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Date of source: Wednesday, June 2, 2021
His holiness Pope Tawāḍrūs II said that the visit of the Holy Family to Egypt is a real blessing. He said: “Egypt was subjected to hardships many times and came out of it with its head held high, thanks to the Holy Family’s visit to its land; Our country, our land, our history and our geography is...
Date of source: Thursday, January 14, 2021
Akhbār al-Yawm Portal interviewed three Coptic leaders over their thoughts on whether or not Copts should be allowed to attend al-Azhar University.
Date of source: Thursday, January 14, 2021
In Egypt, there is a new experiment going on to cultivate the principles of mutual understanding, tolerance, and acceptance of others; a Muslim is teaching at an Evangelical seminary, and a Christian is teaching at al-Azhar.
Date of source: Thursday, November 19, 2020
The Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center announced the opening of a college of humanities and natural sciences, which includes four departments with master degree programs and two departments offering bachelor’s degrees. It also mentioned that classes will begin in December. Departments will teach...
Austria and Islam…From Coexistence and Recognizing Muslims to Animosity and Accusations of Terrorism
Date of source: Tuesday, November 3, 2020
Four people were killed in a terrorist attack as several gunmen opened fire on six different locations in downtown Vienna, Austria. The minister of the interior said that the police killed one of the gunmen and are still looking for another gunman who is on the run. He also announced that the...
Date of source: Sunday, November 1, 2020
The Arab Network of Women in Science and Technology (ANWST) organized a virtual meeting entitled “Arab Women in Science: Present and Participating” hosted by Bibliotheca Alexandrina [the Library of Alexandria] in cooperation with the Women Studies and Social Transformation (WSST) Program at the...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 4, 2020
The Papal Headquarters at the St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in ʿAbāssiyya today saw the signing of a cooperation protocol between the Institute of Coptic Studies and the Faculty for Specific Education at al-Zaqāzīq University.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 29, 2020
The Revolutionary Socialists movement, the opposition in Egypt, rejected the Supreme Administrative Court’s decision to ban female faculty members at Cairo University from wearing the niqāb, emphasizing that this rule is an attempt to establish the state control over the body and is the latest...
Date of source: Thursday, November 21, 2019
The students of the Learning Center at the Citadel of Qaitbay. Photo by Cornelis Hulsman
Sun, sea and blue sky
When the students of the Learning Center of the Center for Arab-West Understanding (CAWU) arrived in Alexandria on the morning of Friday, November 8, they could not but being...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 3, 2019
The Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth has unveiled an “unprecedented report” from the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, which expresses concerns regarding allegations of anti-Semitism in Palestinian school curriculum across a number of subjects and requests that the content...
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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.