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Fifth anniversary of death of the former Minister of Awqāf, Maḥmūd Ḥamdī Zaqzūq
Date of source: 1 Apr 2025
By Lū’aī ʿAlī
Today (Tuesday) marks the anniversary of the death of Dr. Maḥmūd Ḥamdī Zaqzūq, the former Minister of Awqāf (religious endowments), who passed away on April 1, 2020. Zaqzūq, born in the governorate of al-Daqahlīya on December 27, 1933, obtained his university degree at the Faculty of Arabic...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Muslim Council of Elders and a delegation from the South African Council of Churches stress the role of religion in promoting peace
Date of source: 2 Apr 2025
By Muṣṭafā Jamāl
Secretary-General of the Muslim Council of Elders Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Salām welcomed a South African Council of Churches delegation at the Council's headquarters in Abu Dhabi. The delegation included Bishop Malusi Mpumlwana, former General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches; Bishop...
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Azhari Palestinian praises Imām Ṭayyīb’s message of empathy with the people of Gaza
Date of source: 4 Apr 2025
By Muhammad Husayn
A Palestinian scholar and a former student of al-Azhar said that he felt relieved by a phone call from Grand Imām Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, who expressed support and appreciation for the struggling Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip under cruel and calamitous circumstances. "Despite the tough...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Second round of female leadership program inaugurated by the Grand Imām
Date of source: 6 Apr 2025
By Muḥammad Shiḥta
The 2nd edition of a program on producing promising female leaders was inaugurated under the patronage of Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, Grand Imām of al-Azhar, and Dr. Salāma Dāwūd, President of al-Azhar University. "The event tackled the issue of empowerment of women," said Dr. Muḥammad Fikrī Khiḍr, Vice-...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
"And the land of Egypt was blessed!" by Bishop Armia
Date of source: 2 Apr 2025
By Bishop Armiyā
I would like to extend my congratulations on this occasion of ʿEid al-Fiṭr to all of our Muslim brothers who are celebrating in Egypt and across the world, praying to God for joy and peace in our country and for our people, as well as over the region and the rest of the world. Today, Coptic...
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Translator Jack Heron
Zakāt al-Fiṭr 2025: The amount of Zakāt in Algeria and France
Date of source: 16 Mar 2025
By ʿAlī ʿUmar (Ali Aomar)
As Eīd al-Fiṭr approaches, Muslims around the world are preparing to pay the Zakāt al-Fiṭr, an obligatory almsgiving that symbolizes solidarity and generosity. In Algeria, the amount of these alms for 2025 has been officially announced by the religious authorities. The Ministry of Religious Affairs...
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Translator Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Non-Hegemonic Agency in the Changing World Order: Egypt’s Stability Framing
Date of source: 6 Apr 2025
By Sarah A. Heeling
Cut from the Same Cloth: Marriage and Divorce Traditions Among Coptic Christians and Muslims in Villages in Lower Egypt
Date of source: 5 Apr 2025
By Saskia Heisterborg
New Christian Personal Status Law sets the age of majority at 21
Date of source: 23 Mar 2025
By Nūrhān al-Kurdī
Bishop Paula (Būla), the Archbishop of Tanta and its suburbs and the person responsible for personal status law within the Coptic Orthodox Church, confirmed that the new Personal Status Law for Christians has set the age of a minor to be under 21 years, instead of 18 years, as is the case in other...
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Translator Maé Lefèvre
Ramaḍān in Egypt - the bridge of love between Muslims and Christians
Date of source: 18 Mar 2025
By Maḥmūd al-ʿAzba
Sāndī Girgis, a young Christian woman, is engaged in charity activities during the holy fasting month of Ramaḍān to hand out ifṭār (fast-breaking) meals she had cooked at her home in the streets of the coastal province of al-Ismāʿīlīya, where she lives, giving them to the poor and needy. Girgis has...
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Report on Reconciliation in the Egyptian Legal System: Including a Historical and Political Survey
Date of Publication: Saturday, February 27, 2010
By: Marwān al-Ashāl
Over the past decade many Egyptians involved in disputes have attempted settlement through what are known as 'reconciliation sessions'. These are a traditional conflict resolution tool indigenous to Egyptian culture, in which opposing parties agree to submit their grievances to a non-judicial process. Though appearing to be an effective method for
Faith Based Conflict Resolution For the Muslim – Christian Conflict in Egypt
Date of Publication: Saturday, February 27, 2010
By: Ayman Labīb
The recent attack on Christian worshippers exiting Coptic Christmas Eve mass in Nag Hamadi, January 6, 2010, has focused Egyptian attention on Muslim-Christian violence which has also been witnessed in other locations throughout the country. While some deny that these incidents have a religious basis or reflect declining relations between the two
Social Reconciliation: Pre- and Post-Conflict in the Egyptian Setting
Date of Publication: Saturday, February 27, 2010
By: Jayson Casper
  In all nations of the world, conflict is normal, and Egypt is no exception. Violent conflict in Egypt, however, is not. Though the Egyptian population has always been a peaceful people, many are noticing the increasing violence exhibited throughout society, much of which is along religious lines. There is a growing religiosity that imbues both
Izbet Bushra: Recording the Sources and Suggesting Reconciliation Following a Conflict over Church Building
Date of Publication: Tuesday, February 23, 2010
By: Jayson Casper
On June 21, 2009 violent conflict broke out between Muslims, Christians, and security forces of Izbet Bushra, a small village located in the governorate of Beni Suef, approximately 120 kilometers south of Cairo. The issue at hand was Coptic prayer services being conducted in a private home, which caused offense to Muslim neighbors, who constitute
Social Harmony and Christian Community Participation: Evaluation of a Survey Distributed to Priest of Beba and el-Fashn
Date of Publication: Sunday, February 21, 2010
By: Jayson Casper
