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Date of source: 22 Jul 2021
Article 306 of the Egyptian Constitution stipulates that sexual harassment—in public or private, and in all its forms—is punishable by imprisonment and fines.
According to Hāla ʿAbd al-Qādir, director of the Egyptian Foundation for Family Development, the rate of harassment this Eid will be...
Reviewed by Honey Thomas
Translator Honey Thomas
Date of source: 13 Aug 2021
Dr. Sāmi Fawzī, Archbishop of the Episcopal church dedicated his speech to talk about forgiveness. He considered that forgiveness is to release the person who hurt you without apologising into the hands of God, adding that only God can give ultimate justice.
As for Archbishop Munīr Hannā,...
Reviewed by Frederick Boase
Translator Frederick Boase
Date of source: 14 Sep 2021
The organisations that signed the statement include: The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), The Arab Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE), The Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF), Committee for Justice...
Reviewed by Frederick Boase
Translator Frederick Boase
Date of source: 24 Jul 2021
The statement was signed by Dr. Hishām ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, who is in charge of running the religious sector, in a letter to all directorates and imams. Furthermore, he stated that no preacher may leave the pulpit on a Friday without a written assignment from his directorate or a reasoned and acceptable...
Reviewed by Honey Thomas
Translator Honey Thomas
Date of source: 7 Feb 2021
According to the explanatory memorandum, the draft law seeks to confront the terrorism threat which endangers the nation’s long history of security and safety, to block the various ways of harbouring terrorists or providing them a safe haven, and to block the means by which terrorists are able to...
Reviewed by Jennifer Mercer
Translator Jennifer Mercer
Date of source: 27 Sep 2021
He also used pharaonic inscriptions to decorate the mosque's columns, despite the Ministry of Awqāf’s decision to eradicate the pharaonic inscriptions and replace them with religious ones.
However, there are many historical mosques in Egypt whose Pharaonic inscriptions and temple columns were an...
Reviewed by Frederick Boase
Translator Frederick Boase
Date of source: 30 Sep 2021
The statement issued by the League today indicated that the intensification of the settlers’ incursions and their increasing religious character, while restricting Palestinians to pray in it, is a continuation of the aggression against Jerusalem and its holy sites, through ongoing Judaization...
Reviewed by Frederick Boase
Translator Frederick Boase
Date of source: 10 Jun 2021
The committee aims to transform the trial into an integrated tourism program and promoting it globally. It will also study the project’s impact in developing villages and sites along the route, and improving infrastructure to be accessible to all visitors.
Reviewed by Frederick Boase
Translator Frederick Boase
Date of source: 18 Feb 2021
On Wednesday, a Palestinian court announced a decision to release the three accused in the case of Isrāʾ Gharīb, more than a year after their hearings which were disrupted by measures taken to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
Earlier, the Public Prosecutor’s Office praised all judicial decisions...
Reviewed by Jennifer Mercer
Translator Jennifer Mercer
Coptic Victims Association: “Family Law is an Unprecedented Move to Solve Christian Family Problems”
Date of source: 3 Jul 2021
Hānī ʿIzzat, founder of the Victims of the Personal Status Law Association, said in exclusive statements to al-Waṭan that the completion of the draft family law is a long-awaited step.
ʿIzzat pointed out that the process of writing the draft law and signing it by the five Egyptian churches...
Reviewed by Frederick Boase
Translator Frederick Boase
Date of source: 25 Feb 2021
The draft law stipulates the penalty for the husband who violates the regulation as “imprisonment for a period not more than one year, and a fine not less than 20,000 Egyptian pounds and not more than 50,000 Egyptian pounds, or either both punishments. Marriage registers shall be punished with the...
Reviewed by Jennifer Mercer
Translator Jennifer Mercer
Date of source: 8 Jul 2021
Fr. Mūsā explained that the protocol includes two agreements: the first is promoting the culture of safety, occupational health and skills development, while the second focuses on spreading the culture of freelancing and entrepreneurship.
Bishop Julius [Yūliyyūs], General Bishop and Director of...
