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Date of source: 13 Apr 2025
Hundreds of Christian believers participated in the Palm Sunday procession in Jerusalem. The procession started from the Monastery of Bayt Fajjār in the town of Al-Tūr and passed through the streets of the town, including the road to the Church of Gethsemane, the Church of Santa Maria, and the road...
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Translator Maé Lefèvre
Date of source: 13 Apr 2025
A pastor of the Anglican Cathedral of St. George in Jerusalem said, "The Israeli occupation’s bombardment of al-Ahlī Hospital in the city of Gaza, rendering it out of service on Palm Sunday, is insulting all Christians and violates all rules of human behavior."
"During the early morning hours of...
Reviewed by ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 13 Apr 2025
Israeli occupation authorities denied Christians from the West Bank access to the occupied city of Jerusalem to attend the Palm Sunday celebrations, according to the Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA).
Eastern and Western churches celebrate Palm Sunday, the last Sunday before Easter and...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 13 Apr 2025
The Higher Presidential Committee for Church Affairs in Palestine strongly condemned the odious crime committed by the Israeli occupation forces as they bombed the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital, run by the Anglican Church in Gaza City, on Palm Sunday, one of the holiest days for Christians. The committee...
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Translator Maé Lefèvre
Date of source: 12 Apr 2025
Many wonder about the possibility of the marriage between Christians of different denominations. In light of this, the Coptic Orthodox Church has agreed on a new set of rules regarding marriage, which aim to regulate personal status within the sect. Foremost among these rules is the requirement...
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Translator Jack Heron
Date of source: 13 Apr 2025
Archpriest Mūsa Ibrāhīm, spokesperson for the Coptic Orthodox Church, has expressed his solidarity with Christians in the West Bank after the Israeli occupation prevented them from reaching Jerusalem to celebrate Palm Sunday in the city’s churches, in particular the Church of the Holy Sepulchre....
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Translator Jack Heron
Date of source: 10 Apr 2025
On Wednesday, 9 April, Emmanuel Macron announced that France could recognize a Palestinian state "in June" at a conference it will co-chair with Saudi Arabia at the United Nations in New York, which, according to him, would also lead to the recognition of Israel by a number of countries.
"We must...
Reviewed by Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Translator Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Date of source: 10 Apr 2025
On April 7 and 8, Emmanuel Macron traveled to Cairo to meet his Egyptian counterpart, ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī. The visit gave the two heads of state an opportunity to discuss bilateral relations between the two countries, as well as the "unbearable situation" in the Gaza Strip.
Emmanuel Macron,...
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Translator Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Date of source: 1 Apr 2025
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...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 2 Apr 2025
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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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 4 Apr 2025
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
Date of source: 6 Apr 2025
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
Date of source: 2 Apr 2025
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...
Reviewed by Jack Heron
Translator Jack Heron
Date of source: 16 Mar 2025
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
Date of source: 6 Apr 2025
Date of source: 5 Apr 2025
Date of source: 23 Mar 2025
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
Date of source: 18 Mar 2025
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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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 19 Mar 2025
Rev. Dr. Andrea Zakī, head of the Evangelical community in Egypt, expressed "deep appreciation" for the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, and for his "pioneering role in promoting the values of tolerance and peace."
He emphasized that Dr. Ṭayyīb is a "global religious figure and a...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 31 Mar 2025
In a beautiful display reflecting love and friendship, Christians in Syria sent a joyful message to Muslims on the occasion of ʿEīd al-Fiṭr.
Stood outside Our Lady’s Church in Damascus, a Christian choir sung a message of congratulations to Syrian Muslims to the tune of the song "The Full Moon Has...
Reviewed by Jack Heron
Translator Jack Heron
Date of source: 24 Mar 2025
The former Grand Mufti of Egypt and member of the Council of Senior Scholars at Al-Azhar, Sheikh ‘Alī Gomʿa, answered a question from one of the youths: "If a Christian dies as a martyr for the country, does he go to Heaven?" Gomʿa said, "This is something that should be discussed within the...
Reviewed by Maé Lefèvre
Translator Maé Lefèvre
Date of source: 26 Mar 2025
Date of source: 15 Mar 2025
The Patriarchal Vicar of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem (Al-Quds), Bishop William al-Shomali (William al-Shūmalī), refuted in a scholarly and theological manner the justification of Jewish claims to Palestine by saying that the Bible is not a land registry that grants land to one people over...