  The clashes between Muslims and Christians in Izbet Bushra on June 21, 2009 resulted from a dispute in the village over using a private residence for community prayer services. Though details from the event are hard to confirm, it appears that Christians anticipated many difficulties in gaining permission to build a traditional church structure
Arabic Poetry as a possible Metalanguage for Intercultural Dialogue
Date of Publication: Tuesday, December 22, 2009
By: Daniel Roters
The aim of this study is to show how modern Arabic literature and poetry could help in the effort to understand modern Arab society and its problems. If we begin to talk about intercultural communication and use terms of linguistics we have to concede that a metalanguage is necessary if two cultures want to establish successful communication, in
Pope Shenouda's reactions to four Muslim-Christian incidents in Egypt
Date of Publication: Tuesday, December 1, 2009
By: Coline Schep
  Pope Shenouda III is the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt, and it therefore goes without saying that his opinions are highly regarded and highly influential. This paper discusses the pope's reaction to a number of incidents that have been interpreted by popular media as "sectarian". In 1998, tensions arose in the Upper Egyptian
Jamāl al-Bannā: Portrait of a Muslim Intellectual
Date of Publication: Tuesday, September 1, 2009
By: Ben Connery
Jamāl al-Bannā is a household name in Egypt, where he is famous both in his own right, as a prominent and sometimes controversial Muslim intellectual and writer, and because of his brother Hassan al-Bannā, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood group.Many different labels have been attached to Jamāl al-Bannā over the course of his life. At various
The Forbidden Pilgrimage: Pope Shenouda III's Ban on Coptic Travel to Israel, and its Religious, Political, and Cultural Interpretations and Implications for the Coptic Orthodox Church
Date of Publication: Sunday, August 16, 2009
By: Alexander Wamboldt
The 1967 Six Day War with Israel changed the face of Coptic pilgrimage to Jerusalem. With the loss of East Jerusalem from Jordanian control, pilgrimage to the Holy City rapidly came to a halt as pilgrims now would have been visiting a country with which their nation was at war, hardly offering the Israeli administration good incentive to provide a
Landownership disputes in Egypt: A Case Study of the Tensions around Abu Fana
Date of Publication: Saturday, August 1, 2009
By: Asger Toft Johannsen
Due to the pervasive media reporting both inside Egypt and in the international community, the violent incidents of May 31, 2008 at the Abu Fana Monastery is widely viewed as a sectarian conflict between Christians and Muslims. Though this is not without merit, especially through the subsequent escalation of the tensions, at its core the

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Politics of Taxation in Sisi’s Egypt
Date of source: Monday, August 11, 2014
By: Carnegie Middle East Center
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Sisi meet Pope Twadaros confirms: issues of concern to Christians State | U.S. Copts Association
Date of source: Thursday, August 7, 2014
By: U.S. Copts Association
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Egypt: ‘Bearded Men’ Stab Christian Woman
Date of source: Friday, February 1, 2013
By: Coptic Christians
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Random attacks on Egypt’s Christian Copts continue growing, including with very little motive — other than hate, that is.
The View From a Distance: Egypt’s Contentious New Constitution
Date of source: Thursday, January 31, 2013
By: Middle East Memo
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With violent protests following the second anniversary of the Egyptian revolution, and calls for a new unified government amid dire comments about the stability of Egypt, the world’s attention is again on President Morsi and his country. This
The View From a Distance: Egypt’s Contentious New Constitution
Date of source: Thursday, January 31, 2013
By: Middle East Memo
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With violent protests following the second anniversary of the Egyptian revolution, and calls for a new unified government amid dire comments about the stability of Egypt, the world’s attention is again on President Morsi and his country. This
Egyptian secular, Islamist groups meet to try to end conflict
Date of source: Thursday, January 31, 2013
By: CNN.com
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      Egyptian protesters defy curfew  
Egypt Needs Dialogue Now
Date of source: Tuesday, January 29, 2013
By: Al-Monitor
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These events are profoundly sad. On the second anniversary of the empowering uprising that took place in Egypt, we are now witnessing the
Egyptian secular, Islamist groups meet to try to end conflict
Date of source: Thursday, January 31, 2013
By: CNN.com
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      Egyptian protesters defy curfew  
Egypt’s ‘Post-Democracy’ Nears Point of No Return
Date of source: Tuesday, January 29, 2013
By: Al-Monitor
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Egypt is commemorating the second anniversary of its “Peaceful” Revolution with the shedding of yet more blood. Violent clashes in Cairo, Alexandria, Suez, Damanhour and Port Said left almost 60 dead and hundreds injured and the numbers are rising.
Egypt's army chief said political unrest was pushing the state to the brink of collapse - a stark warning from the institution that ran the country until last year as Cairo's first freely elected leader struggles to curb bloody street violence
Date of source: Tuesday, January 29, 2013
By: Reuters
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AWR Welcomes President Mursi's Appointment of Assistant Presidents
Year: 2012
AWR Responds to Protests at US Embassy in Cairo
Year: 2012
The Muhammad Film Trailer: An American Priest in Egypt Reacts
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Egyptian Political Parties Brought Closer Together With Trip to The Hague
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Sharia as the Main Source of Egypt's Legislation - A Book by AWR
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Love Amid Fear and Conflict: Muslim-Christian Relations in Egypt in 2012
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Bishop Tawadros Chosen as New Pope of Coptic Orthodox Church
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Pope Tawadros: His Life, the Church, and the World
Year: 2012
Egyptians Protest Mursi Decree; AWR Calls for Consensus
Year: 2012
Special message from the Arab-West Report Interns
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