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Date of source: Saturday, November 29, 2025
Amidst anticipation and waiting, Lebanese streets are filled with Vatican flags beside the Lebanese flag, with images of Pope Leo XIV surrounded by the word "peace."
The Pope's visit does not come at a random moment but at a critical turning point marked by tensions caused by almost-daily Israeli...
Date of source: Thursday, July 24, 2025
The Lebanese President, Joseph ʿAoūn, said that "we are truly at a crossroads that could become existential, and our unity, cooperation, and solidarity are essential as we face all of these challenges."
Date of source: Friday, July 25, 2025
Lebanese activist Georges Ibrahim Abdallah (Jūrj Ibrāhīm ʿAbd Allāh), a staunch supporter of the Palestinian cause, has arrived in Lebanon after spending more than forty years in a French prison, according to the Lebanese National News Agency.
Date of source: Monday, December 4, 2023
Since its establishment in 1974, the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) has been preoccupied with the Palestinian cause, and not a single one of its meetings has passed without addressing this issue. Over the course of half a century, the council has held many meetings and seminars that have...
Date of source: Monday, September 6, 2021
Maria Kicha is a Russian writer, a PhD in Law, a historian, and traveler. Apart from teaching at Russian State University of Justice, research of the Middle East is her key occupation. Even though she does not usually refer to herself as an Oriental Studies specialist, Maria is the author of three...
Date of source: Sunday, January 24, 2021
1. Anton Wessels, The Grand Finale. The Apocalypse in the Tanakh, the Gospel, and the Qur’an, Translated by Henry Jansen and Lucy Hofland, Wipf & Stock, Eugene, Oregon, 2020, 321 pp. Paperback $ 35 E-book $ 9.99 This English version is dedicated to Professor Saeid Edalatnejad of the...
Date of source: Friday, April 3, 2020
The voice of Lebanese singer Fayrūz [Fairouz] has borne the capacity to respond to people’s pain in their wars and suffering. However, in a video clip she posted to her YouTube channel on Friday, she chose to raise her voice in prayer by reading out loud from the Bible.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 5, 2020
Father George Shīḥān, Archbishop of Cairo Maronite Church and head of the Maronite institutions in Egypt, offered his condolences to the victims of the explosion that took place yesterday in Beirut’s port. The Lebanese-Maronite Information and Cultural Center in Cairo issued a statement in which...
Date of source: Thursday, August 6, 2020
Dr. Yāsir ʿIlwī, the Egyptian Ambassador to Lebanon, has said that Egypt will launch an air bridge to aid Lebanon; the aid extends over four phases. The first phase will be focused on medical aid, with nine tons of aid supplies. While the second batch will deliver medical and food supplies,...
Date of source: Monday, July 29, 2019
A new study reveals a decrease in the Christian population by a third, yet the Ṭāʾif Agreement imposes parity.
Only a few buildings are still inhabited by Christians west of the old Ṣaydā road in al- Ḥadath area in the suburb of Southern Beirut, after the departure of hundreds of people, and the...
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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.