Reviewed by Frederick Boase
Translator Frederick Boase
Date of source: 15 Feb 2021
Muṣṭafā Bakrī stated to al-Miṣrī al-Yawm that it was President Mubārak who issued the decision to concede the islands of Tīrān and Ṣanāfīr, under the Presidential Decree No. 27 (1990). ʿAlāʾ Mubārak responded to him on Twitter, saying that his statement is completely untrue and falsification of...
Reviewed by Jennifer Mercer
Translator Jennifer Mercer
Date of source: 9 Jul 2021
Jīhān al- Sādāt was born in Cairo in 1933 to an Egyptian father named Ṣafwat Raʾūf, who was a university professor with British citizenship, and a British mother, Gladys Charles Cottrell.
Jīhān obtained a BA in Arabic literature in 1977, then an MA in Comparative Literature in 1980, and a PhD in...
Reviewed by Frederick Boase
Translator Frederick Boase
Date of source: 19 Feb 2021
He added that this training aims to educate people about the environment and life of a deaf person, to help them integrate into society naturally, and to know his needs. He added that the Deaf Education Unit was established in 1982 under the purview of the Episcopal Church. The unit works to...
Reviewed by Adam Grace
Translator Adam Grace
Date of source: 17 Jul 2021
His Holiness Pope Tawāḍrūs II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the Holy See of St. Mark, and a church delegation visited the Sheikhdom of al-Azhar. They were received by the Grand Imam, Shaykh Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib. The Grand Imam welcomed the Pope and delegation, expressing his happiness with this...
Reviewed by Frederick Boase
Translator Frederick Boase
Date of source: 15 Oct 2021
“A cultural shift that is consistent with the purposes of Islamic Sharia”, with these words, Dr. Muḥammad Mukhtār Jumaʿa, Minister of al-Awqāf, explained the importance of the unified call to prayer. In 2019, the Ministry relied on a single mu’adhin to call for prayers according to the local time...
Reviewed by Salma Ramadan
Translator Salma Ramadan
Date of source: 27 Nov 2021
This came after the opening of Rams Road in Luxor, through a large celebration, and an appearance befitting the marvelous reputation that Egypt achieved after it astonished the world in the grand parade of transferring the mummies.
The Media Center of the Catholic Church stated that it is fully...
Reviewed by Salma Ramadan
Translator Salma Ramadan
Date of source: 10 Dec 2021
This came as a response to a question forwarded by a young man during his weekly meeting with the journalist Ḥamdī Rizq on the “Naẓra” program on the Ṣada al-Balad TV channel, in which he said: I used to attend New year’s celebrations in church as a courtesy to my Christian friends, but someone...
Reviewed by Salma Ramadan
Translator Salma Ramadan
Date of source: 15 Feb 2021
The promo includes footage of Egyptian President ‘Abd al-Fatāḥ al-Sīsī from 15 September 2015 in which he says, “Oh great people of Egypt, Egypt has the right to respond, in the appropriate way and the right timing, to avenge against these killers.”
On 15 February 2015, the terrorist organization...
Reviewed by Jennifer Mercer
Translator Jennifer Mercer
Date of source: 4 Jul 2021
Isrāʾ is scheduled to be honoured with the award behind bars on 8th July. The award was created to honour journalists and media workers for their courage and defence for freedom of the press throughout the world despite the dangers that threaten their liberty.
The name Isrāʾ ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ was...
Reviewed by Luke Noble
Translator Luke Noble
Date of source: 25 Jul 2021
He said in his program yesterday evening, Thursday, on the “Mikamilīn” TV channel, which broadcasts from Istanbul, that today, Friday, will be his last episode on this channel, as a result of criticism faced in Turkey. He said that “a state which makes promises to groups of people or parties and...
Reviewed by Luke Noble
Translator Luke Noble
Date of source: 8 Jul 2021
The proposal was discussed with members of the Committee of Defence and National Security of the Senate headed by General Usāma al-Jindī, in the presence of the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Executive Director of the Fund.
