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Date of source: 3 Aug 2019
On another note, pope Tawāḍrūs II concluded yesterday the conference of the Arab Gulf Churches and met with members of the Councils of the Gulf Churches in the cathedral to discuss the future of service there.
The Egyptian Coptic Church has churches in most of the Gulf Cooperation Council GCC...
Reviewed by Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Date of source: 7 Aug 2019
Ayman Mazyak, chairman of the Central Council of Muslims in Germany (an organization representing the country's Muslims), proposed the appointment of an Islamophobia commissioner to deal with the issue, similar to the appointment of an anti-Semitism commissioner, according to Anadolu Agency.
"We...
Reviewed by Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Date of source: 15 Aug 2019
He explained that all the churches in the world want to unite with each other, and this unity is based on the union of faith, pointing out that they discuss all matters of faith and so far they have not reached a final step.
Reviewed by Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Translator Islām al-Ḥalawānī
Date of source: 17 Aug 2019
I came to Egypt through AIESEC Izmir and AIESEC Ain Shams and would like to thank them for their mediation and for keeping in touch with each other throughout the entire period and providing me the position at Arab-West Report since their job description was accurate to me. This was crucial for me...
Date of source: 17 Aug 2019
In 2014 our office manager Adel Rizkallah [ʿĀdil Rizq Allāh] and I were called into an office of Egyptian security in Cairo. This was months after the disposal of president Muhammad Mursi [Muḥammad Mursī] who passed away during a hearing in court on June 17, 2019. During this meeting were clearly...
Date of source: 24 Aug 2019
On Friday morning, The National Council for Women (NCW) lodged a complaint against Rīhām Saʿīd to the complaints board of the Supreme Council for Media Regulation.
The complaint was about the episode in which the host spoke about obesity, provoking indignation among Egyptian women. The council...
Reviewed by Romy Welch
Translator Romy Welch
Date of source: 29 Aug 2019
Jīhān Ṣafwat Raʾūf was born in Cairo on the 29th August 1933, to an Egyptian father working as a university lecturer, and a British mother. She was married to the late President Anwār al-Sādāt in 1949, and gave birth to three daughters, Lubna, Nuhā, and Jīhān, and one son, Jamāl, who was born on...
Reviewed by Romy Welch
Translator Romy Welch
Date of source: 4 Aug 2019
Pope Shinūda mentioned that after receiving his primary school certificate, he started to read many books from wide subjects such as sociology, medicine and literature from authors as Ṭaha Ḥusayn and ʿAbbās Maḥmūd al-ʿAqqād.
The young Naẓīr Jayyid went to the monastery and was declared a monk in...
Reviewed by Rafīq Barakāt
Translator Rafīq Barakāt
Date of source: 4 Aug 2019
His Holiness Pope Tawāḍrūs II was received by Grand Imam Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib, Grand Shaykh of al-Azhar, the Grand Mufti Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām and Dr. Muḥammad Mukhtār Jumʿah, Minister of Awqāf (religious endowments).
Reviewed by Rafīq Barakāt
Translator Rafīq Barakāt
Date of source: 4 Aug 2019
Pope Tawāḍrūs presided over the Divine Liturgy with the participation of priests and hundreds of Orthodox Copts and the leaders of the Coptic Church in Alexandria.
After the prayer, the Pope gave a spiritual sermon entitled "The sixtieth anniversary of the Great Martyr Mār Jirjis Church in Sīdī...
Reviewed by Rafīq Barakāt
Translator Rafīq Barakāt
Date of source: 2 Aug 2019
This was followed by the prayers of the Divine Liturgy, which was served by Anba Lūkās with the monastic assembly.
The committee of monasticism in the Coptic Orthodox Church, headed by His Holiness Pope Tawāḍrūs II, Pope of Alexandria, Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, issued 12 regulations...
Reviewed by Rafīq Barakāt
Translator Rafīq Barakāt
Date of source: 2 Aug 2019
Ḥalīm said in a statement that the new series of the Pope offers the Copts a life lesson through a story to tell them in a few minutes, pointing out that the series, which the media center of the church began to broadcast on its channel last December, was showing 48 episodes, before it starts in...
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Translator Rafīq Barakāt
Date of source: 24 Aug 2019
With this order, state institutions began to demolish churches and ban the construction of new churches under the pretext of a lack of Christians after the secession, and also to confiscate church land and property, ban Christians from practicing their rites, and detain priests without clear legal...
