Date of source: Monday, November 25, 2024
In July 2024, the Arab-West Foundation was elected Head of the Dutch Network of the Anna Lindh Foundation. They organized their first Dutch network meeting on November 25th where, among other things, they spoke about the need to contribute to peace-building in the Middle East. This applies first of...
Date of source: Friday, October 18, 2024
After a full examination of the body at the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Tel Aviv (Abū Kabīr), the Hebrew newspaper, Ynet, announced that the Israeli occupation authorities have taken the body of Yaḥyā al-Sinwār to a classified location to keep.
Date of source: Saturday, October 5, 2024
Xavier Abū ʿĪd, Rooted in Palestine: Palestinian Christians and the Struggle for National Liberation 1917-2004 (Beit Jālā: Dār al-Kalima University Press, 2022)
Reviewed by Noha Heraiba, Database Editor for Dialogue Across Borders
Publication Date: October 5, 2024
Rooted in Palestine:...
Date of source: Saturday, May 11, 2024
The board of the Arab-West Foundation decided in its meeting on April 22, to adopt this statement with steps that are believed to be necessary to end the cycle of violence and reach a moment in which Israelis and Palestinians can live together in peace. This statement was written by Cornelis...
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This text about Dutch Arabist and scholar of Islam Prof. Dr. Johannes (Hans) G. Jansen (1942-2015) is based on Cornelis Hulsman’s personal experiences with Prof.
Date of source: Sunday, November 19, 2023
In my recent article, I highlighted how Israel’s brutal aggression on the Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip has raised important questions about the establishment of Israel in 1948 and the historical justifications behind its creation.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 19, 2023
The Higher Presidential Committee of Churches Affairs in Palestine (HCC) has condemned an attempt by Israeli extremists to assault the St. Eliās Church of the Greek Catholic Church in Ḥaifā.
Date of source: Saturday, October 8, 2022
Anba Rāfāʾīl, General Bishop of the Churches of Central Cairo, Bishop of Youth, and Professor of Dogmatic Theology, begins his first pastoral visit to the Coptic church in Jerusalem and the occupied territories.
Date of source: Friday, August 5, 2022
Pope Tawāḍrūs II headed the consecration of the Coptic Orthodox Church of the Resurrection and the Virgin Mary, also known as the Church of the Holy Association in the Daher [al-Ẓāhir] neighborhood of Cairo, after the church’s recent renovations.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 26, 2022
Fr. Yūwāqīm, Coptic Orthodox Bishop of Isna and Armant, has taken a pastoral visit to the Holy Land. He was accompanied on his journey to Jerusalem by several fathers and priests.