The head of the fund stated that 20 victims of the terrorist...
Reviewed by Luke Noble
Translator Luke Noble
Date of source: 4 Jul 2021
A delegation from the Coptic Orthodox Church also visited to offer their congratulations, including Reverend Fr. Ibrām Imīl, as representative of His Holiness Pope Tawāḍrūs II, and Reverend Būlus ʿAwaḍ, Assistant Secretary-General of the Family House in Alexandria. They exchanged gifts and...
Reviewed by Luke Noble
Translator Luke Noble
Date of source: 17 Feb 2021
“My child always feels proud to be the daughter of a martyr”; said the wife of Samuel Faraj, one of the Egyptian Coptic martyrs. She stressed that she is proud of all efforts made by the Egyptian state for the Coptic martyrs, but most of which, is building “the Church of the Martyrs of Faith and...
Reviewed by Luke Noble
Translator Luke Noble
Date of source: 4 Oct 2021
The joint appeal launched by religious leaders included a message to the participants in the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), which will be held in November in Glasgow, Scotland, on the need to provide concrete solutions to save the planet from an “unprecedented environmental...
Reviewed by Engy Rashdan
Translator Engy Rashdan
Date of source: 2 Nov 2021
Al-Azhar al-Sharīf stated that the House of the Egyptian Family is based on the implementation of the supreme values and denominators of various religions, cultures and human civilizations. The House also aims at creating a new discourse that reflects moral and intellectual education to suit the...
Reviewed by Engy Rashdan
Translator Engy Rashdan
Date of source: 16 Nov 2021
Paula, who is a seventh-grade student, says, “Ever since I was a child, I have loved poetry and I am good at the art of poetry recitation. My mother always helps me to develop this talent as she helps me with writing poetry as well as studying”.
Paula adds: My father took me to Miṣr Public Library...
Reviewed by Engy Rashdan
Translator Engy Rashdan
Date of source: 29 Aug 2021
A source told al-ʿArabī al-Jadīd that the main reason for the renewal of talks was the decision taken by the Egyptian government to renew the detention of Patrick George Zakī, an activist at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) and a student at the University of Bologna in Italy. Zakī...
Reviewed by Darragh Crean
Translator Darragh Crean
Date of source: 18 Sep 2021
In attendance at the event were a number of representatives of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Alexandria and state institutions such as the National Council for Women (NCW). The course seeks to promote cooperation between the Women’s Committee of the Holy Synod and various other institutions within...
Reviewed by Darragh Crean
Translator Darragh Crean
Date of source: 9 Feb 2021
Macron says he is standing against the “Islamization of France” and supports instead a form of Islam that agrees with French values or “Islam des Lumières” (Islam of Enlightenment), as he expressed.
At the beginning of January, the French Council of the Muslim Faith [Conseil Français du Culte...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 19 Feb 2021
During his program on the “al-Nahār” satellite channel, Amīn said that “I mean, it’s so unfortunate, and what I’m about to say is going to upset people in the countryside and Upper Egypt. A very large portion of them have children not to take care of them, give them an education and have them...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 20 Feb 2021
Regarding the importance of the region for tourism as well as the importance of developing it, tourism expert and former adviser to the minister of tourism Walīd al-Baṭūṭī said that the region of the Great Transfiguration at St. Catherine is one of the most important regions in the world for...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 24 Feb 2021
Nihād Abū al-Qumṣān, president of the ECWR, stated that the proposed draft contains several flaws, including:
- It does not recognize the legal standing of women, and so women are unable to contract their own marriages.
- It does not recognize a woman’s right to choose a husband, moreover it...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 28 Feb 2021
At any rate, it’s possible to say that with the end of the first decade of the 20th century, the Egyptian political party experience was more established and organized. There were three primary and active in Egyptian political life: The National Party [al-Ḥizb al-Waṭanī], the Constitutional Reform...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 16 Jun 2021
Bahāʾīs arrived to Egypt in the 19th Century and were able to register their central congregation and establish places of worship and a publishing house for their theology. The government even gave them private graveyards. The king even sent a private envoy to attend Bahāʾī religious celebrations...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 17 Jun 2021
Muftāḥ was born on December 12, 1898. In 1919, he traveled to Germany to study agriculture at Bonn University. Afterwards he studied music history, returned to Egypt in 1926, and was chosen to head the music and hymn department at the Institute for Coptic Studies.