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Translator Khadija Quadri al-Jilani
Date of source: 18 Mar 2025
More than 150 personalities from different backgrounds came together to celebrate Ramaḍān in a spirit of sharing and diversity.
On Sunday evening in Casablanca, representatives of the three monotheistic religions, as well as athletes, cultural figures, and diplomats from some twenty countries, took...
Reviewed by Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Translator Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Date of source: 21 Mar 2025
In this interview with TSA Algérie, Shams al-Dīn Ḥafīẓ, rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris, talks about the role of the institution in bringing peace between Algeria and France, whose relations are going through a serious crisis.
He discusses the absence of the Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau...
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Translator Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Date of source: 7 Mar 2025
Morocco’s permanent representative at the UN Office in Geneva, ʿUmar Znīber, has highlighted the Moroccan model of religious coexistence and its efforts to boost values of tolerance, mutual respect, and interfaith dialogue.
“Morocco is a land of diversity and tolerance and portrays a harmonious...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 15 Mar 2025
Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church received at the Papal Residence in Cairo a delegation of the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (IAO) led by Secretary-General Dr. Maximos Charakopoulos, and discussed a proposal on unifying the date of Easter celebrations among all Christians...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 16 Mar 2025
Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, who is also chairman of the Muslim Council of Elders, said that interfaith and intercultural dialogue are no longer a luxury today, but an existential necessity to save humanity from ignorance and misunderstandings.
He stressed the importance of having...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 10 Mar 2025
The Dominican Fathers Monastery hosted a signing ceremony on the book “Father George Qanawātī: A Life for Interfaith & Intercultural Dialogue” authored by Dominican Father Jean-Jacques Pérennès.
The event was attended by Bishop Claudio Lurati of the Apostolic Vicariate of Alexandria, which...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 10 Mar 2025
The relationship between Pope Cyril VI and the late leader Gamāl ʿAbd el-Nāṣṣer, marked by affection and warmth, is depicted by Moḥammad Ḥassaneīn Heīkal in his book Autumn of Fury. Heīkal writes, “The relationship between Gamāl ʿAbd el-Nāṣṣer and Cyril VI was excellent; they had mutual admiration...
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Translator Maé Lefèvre
Date of source: 13 Feb 2025
In light of successful endeavors by Egypt and Qatar to complete the ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip, coinciding with the beginning of the Christian pilgrimage season to Jerusalem, Copts are wondering about the possibility of making it this year after a ban in 2024.
Greek Orthodox Patriarch...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 7 Mar 2025
Security forces, in cooperation with the Coptic Archbishopric in Sūhāg Governorate, southern Egypt, brought a Christian girl who reportedly disappeared on February 24, back to her family.
The father of the 19-year-old Mārīnā Khalaf had reported her missing but blamed no one for her disappearance....
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 26 Feb 2025
In a TV message read out by Aḥmad al-Tawfīq, the Minister of Ḥabūs and Islamic Affairs, King Muḥammad VI calls on Moroccans not to perform the ritual sacrifice of ʿEīd al-Aḍḥa.
In his address, the King stated:
"Dear People, We endeavor to bring together, for the benefit of our faithful people, the...
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Translator Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Date of source: 9 Mar 2025
745 civilians have been killed in Syria's coastal regions and the mountains of Latakia by security forces in three days, according to the OSDH.
Syrian President Aḥmad al-Sharʿaon Sunday called for "national unity" in the country after three days of communal violence unprecedented since the fall of...
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Translator Joelle Elise Mayoraz
Date of source: 20 Feb 2025
Participants in the 4th session of the Intra-Islamic Dialogue Conference said that the convening of this meeting reflects profound interest by al-Azhar, the Muslim Council of Elders, and the Kingdom of Bahrain in rallying Muslim ranks, praising their efforts to boost values of citizenship and...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 1 Mar 2025
Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād, said that coordination is underway with al-Azhar, the Ministry of Awqāf (Religious Endowments), al-Azhar’s Council of Senior Scholars, and the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs in order to devise a legal framework to regulate fatwas in Egypt.
“Dār al-Iftā’...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 1 Mar 2025
Many Moroccans warmly welcomed the announcement by the Minister of Religious Endowments, Aḥmad al-Tawfīq, about the cancellation of this year’s ‘Eid al-Aḍḥā sacrifice, especially given that it will spare a large part of the population from the soaring livestock prices that had skyrocketed last year...
