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Date of source: Thursday, February 6, 2020
Cornelis Hulsman and interns of the Center for Arab-West Understanding have frequently contributed to the Maadi Messenger, a community magazine that is distributed in Maadi, Cairo, Egypt. This is also where the office of Arab-West Report is located.
This time the Maadi Messenger asked Cornelis...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Our students met on-line with Dr. Renee Hattar, since October 2016 the head of International Studies at the Royal Institute for Interfaith Studies in Jordan, founded in 1994 by HRH Prince el-Hassan bin-Talal of Jordan. RIIFS describes itself as “a non-profit, non-governmental organization that...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 24, 2020
In evaluating the webinar Dr. Matthew Anderson appreciated the work done but said we should also address secularism. People often question religions for this and that. “Secularism is often given a free pass in these conversations as if there aren’t questions we can ask about secularism, as if there...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 2, 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.
Date of source: Monday, March 31, 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.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 19, 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."
Date of source: Tuesday, March 18, 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.
Date of source: Monday, March 24, 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...
Date of source: Monday, March 17, 2025
On Monday, Dr. Andrea Zakī, the President of the Evangelical Church in Egypt, visited Dr. Osāma al-Azharī, the Minister of the Awqāf, at the Islamic Cultural Center in the Grand Mosque located in the New Administrative Capital to congratulate him on the approaching ʿEīd al-Fiṭr Holiday. Dr. Zakī,...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 18, 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...
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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.