In 1998, the church...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 26 Jun 2021
The conference is expected to reveal several important projects, initiatives, activities, and publications in order to fulfill the principles of Islamic law, prevent the spread of terrorism, and strengthen the nation’s work.
Dr. Ibrāhīm Nijm, Senior Adviser to Egypt’s Mufti, said that the idea of...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 30 Jun 2021
Egyptian cooperation with European powers relies on several regional and international issues like immigration and refugees, fighting terrorism, and the situations in Syria, Iraq, Libya, and Yemen.
During the 2015 European migrant crisis, Cairo played a prominent role in controlling illegal...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 4 Jul 2021
According to church sources, the Coptic Orthodox Church’s General Community Council approved in 1938 new Coptic personal status statutes, which included article 251 that allowed divorce and second marriages for several reasons. However, these statutes were criticized and rejected by the church...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 14 Jul 2021
Interviewer: There has been a lot of talk about the new Christian personal status law. The churches announced that it has been written and sent to parliament. To what extent do the churches agree on the current draft as a unified law?
Archbishop: After announcing the final text of the law, we’ve...
Reviewed by Dylan Schexnaydre
Translator Dylan Schexnaydre
Date of source: 1 Dec 2021
Siwa, a verdant place in the middle of the desert and home to dozens of tribes, is a geographical niche. It has been a place of interest since ancient times. This oasis has been known to the outside word since Alexander the Great and the temples built in the Ptolemaic period. Prior to them the...
Date of source: 1 Dec 2021
Q: Where were you born? How old are you?
A: I was born in Dammam, Saudi Arabia because of my father’s job but I am originally from one of the villages close to Alexandria. I mean my family was born there. And I am 25 years old.
Q: What is your father's job?
A: Mechanical engineering and he also...
Date of source: 1 Dec 2021
The trade network in the world is accelerating exponentially every day. Just as the world economy works this way, it is undoubtedly the famous bazaars and markets that sustain this economy, especially in important cities in any country.
The situation is the same in Egypt. In the historical bazaars...
Date of source: 31 Jul 2021
The Church is preparing to open the Durnuka Monastery Cave, in which the holy family was said to have lived. However, as photos of the renovation have spread on social media, Copts have entered into debate about it. The cave dates back to 2500 BC.
Those supporting the renovation argue that it aims...
Reviewed by Honey Thomas
Translator Honey Thomas
Date of source: 14 Feb 2021
The young men and women shared their own experiences in dialogue and explained the features of effective dialogue. They enthusiastically examined the mechanisms of successful dialogue that enables effective communication of opinions, rather than give rise to any disagreements that would be a waste...
Reviewed by Jennifer Mercer
Translator Jennifer Mercer
Date of source: 13 Mar 2021
Professor of Comparative Jurisprudence at al-Azhar University Dr. Aḥmad Karīma, fanned the flames of the controversy by banning the use of the application. In a telephone interview with al-Tāsiʿa program shown on al-Oula Egyptian channel, he said “The use of ‘My Heritage’ to animate images of the...
Reviewed by Jennifer Mercer
Translator Jennifer Mercer
Date of source: 6 Jul 2021
Fr. Mīnā ʿAbūd was martyred on 4th of July 2013, while Fr. Rāfāʾīl was martyred on 30th of June, 2016.
The wives and loved ones of the two martyrs joined the commemoration.
Rev. Mīnā ʿAbūd, 39 years old, had been the priest of al-Masāʿīd Church in al-ʿArīsh ; when he was driving in the area on...
