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The Mayor of Athens awards the Medal of Athens to Patriarch Theophilos III
Date of source: 13 Jun 2026
By No Author Mentioned
The Mayor of Athens, Mr. Harris Doukas, awarded Theophilos III, Patriarch of Jerusalem and All Palestine and Jordan, the Order of the City Medal of Athens, in recognition of his global spiritual and humanitarian role, his efforts to promote peace, his unwavering commitment to the values of justice...
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Patriarch Theophilos III Calls for the Protection of Christian and Islamic Holy Sites
Date of source: 13 Jun 2026
By No Author Mentioned
His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III, Patriarch of Jerusalem and All Palestine and Jordan, concluded his official visit to Athens with a renewed call to protect Christians in the Holy Land and the Middle East, and to preserve the Christian and Islamic Holy sites within the framework of the...
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Women's Forum at al-Azhar: Sūrat al-Nūr is a comprehensive "Qurʾānic constitution" for protecting society and preserving honor
Date of source: 13 Jun 2026
By ʿAlī Shibl
Al-Azhar al-Sharīf held its weekly forum as part of its programs for women under the title "Preserving Honor in Islam," with the participation of Dr. Heba ʿAwf, Head of the Department of Qurʾānic Interpretation and Sciences at al-Azhar University; Dr. Azza ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, Assistant Professor of...
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Cairo’s Current Lens: Egyptian Student Perspectives on the United States of America
Date of source: 26 Jun 2026
By Jamie Derbyshire
This paper will present a brief history of modern Egyptian-American relations to explain how the complicated relationship arrived at its present condition. Survey data will follow, detailing recent changes and attitudes towards the United States. The study’s results will be presented in the next...
Rulings on the misyār marriage—is it different from mut’ʿa and ʿurfī?
Date of source: 23 Jan 2021
By Muḥammad Ṣabrī ʿAbd al-Raḥīm‎
In Arabic, misyār means a quick visit or refers to visitors who do not stay long with those they visit. According to contemporary jurists, misyār marriage is a legitimate marriage that meets all the legal conditions, taking one of the following forms: the husband is either not obligated to provide...
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Translator ʿAmr al-Misrī
What is the ruling on the misyār marriage, described by scholar Mabrūk ʿAṭīya as "the best in the world"?
Date of source: 6 Aug 2021
By Aḥmad al-Sharqāwī
The misyār marriage is one of the issues that always causes a great deal of controversy, as it allows the wife to waive her rights to maintenance and housing from the husband. Some claim that it is not permissible because it involves the humiliation of the woman and the loss of her rights that...
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Dār al-Iftā’ explains the permissibility of misyār marriage
Date of source: 26 Jul 2021
By Āmāl Sāmī
Dr. Maḥmūd Shalabī, Secretary of Fatwa at the Egyptian Dār al-Iftā’, noted that a valid marriage is one in which all the legal conditions are fulfilled. "If the marriage takes place in the presence of witnesses, the matrimonial formula is recited, the guardian is present, the family and the...
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Misyār marriage becoming a trend among the youth in Morocco
Date of source: 29 Jul 2022
By Kawthar Abūtīr
"Once she grows older and the hints begin, the girl starts searching for her match, convincingly navigating the advice of neighbors, friends, family and the opportunities offered by social media and apps. And woe to the woman who counts the years without a suitor knocking on her family's door,"...
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Dr. George Sāmī Nicola reviews centuries of personal status legislation in a university lecture
Date of source: 14 Jun 2026
By Michael ʿĀdil (Michael Adel)
A Coptic researcher reviewed the historical roots of personal status legislation for non-Muslims, stressing that it dates back to the year 1453 AD, when Ottoman Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror conquered Constantinople and declared the guarantee of freedom of the Christian religion, granting the...
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Dr. George Sāmī Nicola: Application of the 1938 Statute has become imperative
Date of source: 14 Jun 2026
By Michael ʿĀdil (Michael Adel)
Counselor Dr. George Sāmī Nicola, Vice President of the Administrative Prosecution Authority, said that the Personal Status Regulations for Orthodox Copts issued in 1938 and its amendments in 2008 have become the only applicable regulations for Orthodox Copts’ personal status disputes, provided...
