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Date of source: Sunday, February 2, 2020
The United Nations condemned the tragic death of Nadā, a twelve-year-old girl from Asyūṭ, who died while getting circumcised by a doctor. The UN said in a statement that they are shocked by senseless deaths like these, which continue to happen in 2020 despite gainful advances to end this harmful...
Egyptian Prisons Refuse to Let in Disinfectants and Sanitizers despite the Pandemic and Overcrowding
Date of source: Sunday, March 22, 2020
Despite preventing visits to all Egyptian prisons until the end of March and the authorities agreeing to let in basic necessities to prisoners, a large number of families confirmed that they are not being allowed to bring in disinfectants, sanitizers, and other means of personal hygiene to fight...
Date of source: Saturday, February 8, 2020
On Friday, the Egyptian security forces arrested the researcher Patrick George Zaki [Pātrīk Jūrj Zakī] at Cairo Airport after he had flown there from Italy. Following his arrest, he disappeared until Saturday afternoon when he stood before the al-Manṣūra prosecution in al-Daqhaliyyah governorate.
Date of source: Friday, January 17, 2020
Nine Egyptian human rights organizations in a joint statement on Friday called on the International Committee of the Red Cross to inspect Egyptian prison conditions. They expressed their growing concern over the increase in the number of deaths of those in prison since the beginning of this year...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Some American circles are circulating amongst themselves claims related to the imprisonment and death of the dual American-Egyptian citizen Muṣṭafā Qāsim, saying that he was exposed to a mock trial and therefore it bears responsibility for his declining health. However, the Interior Ministry...
Date of source: Monday, January 6, 2020
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights criticised Egyptian security forces after the latter had prevented 4000 Coptic Christians from performing the New Year’s prayer in a building in Fāw Baḥarī village. The Christians of the village, which lies in Dishnā (Qinā governorate) in the south of...
Date of source: Friday, January 3, 2020
The Protestant Church of Egypt not only plays an important spiritual role for the Protestant Christian community but also makes social contributions to the entire Egyptian society, independent of skin colour, gender and religion.
Since his assumption of the position of president of the Protestant...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Egyptian women experience different kinds of violence and recently the violations against female human rights activists and women’s rights defenders have increased.
According to the organisation, Nazra for Feminist Studies, the violations against women in Egypt are increasing. These violations...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 26, 2019
On Monday an Egyptian court ruled in favour of Hudā Naṣr Allāh, a lawyer who had demanded to inherit the same share as her brothers. This historic ruling was praised by many human rights defenders, Copts and women.
The human rights lawyer Hudā Naṣr Allāh wrote on her Facebook page, “Finally a...
Date of source: Sunday, April 7, 2019
After Saturday protests against President al-Bashīr’s government, clashes between the protesters and the Sudanese security forces led to the killing of 5 people and more than 25 wounded.
An eyewitness said that those demonstrations in Omdurman [Umm Durmān], seems to be the biggest since their...
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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.