of Egyptian union for human rights, has emphasized that the fugitive Journalist Rami Jan [Rāmī Jān] , who frequently appears the Muslim Brotherhood’s Media channels and Al...
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Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Date of source: 3 Feb 2012
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Date of source: 3 Feb 2012
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Date of source: 3 Feb 2012
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Date of source: 4 Feb 2012
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Date of source: 4 Feb 2012
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Date of source: 4 Feb 2012
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Date of source: 1 Feb 2012
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Date of source: 1 Feb 2012
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Date of source: 1 Feb 2012
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Date of source: 1 Feb 2012
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Date of source: 2 Feb 2012
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Date of source: 2 Feb 2012
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Date of source: 2 Feb 2012
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Date of source: 3 Feb 2012
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Date of source: 30 Jan 2012
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Date of source: 31 Jan 2012
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Date of source: 31 Jan 2012
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Date of source: 31 Jan 2012
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Date of source: 1 Feb 2012
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Date of source: 29 Jan 2012
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Date of source: 29 Jan 2012
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Date of source: 30 Jan 2012
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Date of source: 31 Jan 2012
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Date of source: 30 Jan 2012
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Date of source: 30 Jan 2012
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Date of source: 28 Jan 2012
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Date of source: 28 Jan 2012
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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.