Reviewed by Honey Thomas
Translator Honey Thomas
Date of source: 21 Nov 2021
He cogently said what is still so valid today in 2021:
“I believe wholeheartedly that the links between these two worlds matter more today than ever before, because the degree of misunderstanding between the Islamic and Western world remains dangerously high, and because the need for the two...
Date of source: 16 Nov 2021
Janneke Wijman: Short introduction: I am writing about the Wasatia movement representing the Palestinian moderate voice. I’ve already done a lot of research into the movement itself and I already spoke to you before. As a follow-up, I would like to ask you some in-depth questions, particularly,...
Date of source: 16 Nov 2021
KP: Good afternoon, Dr. Maximilian. SEKEM is one of the most noticeable representatives in the sphere of ecosystem restoration in Egypt. Could you tell us how exactly SEKEM is involved in this sphere and explain to us more about your projects?
A: What we are doing in SEKEM (and in general in Egypt...
Date of source: 15 Nov 2021
Egypt, September 22nd 2017. Several individuals including Sarah Hegazy [Sārah Ḥijāzī], an Egyptian LGBTQ+ activist, raise a rainbow flag at a Mashrou’ Leila concert. Authorities responded...
Date of source: 21 May 2021
The ceasefire was implemented 11 days after the most violent military escalation between the two sides since 2014, with a large number of deaths, mostly Palestinians, and the destruction of the infrastructure of the Gaza Strip, which will need hundreds of millions of dollars to rebuild.
This...
Reviewed by Luke Noble
Translator Luke Noble
Date of source: 24 Apr 2021
During an interview with TV presenter ʿAmrū ʿAbd al-Ḥamid, Harīdī said “It is quite normal for there to be differences of opinion about a new project in a region with great historical weight,” adding that the differences are due to a lack of clarity at the start of the project. “Al-Nūrī Mosque and...
Reviewed by Honey Thomas
Translator Honey Thomas
Date of source: 28 Jun 2021
The martyrs were included in prime ministerial decision No. 2272 of 2020 which approved the inclusion of martyrs and victims of terrorist operations within the Martyrs and Injured Care Fund. That fund now applies to the Coptic martyrs in Libya, with the exception of Lūqā Nijād Anīs ʿAbdu. The...
Reviewed by Honey Thomas
Translator Honey Thomas
Date of source: 5 Jul 2021
The minister indicated that ‘Egypt's Voice in Africa’ initiative aims at restoring Egypt's leading role in the African continent by maintaining sustained communication with Egyptian communities in Africa and enhancing Egypt’s soft power there.
Makram held three meetings via Zoom with the Egyptian...
Reviewed by Honey Thomas
Translator Honey Thomas
Date of source: 8 Jul 2021
The announcement comes before the UN Security Council’s meeting today, upon the invitation of Egypt and Sudan, to discuss issuing a resolution on the dam negotiations. The resolution was submitted by Tunisia, a new member of the Security Council this year.
Pope Tawāḍrūs II, Pope of Alexandria and...
Reviewed by Honey Thomas
Translator Honey Thomas
Date of source: 17 Aug 2021
Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād, Secretary General of the Islamic Research Academy, stated during his speech that this meeting comes within the comprehensive strategy of al-Azhar al-Sharīf , aiming to raise awareness of international students by strengthening their knowledge aspects and protecting them...
Reviewed by Engy Rashdan
Translator Engy Rashdan
Date of source: 12 May 2021
The North Sinai Governorate media office confirmed that Major General Dr. Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Faḍīl Shūsha, governor of North Sinai, made no statement regarding preparing hospitals to receive and treat Palestinians following Israeli military action in the Gaza Strip.
Media reports also claimed that...
Reviewed by Luke Noble
Translator Luke Noble
Date of source: 18 May 2021
He said that as a result of recent events in Gaza, timings for Rafaḥ border crossings have been restricted from 9am to 9pm since last Sunday.
The governor added that there are two kinds of people crossing the Rafaḥ border as of now: ordinary travellers with links to Egypt and casualties from...
Reviewed by Luke Noble
Translator Luke Noble
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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.