Reviewed by Romy Welch
Translator Romy Welch
Date of source: 25 Aug 2019
In an attempt to reduce the damage caused by his comments, al-Raysūnī decided to attack the headquarters of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), based in Saudi Arabia. Although al-Raysūnī himself called for ‘naturalisation’ with Israel and the OIC has no links with this position, he...
Reviewed by Romy Welch
Translator Romy Welch
Date of source: 6 Aug 2019
In a statement released today, the Forum stressed that this terrorist incident is a translation of the anger experienced by the Muslim Brotherhood at the stability in the Egyptian economy and security situation, which reflects the level of inhumanity reached by the terrorist group.
The statement...
Reviewed by Romy Welch
Translator Romy Welch
Date of source: 14 Aug 2019
The National Council for Women and the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean will participate in the organisation of the conference.
A statement released by the ARADO declared that thirty experts will participate at the conference from a wide range of Arab countries, including Egypt,...
Reviewed by Romy Welch
Translator Romy Welch
Date of source: 22 Apr 2019
During the meeting, Dr. ʿAbd al-Dāyim pointed to the strong relations between Egypt and Armenia, stressing that it was agreed to organize an Egyptian cultural week in Armenia, which will include many different activities that reflect all forms of creativity in the two societies.
The meeting also...
Reviewed by Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 22 Apr 2019
President ‘Abdul Fattaḥ al-Sīsī issued Decision No. 198 of 2019 on forming the Board of the Coptic Orthodox Endowments Authority (COEA) under the chairmanship of Pope Tawāḍrūs II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark.
The COEA Board Members, according to the Official Gazette,...
Reviewed by Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 22 Apr 2019
He added that the stalling of this agreement constitutes a setback to the UN-led peace process.
Furthermore, he underscored the keenness of the Yemeni House of Representatives to achieve peace, restore the legitimacy and the state institutions, and put an end to the coup.
Reviewed by Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 23 Apr 2019
Despite the many occasions celebrated annually for promoting reading and highlighting the importance of the book, there are still millions of illiterate people in Egypt. According to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, there are about 18.4 million illiterate people in Egypt,...
Reviewed by Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 23 Apr 2019
The Egyptian-South African relationships had gone through several stages ranging from the era of King Fārūq to the era of President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī.
In the ensuing pages, the article reviews the most important information about the political relationships between Egypt and...
Reviewed by Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 23 Apr 2019
“It’s natural for the non-custodial parents and their families to host the children,” Sālim said.
She added that it’s all right for the non-custodial parents to host and live with their children as long as they provide safeguards against detaining or abducting them to spite the custodial parents...
Reviewed by Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 22 Apr 2019
The conference was attended by delegations from all the Arab countries.
In his word, al -Fiqī stated many facts about the Arab women as outlined below.
-It’s no coincidence that the conference chose to talk about the women, their role and the challenges they face, but it wanted to stress on their...
Reviewed by Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 22 Apr 2019
The meeting was attended by the CEO of the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI) Muḥsin ʿĀdil, Judge Muḥammad ‘Abd al- Wahāb, the GAFI Deputy CEO ʿUlā al-Qubruṣī and the Chairman of the Parliament’s Foreign Relations Committee MP Karīm Darwīsh.
The Minister stressed on Egypt’s...
Reviewed by Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 22 Apr 2019
The programme covers the area of digital media with its different branches including drawing materials, Adobe Photoshop, photography digital Techniques, branding, 3Dd design, creativity, creating logos and creating websites.
The participating students will receive accredited certificates proving...
Reviewed by Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 22 Apr 2019
In an earlier statement, Egypt’s Minister of Trade and Industry ʿAmrū Naṣṣār said that the General Framework Document indicates the need to finalize the Free Trade Agreement in 2019, stressing that it enjoys broad political support from the ministers and presidents of the EAEU countries.
He pointed...
Reviewed by Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 22 Apr 2019
During the meeting, President Al-Sīsī said that Egypt and Cyprus have profound historical relationships, and that Egypt is interested in strengthening these relationships on all levels.
Egypt’s Presidential Spokesman Bassāam Rāḍī said that the meeting reviewed the aspects of bilateral cooperation...
Reviewed by Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 10 Jul 2019
Bishop Anṭūniyyūs Murqus served in Africa for 53 years, and he is the cousin of bishop Ṣamūʾīl Bishop of Shibīn al-Qanāṭir.
