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Date of source: Friday, March 9, 2007
A documentary entitled, ‘The Lost Tomb of Jesus,’ broadcast by the Discovery Channel has raised a new tempest, questioning facts about Jesus as told by the Bible. The documentary claimed that a tomb containing the remains of Jesus and his family was found in a Jerusalem suburb. It showed that the...
Date of source: Sunday, December 31, 2006
A description of a visit to the Convent of St. Dimyānah on the Occasion of the festival of Saint Dimyānah whereby Metropolitan Bīshūy provided the delegation with a detailed explanation of Coptic traditions related to the convent. Dr. Picard noted differences between the way Metropolitan Bīshūy and...
Date of source: Monday, April 30, 2007
Hulsman highlights a number of major reports that were placed in week 53, all belonging to closing the year 2006 for AWR. This week had been delayed because of the substantial amount of editing and checking that had been needed. This week includes the transcript of the lecture of former Dutch Prime...
Date of source: Sunday, January 28, 2007
The author discusses Christianity in Egypt, and what it means to be a Copt living in a society that constantly struggles with social issues.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Yūsuf Islām has started to sing again in an attempt to bridge the gap between the civilizations.
Date of source: Sunday, November 19, 2006
Text of lecture about a declining Christianity in the Middle East. Dalrymple compares between his travels in the mid nineties to when he collected material for his book ‘From the Holy Mountain: A Journey among the Christians of the Middle East,’ and recently travelled to the areas he had visited...
Date of source: Friday, November 17, 2006
Transcript of a speech presented by William Dalrymple at the American University in Cairo, highlighting his experiences traveling to Christian Holy sites throughout the Middle East, as well as his personal interpretation of political Islām. He includes references to both historical and present day...
Date of source: Saturday, July 26, 2008
The American delegation investigating religious freedoms in Egypt started its meetings with Egyptian prominent religious and public figures. The delegation’s visit to Egypt is receiving wide criticism by almost all Egyptian organisations, intellectuals, and political parties.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Egyptian articles that pay attention to conflicts within the Coptic Orthodox Church.
A good analysis of medieval Muslim-Christian relations by Israeli peace activist Uri Avnery.
Attention and appreciation for AWR work.
Date of source: Sunday, August 10, 1997
Subtitle:Bishop Bishoy "We are against fanaticism and fanatics, whether they are Muslims or Copts."The author has gone to meetings of Egyptians in the USA and found all to be loyal to Egypt. All Arabic papers published in the USA and Canada are convinced that the Jewish lobby is trying to damage...
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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.