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Cairo’s Current Lens: Egyptian Student Perspectives on the United States of America
Date of Publication: Friday, June 26, 2026
By: Jamie Derbyshire
This paper will present a brief history of modern Egyptian-American relations to explain how the complicated relationship arrived at its present condition. Survey data will follow, detailing recent changes and attitudes towards the United States. The study’s results will be presented in the next section, followed by an analysis presenting relevant
Legal Forms and Social Realities: The Practice of Misyār in Contemporary Egypt
Date of Publication: Sunday, June 21, 2026
By: Mae Drewienka
Misyār marriage, often translated as “passing marriage,” derives from the Arabic root sayr (to pass or move through), a term that reflects the non-cohabiting and frequently intermittent nature of such unions. Emerging in Saudi Arabia in the late twentieth century, misyār is generally understood as a legally valid Sunni marriage in which one or
Coffee, Shisha, and the Pulse of the Egyptian Street: Social Networks of Egyptian Coffeehouses (ʾAhāwī) in al-Munīra
Date of Publication: Sunday, June 21, 2026
By: Fien Spelbos
ʿUmar (38) was born in Saudi Arabia and moved to Cairo when he was six years old. He has always lived in the area of al-Munīra and Sayyida Zaynab, where he also attended a madrasa,[i] followed by university, where he studied media. After his studies, he worked as an assistant director for an insurance company. The work paid well, and he enjoyed
From Living in a Religious Bubble to Interreligious Dialogue
Date of Publication: Sunday, December 31, 2023
By: Cornelis Hulsman (كورنيلس هولسمان)
Intercultural and interreligious dialogue brought Cornelis Hulsman from a conservative Christian Reformed bubble in the Netherlands to a deeply ecumenical attitude, refraining from absolutist statements about faith since any religion is the outcome of a human search for meaning in life. Hulsman was asked to reflect on his personal development by
Christian Statistics in Egypt: A Look at the 1986 CAPMAS Census
Date of Publication: Saturday, December 30, 2023
By: Mariam Aly Ibrahim
 The purpose of this study is to present the most accurate data on the statistics of Christians in Egypt. The data were collected by the Egyptian Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) 1986 census, the last year that the CAPMAS included the number of Christians for the smallest administrative units and computed these in
A Difficult Dialogue with Dutch Arabist Dr. Hans Jansen Who Lost Faith in Dialogue with Muslims
Date of Publication: Friday, December 30, 2022
By: Cornelis Hulsman (كورنيلس هولسمان)
This text about Dutch Arabist and scholar of Islam Prof. Dr. Johannes (Hans) G. Jansen (1942-2015) is based on Cornelis Hulsman’s personal experiences with Prof. Jansen as a student at Leiden University, the Netherlands, but even more on the email exchanges with Hans Jansen in 2008 and between August 1, 2011, and April 5, 2014. Jansen developed a
The Tribunal of Love: The Four Stages of Love in Ibn al-Fāriḍ’s Poetry
Date of Publication: Monday, October 10, 2022
By: Lara Gibson
Lara Gibson participated in the CAWU-Heliopolis University summer school between June 27 and July 6, 2018, and interned with our center between July 8 and October 4, 2018. Lara studied Arabic language and culture at Durham University, UK. In her letter of motivation, she wrote “your programme appeals to me primarily because of the hands-on and
Bubastis, Capital of Egypt and Ezekiel, The Prophet in Exile
Date of Publication: Wednesday, December 22, 2021
By: Konrad Knolle
After the publication of Be Thou There; the Holy Family’s Journey in Egypt (AUC Press, 2001), Cornelis Hulsman organized a number of ‘pilgrimages’ to locations of the Holy Family in Egypt. One of these was with the German Evangelical Church in Boulaq, Cairo, to Tal Basṭa, Bubastis in the prophecy of Ezekiel. Bubastis had been the capital of Egypt
Israeli Apartheid? A Critical Analysis of a Contentious Debate
Date of Publication: Tuesday, November 30, 2021
By: Britt van Rossum
Over the last few decades, comparisons have continuously been drawn between Israel and its policies and the system of South African apartheid. Certain events in the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have given impulses to the use of this analogy, such as the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory after the Six-Day war in 1967, the