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Translator Maé Lefèvre
Date of source: 2 Mar 2025
Dr. ʿAlī Gomʿa, the former Grand Mufti of Egypt, responded to a question from a female student about a controversial ḥadīth which states that the majority of those in hell will be women.
The Ramaḍān television program, Nūr al-Dīn wa al-Dunyā (“Light of Religion and the World”), is hosted by Dr....
Reviewed by Jack Heron, ʿAmr al-Misrī
Translator Jack Heron, ʿAmr al-Misrī
Date of source: 26 Feb 2025
Dr. Ramzī Khūrī, member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and head of the Higher Presidential Committee of Church Affairs in Palestine (HCC), has sent a telegram to Pope Francis in which he wished him a speedy recovery. He prayed to God for his health and for...
Reviewed by Maé Lefèvre
Translator Maé Lefèvre
Date of source: 24 Feb 2025
When Jesus Christ stood before Pontius Pilate, He clearly stated, “My kingdom is not of this world.” (John 18:36), thus proclaiming the complete rupture between His spiritual message and any political project on earth. These words constitute the cornerstone of the separation between religious...
Reviewed by Maé Lefèvre
Translator Maé Lefèvre
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Date of Publication: Thursday, May 2, 2013
This report is on the formation of the Egyptian Constitution of 2012 and was commissioned by the German organization Missio who translated it into German for publication in Germany.
The processes of how the Constituent Assembly was formed is described and discussions about the content of this Constitution from both liberal and Islamist
Date of Publication: Saturday, December 8, 2012
In 1995, the Dutch Christian organization Open Doors asked me to look into the stories of Christian girls in Egypt being kidnapped by Muslims and being forced to convert to Islam. I contacted human rights lawyer Maurice Ṣādiq, who has repeatedly defended such claims. I also contacted clergy and church workers in Cairo, Alexandria, and Upper Egypt
Date of Publication: Monday, October 22, 2012
Cornelis Hulsman was asked to speak about Matthew 25:35-36, where Jesus said “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,” in the light of his work for Arab-West Report in Egypt. Hulsman explained this verse applies to all our neighbors, Christian,
Date of Publication: Tuesday, July 31, 2012
This book was first published in 2012 by CIDT in Arabic. It was later translated into English, expanded with texts of Nushin Atmaca and Patricia Prentice and edited by Cornelis Hulsman with help of Jenna Ferrecchia and Douglas May. The expanded book was published by Tectum Verlag, Academic publishers in Germany. They also hold the copyright to the
Date of Publication: Wednesday, June 20, 2012
This paper expands upon earlier work published in Arab-West Report by Dutch Arabists Eildert Mulder and Thomas Milo on the contested earliest sources of Islam.1 Mulder and Milo illustrate that critical scholarship has cast doubt on the historicity of the hadīth and biographies and because other sources are scant, little is known for
Date of Publication: Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Dr. Michael Wahid Hanna of the Century Foundation (US), one of the speakers during the Henriette van Lynden lecture of June 11, organized by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was asked by Cornelis Hulsman for the source of his estimated percentage of Christians in Egypt, 10% in 1950 and 10% in 2014. Hulsman commented that it is generally
Date of Publication: Wednesday, May 9, 2012
The Commission of the Bishop’s Conferences of the European Community (COMECE) in Brussels invited Cornelis Hulsman to present on the position of Christians in Egypt on May 9 in Brussels, Belgium. The presentation is part of a seminar on “Christians in the Arab World: One year after the Arab Spring,” organized by COMECE in cooperation with the EPP
Date of Publication: Sunday, March 11, 2012
The majority of articles containing Coptic population figures were not published in several major English-language newspapers until after 1956. Articles in newspapers such as the New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Toronto Star illustrate the varying tendencies of journalists in their presentation of figures. In comparison to the CAPMAS
Date of Publication: Monday, December 19, 2011
It is the time before the presidential elections. Egypt is in the middle of a possible transitional period and a mostly transitional mood. Since I arrived in Cairo in October 2011, people were highly politicized (which does not mean full of revolutionary thoughts) and most of them still are. It was then that I heard for the first time the
Date of Publication: Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Earlier this year, Egyptian Coptic intellectual Dr. Rafīq Samuel Habīb was named as the vice president of Egypt's Freedom and Justice Party -the newly founded political party of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Already one of the most controversial figures in Egyptian society, Habīb's appointment as the deputy leader of Egypt's nascent Islamist party
Date of Publication: Wednesday, October 26, 2011
October 9 witnessed riots in Cairo that led to the death of at least twenty-seven people and the injury of over 300, mostly from Egypt’s Coptic Christian community. The conflict followed a peaceful march from the neighborhood of Shubra, with its high percentage of Coptic residents, to the Radio and TV Building in Maspero, which has become the