It is noteworthy that bishop Anṭūniyyūs Murqus was made Metropolitan of South Africa by Pope Tawāḍrūs II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark, at St Mark’s...
Reviewed by Rafīq Barakāt
Translator Rafīq Barakāt
Date of source: 22 Jul 2019
Anba Bākhūm, Patriarchal Vicar for Patriarchal Diocese Affairs, said in a special statement to al-Dustūr, "We allow women during menstruation to have access to all Catholic churches in Egypt, and we have no objection."
Bishop Buṭrus Fahīm, the bishop of the Catholic Church in Minya, told al-Dustūr...
Reviewed by Rafīq Barakāt
Translator Rafīq Barakāt
Date of source: 24 Jul 2019
On this day in 304 AD, St. Euphemia, born in the city of Chalcedon from pious parents, grew up in love of piety and virtue. Persecuted Christians under the reign of emperor Dekledianos refused to offer sacrifices to gods, they were tortured and thrown in prison, while Euphemia was tortured by the...
Reviewed by Rafīq Barakāt
Translator Rafīq Barakāt
Date of source: 2 Jul 2019
The Eve prayers are held for the first time in the new church today, headed by Abba Mark, the priests of the diocese, the deacons and the Copts there.
Reviewed by Rafīq Barakāt
Translator Rafīq Barakāt
Date of source: 10 Apr 2019
In his sermon on the miracle of healing the man born blind during the weekly gathering in the Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, Pope Tawāḍrūs II said that the blindness of the heart may befall the sighted people.
He added that those who saw the miracle taking place while insisting on their...
Reviewed by Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 10 Apr 2019
In special statement to Al-Dustur, the Secretary to Pope Tawāḍrūs II FR. Anjilius Ishaq expressed his strong displeasure with the rumor spread about Metropolitan Anba Bākhūmius of Buhayra and its Affiliated Areas.
He said that Metropolitan Bākhūmius is fine and in good health, warning the Copts...
Reviewed by Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 12 Apr 2019
The Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Melbourne congratulated Fr Shinūda Buṭrus of St Bishuy and St Shinūda Church in behalf of Pope Tawāḍrūs II on his appointment as President of the Victorian Council of Churches. Fr Tawāḍrūs is scheduled to begin his installation as President of the Victorian Council of...
Reviewed by Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 16 Apr 2019
Washington Post announced that a National Geographic Museum exhibit called “Queens of Egypt” is on view in Washington. The exhibit houses artifacts of the Ancient Egyptian female rulers.
Among the artifacts on display are Nefertari’s shoes that were found in her tomb by an Italian archaeologist in...
Reviewed by Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 17 Apr 2019
The NCW concluded the campaign that lasted for 3 days in the villages and centers of Minufiya under the auspices of the Governor of Minufiya Said Abbas and the President of the Minufiya University Adel Mubarak.
During her word, the Rapporteur of the NCW’s branch in Minufiya Muna al-Miliji...
Reviewed by Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 17 Apr 2019
A scientific symposium under the theme “Towards a Better Future with the Constitutional Amendments” was organized by Cairo University in the Faculty of Early Childhood Education with a view to spreading the culture of referendum among the Egyptian women and upholding their right to positive...
Reviewed by Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 17 Apr 2019
Mursi expressed her deep pride in and joy with the support of the Parliament Speaker ʿAlī ʿAbd al-ʿĀl and the other MPs to the women’s inherent right of having a quota in the Parliament, thereby confirming their confidence in the capacity and potential of Egyptian women and their honorable role in...
Reviewed by Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Date of source: 1 Jul 2019
The ordination of the following new priests at the grade of priesthood was completed:
- Deacon George ʿĀdlī, priest of the Saint Mark Church in Banī Suwayf, in the name of Father Makāriyyūs.
- The deacon Nādir Ṣubḥī as a general priest, in the name of Father Maxīmūs.
- The deacon ʿIzzat as a priest...
Reviewed by Rafīq Barakāt
Translator Rafīq Barakāt
Date of source: 15 Apr 2019
The symposium will be lectured by the Editor-in-Chief of Samir Magazine Dr. Shahira Khalil, the Editor-in-Chief of Qatr El-Nada Magazine Naglaʾ ʿAllām, the Editor-in-Chief of Faris Magazine Huwayda Hafiz, the Editor-in-Chief of Khatwa Magazine Imān Bahei El-Dīn and the Editor-in-Chief of Al-Fardus...
Reviewed by Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
Translator Muḥammad Ṣalāḥ
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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.