Political violence, activism and conflict
Date of Publication: Thursday, November 18, 2021
By: Janneke Wijman
This research explores the question as to how Wasatia as an Islamist movement seeks to represent the Palestinian moderate voice in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This is examined through an in-depth interview with the founder of the movement, content analysis, and the use of a theoretical framework that combines nonviolence, social movement

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Egypt's Draft Constitution Rewards the Military and Judiciary'
Date of source: Sunday, December 1, 2013
By: LinkedIn
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EGYPT,BACK TO MILITARY RULE: ''Egypt's Draft Constitution Rewards the Military and J
Egyptian Christians fear chaos after wedding bloodshed
Date of source: Monday, October 21, 2013
By: Reuters
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By: Yasmine Saleh
Egypt's Coptic community in fear following attack outside church
Date of source: Monday, October 21, 2013
By: Radio Vatican
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(Vatican Radio) Egypt’s government and religious leaders have condemned an attack outside a Coptic church in Cairo on Sunday that killed four people including an 8 year old girl.
Egyptian Muslims, Copts clash in Minya
Date of source: Friday, November 29, 2013
By: World Bulletin
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Egyptian Muslims, Copts clash in Minya The violence erupted in Al-Badrman village over an alleged love affair between a Coptic man and a Muslim woman, the source said. World Bulletin / News Desk
“Another night on Earth” - Egypt through taxi conversations -
Date of source: Tuesday, October 22, 2013
By: Your Middle East
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Does the back seat of a taxi sound like a boring set for a documentary? If so, think again. Director David Muñoz shows how the chaotic traffic scene in Cairo is full of interesting conversations.
Sisi’s Egypt
Date of source: Friday, November 8, 2013
By: openDemocracy
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A look inside the life of a Christian Copt
Date of source: Sunday, November 24, 2013
By: The Daily Campus
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After Retaking of Delga, Christians Terrorized in Other Towns in Egypt
Date of source: Monday, November 25, 2013
By: Assist News Service
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By Dan Wooding, Founder of ASSIST Ministries
Muslim Brotherhood Practices Politics Through 'Terrorist' Ideology
Date of source: Friday, October 18, 2013
By: AINA (Assyrian Intl. News Ag.)
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The Muslim Brotherhood is practicing politics through a terrorist ideology, claims Nabil Metry, a member of the Executive Office of the Regional Association of Non-Governmental Organizations.
Egypt’s new protest law provokes demonstrations, backlash
Date of source: Tuesday, November 26, 2013
By: Al Monitor
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CAIRO — It took only minutes for activists to witness Egypt’s controversial new protest law in action on Nov. 26.

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The One-Year Anniversary of the Two Saints' Church Bombing
Newsletter Number: 25
Year: 2011
Merry Christmas From Arab West Report!
Newsletter Number: 24
Year: 2011
Dutch Broadcaster Wrong to Report that Coptic Christians Burned Their Own Church
Newsletter Number: 23
Year: 2011
AWR Revisits Violent Events Leading up to Egypt's Parliamentary Elections
Newsletter Number: 21
Year: 2011
Egyptian Election Procedures May Represent Improvement over Past for Copts.
Newsletter Number: 20
Year: 2011
Does Shari'a Really Prohibit Building Churches?
Newsletter Number: 19
Year: 2011
Analyzing Video Evidence from Maspero: Bloody Confrontations following the Coptic Protest of October 9, 2011
Newsletter Number: 18
Year: 2011
Clashes, Deaths at Coptic Protest in Cairo
Newsletter Number: 17
Year: 2011
Burning the Dome: AWR Investigates Sectarian Violence in Upper Egyptian City of Edfu
Newsletter Number: 16
Year: 2011
Storming the Israeli Embassy: The Greater Context
Newsletter Number: 15
Year: 2011

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