Date of Publication: Saturday, October 22, 2011
This report provides critical background and previously unpublished details on the events leading up to the protests by Copts in Maspero, Cairo on October 9, 2011, which ended fatally for more than 20 protesters and injured over 100 others. It provides interviews, photographs, videos, and documents, as evidence of the circumstances in the village
Date of Publication: Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Christopher D. Marshall spent one month in the Bishopric of Shubra al-Khayma, a suburb of Cairo, to gather information about Coptic Orthodox migration. With him he brought a series of interview questions with which he hoped would uncover the methods of data collection used in the Shubra al-Khayma. Bishop Marcos designated Father Youssef as
Date of Publication: Monday, August 29, 2011
Review of Elizabeth Edward’s “Coptic Orthodox statistics and migration in Maghagha”
This work builds upon the report "Report on church response to poverty in Egypt" and delves into the issue of poverty and migration. What number of the poor are bishops responsible to provide care for?
The basis of the report comes from field work in Maghāghah
Date of Publication: Monday, May 23, 2011
Sanne Lundberg’s thesis was about the strong Coptic Christian perception of being discriminated, the interplay of this belief with religious beliefs, as well as their response to the perceived discriminating social system in Egypt. This research was thus not an investigation about whether these perceptions are correct or not but about perceptions
Date of Publication: Thursday, February 10, 2011
According to the Pew Research Center, US media attention for the Egyptian protests has exceeded every foreign policy story over the last four years, commanding 56% of all news coverage. While initially surprising, upon reflection this story hits at the conjunction of many popular flashpoints: Israel, Islam, and popular democratic movements. It
Date of Publication: Thursday, February 10, 2011
The attack on worshippers in an Alexandria church in Egypt on January 1, 2011 marks a lowpoint in relations between Muslims and Christians in Egypt. Never before in modern Egyptian history have extremists tried to kill as many worshippers as possible in a suicide attack. Earlier clashes were often related to extreme responses to local tensions
Date of Publication: Saturday, January 15, 2011
Interreligious tensions in Egypt are, unfortunately, very often related to church construction. In response to this tension, two student interns, Christian Fastenrath and Corin Kazanjian, worked over one year on a paper titled "Important factors for church-building in Egypt" published by AWR 2008, Week 47, Article 5.
Following this project, the
Date of Publication: Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Mai Magdy and Esben Justesen worked on this paper on the controversial Islamist Zaghloul al-Najjār.
Al-Najjār has his followers, people who adore his thoughts and people who strongly oppose him. The comments to al-Najjār show the strongly polarized climate we are witnessing in Egypt. Al-Najjār’s own statements have contributed to these polemics.
Date of Publication: Saturday, February 27, 2010
Within Egyptian society the 'reconciliation session' has become a frequently used tool for solving disputes, but has also become increasingly controversial for failing to restore community harmony, contrary to its idealistic title. The reconciliation session is a traditional Egyptian mechanism for conflict resolution outside the context of the
Date of Publication: Saturday, February 27, 2010
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
Date of Publication: Saturday, February 27, 2010
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
Date of Publication: Saturday, February 27, 2010
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
Date of Publication: Tuesday, February 23, 2010
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
Date of Publication: Sunday, February 21, 2010
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
Date of Publication: Tuesday, December 22, 2009
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
Date of Publication: Tuesday, December 1, 2009
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
Date of Publication: Tuesday, September 1, 2009
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
Date of Publication: Sunday, August 16, 2009
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
Date of Publication: Saturday, August 1, 2009
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
Date of Publication: Friday, May 1, 2009
This brief paper was written as part of the academic writing skills seminar that was held by the Center for Intercultural Dialogue and Translations in conjunction with the Danish-Egyptian Dialogue Institute and the Program for Civilization Studies and Dialogue of Cultures (PCSDC) at Cairo University. Students were asked to chose a topic that
Date of Publication: Friday, May 1, 2009
This report provides an overview of different human rights organizations in Egypt and their activities in order to explore building a network with some of these organizations. This network would have to relate to the main focus area of Arab-West Report [AWR], which is fostering an understanding between peoples of different cultures and religions.
