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In an effort to further the research of Arab West Report on the subject of legal guidelines for building mosques, on April 19, 2010, we interviewed Dr. Sālim ‘Abd al-Jalīl, Deputy Minister of Endowments for Da‘wah at the Religious Endowments Ministry. We asked him several questions, concerning the...
Veteran journalist Lex Runderkamp visited Egypt to report about what happened on September 30th in Mārīnāb. He reported for Dutch TV, in prime time, on November 26th [Title: “Conflict between Copts and Muslims is complicated”].
Many more Egyptians are reading opposition newspapers these days. Al-Ahrām is alleged to have lost senventy percent of its' readers since the revolution. Al-Wafd, Al-Shurūq and Al-Misrī Al-Yawm have proven to be very popular these days. Furthermore, newspapers have also realized the importance of...
There is no religious strife (fitnah)  in Egypt, but there is religious tension; there is no Christian persecution in Egypt, but there is Christian discrimination. This, in summary, was the message presented in a seminar organized by the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS),...
Two AWR interns investigate the news coverage of a dispute that took place in al-Tayyibah village, Minia. They analyzed the press reports of the incident and then look at the reconciliation sessions that took place in the wake of the conflict.
Cornelis Hulsman revisited Banī Walīms and Maghagha with a group of interns and Jielis van Baalen, now managing director of CIDT. The objective of the visit was to investigate the present state of Muslim-Christian relations seven years after Banī Walīms suddenly gained media prominence when a...
The author writes about the frustration people feel at officially imposed changes of the street and place names with which they are familiar.
This article sheds light on the Bahā’īs’ New Year celebration which coincided with them receiving a court ruling that will allow them to leave the religious column empty in their official papers.
Farouk writes about the case of a women who brought a sexual harasser to court and the broader social issues which surround sexual harassment increasing in Egypt.

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