Date of Publication: Sunday, February 1, 2009
This paper focuses on the media coverage of the Abū Fānā crisis from August 2008 to January 2009, thus it ties in with Susanne Huber's paper “Coptic activist and media reporting about the tensions related to the Monastery of Abū Fānā” (see AWR 2008, week 40, art, 2). 99 articles were found on the Internet, from different English, German and
Date of Publication: Monday, January 12, 2009
Arab-West Report's most recent paper explores the topics of freedom of expression and censorship in relation to Egyptian media works. Egypt has seen a number of organizations and individuals arguing for the need to censor and ban material from being published. While a wide range of entities and individual activists have been active in promoting
Date of Publication: Thursday, January 1, 2009
In an attempt to approach freedom of expression in Egypt within religious spheres, this paper sheds light on the attitudes of the Coptic Orthodox Church toward censorship inside and outside the ecclesiastic community. Motivated by its interest to protect the right Orthodox faith of the Coptic community, a number of censorship cases were reported
Date of Publication: Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Copts are often said to be part of the "national fabric of Egypt." As Samir Marqus comments in his study, "they are not an independent community" and nor are they a homogenous entity, but span all spheres of Egyptian society. Marqus first sets out to define citizenship, which is the ultimate goal, and then uses this narrative to analyze Muslim-
Date of Publication: Monday, December 1, 2008
Islamophobia literally means an exaggerated or irrational fear of Islam. In current times, Islamophobia is on the rise worldwide. This article aims to develop a negotiating strategy to manage the implications of Islamophobic discourses and to deal with related cross-cultural communication barriers through an analysis of interactions of the (SCIA)
Date of Publication: Monday, September 1, 2008
Arab-West relations have been one of the most controversial relationships in the international arena for decades. Analyzing the long and often turbulent history of the two sides' interaction sheds light on how the two parties perceive each other and may also highlight why the Arabs are angry with the West. However, it is also important to examine
Date of Publication: Monday, September 1, 2008
Western interference in the Middle East started long ago and has continued right up to the present day, with no apparent end in sight. From the British occupation of Iraq following the First World War and the partition of Palestine and the creation of the state of Israel right up to the U.S-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 the Western powers have
Date of Publication: Friday, August 1, 2008
This paper is an attempt to outline and illustrate the many facets of the Arab media's reaction to the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the profound emotions it stirred in so many Arabs and Arab journalists. The analysis focuses on the multitude of Egyptian and Arab newspaper articles stored in the Arab-West Report archives that dealt primarily with the
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Date of source: Wednesday, February 19, 2014
By: BBC News
The Foreign Office said British nationals should avoid "all but essential travel" to the region.
Date of source: Thursday, February 13, 2014
By: Reuters
(Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday threw his weight behind a presidential bid by Egyptian Army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, voicing hope that ties would strengthen after the election.
Date of source: Thursday, January 30, 2014
By: The Arabist
Jehane Noujaim's documentary The Square has been short-listed for the Oscar, is now available on Netflix, and recently won her an Directors' Guil
Date of source: Thursday, October 31, 2013
By: World Review
EGYPT is struggling with an internal and violent political and social conflict which will continue to undermine domestic stability.
Date of source: Saturday, February 8, 2014
By: Reuters
(Reuters) - Egyptian leftist politician Hamdeen Sabahi announced on Saturday he would be running for the presidency in a forthcoming election, enlivening a race that army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is widely expected to win.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 4, 2014
By: Hoover Institution
The fall of the Mubarak regime in February 2011 unleashed a monumental and contagious wave of optimism. Images of Christians and Muslims holding hands in Tahrir Square were broadcast around the world and gave credence to the narrative that a new more liberal and democratic Egypt was being born.
Date of source: Friday, February 7, 2014
By: Forbes
Before the 2012 Egyptian presidential elections, dozens of Muslim Brotherhood members were dispatched to the US and Europe. They presented a picture that interlocutors could identify with. They were young, western-educated and articulate.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 5, 2014
By: Irin News
CAIRO, 5 March 2014 (IRIN) - The seven months since July’s overthrow of President Mohamed Morsi in Egypt have been among the most violent and divisive in recent times, analysts say, as much of society polarizes along pro-Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and pro-army lines.
Date of source: Thursday, January 9, 2014
By: Brookings Institution
Date of source: Tuesday, January 28, 2014
By: Brookings Institution
By: Shadi Hamid
Date of source: Tuesday, March 11, 2014
By: Haaretz
By The Associated Press| Mar. 11, 2014 | 6:40 PM
The deputy head of Egypt's dwindling Jewish community was buried Tuesday in a ceremony led by her sister.
Date of source: Monday, February 24, 2014
By: Middle East Research and Information Project
by Joshua Stacher | published February 24, 2014 - 5:21pm
Date of source: Monday, February 3, 2014
By: Washington Post
This video, aired by Egypt's al-Tahrir, shows two journalists with Al Jazeera English.
Date of source: Monday, March 10, 2014
By: Washington Post
The growing number of people held by Egyptian authorities as part of a frenzied campaign to crush opposition to the military-backed government has squeezed the country’s already broken criminal justice system, leading to widespread legal and human rights abuses by security forces, prosecutors and
Date of source: Sunday, March 9, 2014
By: ABC News
Gunmen killed a police officer Friday in northern Egypt who worked as a guard for a judge hearing a case against the country's ousted president as his supporters held scattered demonstrations that saw one person killed, authorities said.
Date of source: Saturday, February 22, 2014
By: Middle East Online
Election of first female as head of political party in Egypt brings flicker of hope for women across country.
CAIRO – The election of the first female as a head of a political party in Egypt brought a flicker of hope for women across the country on Friday.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 25, 2014
By: Daily News Egypt
Al-Azhar and the Coptic Church Tuesday condemned the recent killing of seven Egyptian Copts in Western Libya, with the church calling for a hasty arrest of the “terrorists” responsible.
Date of source: Thursday, February 27, 2014
By: openDemocracy
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Date of source: Tuesday, January 1, 2013
By: Jihad Watch
Random attacks on Egypt's Christian Copts continue growing, including with very little motive -- other than hate, that is.
Date of source: Monday, August 11, 2014
By: Carnegie Middle East Center
Date of source: Thursday, August 7, 2014
By: U.S. Copts Association
Date of source: Friday, February 1, 2013
By: Coptic Christians
Random attacks on Egypt’s Christian Copts continue growing, including with very little motive — other than hate, that is.
Date of source: Thursday, January 31, 2013
By: Middle East Memo
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
Date of source: Thursday, January 31, 2013
By: Middle East Memo
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
Date of source: Thursday, January 31, 2013
By: CNN.com
Egyptian protesters defy curfew
Date of source: Tuesday, January 29, 2013
By: Al-Monitor
These events are profoundly sad. On the second anniversary of the empowering uprising that took place in Egypt, we are now witnessing the
Date of source: Thursday, January 31, 2013
By: CNN.com
Egyptian protesters defy curfew
Date of source: Tuesday, January 29, 2013
By: Al-Monitor
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.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 29, 2013
By: Reuters
Date of source: Tuesday, January 29, 2013
By: MEMRI
In a January 27, 2012 interview with the London-based Arabic daily Al-Sharq AlAwsat, Egyptian Salafi-jihadi leader Muhammad Al-Zawahiri, brother of Al-Qaeda
leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri, addressed the situation in Egypt and the changes that
Date of source: Sunday, January 27, 2013
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Date of source: Sunday, January 27, 2013
By: Jihad Watch
Date of source: Monday, January 21, 2013
By: Egypt Independent
There are over 15 million Coptic Christians in Egypt, with another 1.5 million Egyptian Copts residing abroad, Bishop Yoannis declared on Sunday.
Date of source: Thursday, January 24, 2013
By: Ahram Online
Representative from Egypt's Christian churches have withdrawn from President Mohamed Morsi's national dialogue.
Date of source: Friday, January 25, 2013
By: Ahram Online
As the revolution's second anniversary approaches, Egyptians' core economic and social demands remain unfulfilled.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 2, 2013
By: Jihad Watch
Random attacks on Egypt's Christian Copts continue growing, including with very little motive -- other than hate, that is.
Date of source: Thursday, January 31, 2013
By: Brookings Institution
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
Date of source: Wednesday, January 2, 2013
By: Montgomeryville-Lansdale, PA Patch
Christian Egyptians in Hatfield Township and the surrounding area will have a new gathering place for worship in 2014 on Unionville Pike at Stratford Avenue.
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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.