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Date of source: Friday, October 29, 2021
Today, Friday, the Ministry of Awqāf inaugurates 12 mosques in six governorates, including 11 that have been rebuilt and one that has been recently restored. This brings a grand total of 258 mosques which have been opened since 1st July, 231 of which have also been rebuilt and another 27 that have...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Pharmacist Īzīs Muṣṭafā, who was assaulted by her colleagues for not wearing the ḥijāb, recounted the details and reasons behind the incident which took place at her workplace in the Sharqiyya governorate, during a video interview with journalist Sharīf ʿĀmir in a program called “Happening in Egypt...
Date of source: Saturday, October 9, 2021
Pope Tawāḍrūs II, announced that the efforts made by President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī, President of the Republic of Egypt, represent his unprecedented achievements in achieving sustainable development, creating new urban societies and achieving a “dignified life” [Ḥayāh Karīma] for citizens. He...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 4, 2021
The Sharqiyya Diocese announced the return of a Coptic girl, Raymonda Sameh [Raymūndā Sāmiḥ], after it was rumoured she disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Bishop Maqār, bishop of al-Sharqiyya, thanked the Ministry of Interior and the security services for the girl’s safe return.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 9, 2020
The Endowments Ministry announced that it will open 130 mosques nationwide on Friday, of which 53 are in al-Sharqiyyah. 34 will be opened by the ministry itself while 96 will be opened under the supervision of the ministry, according to comments from Endowments Minister Muḥammad Mukhtār Juma’a.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 4, 2020
The Papal Headquarters at the St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in ʿAbāssiyya today saw the signing of a cooperation protocol between the Institute of Coptic Studies and the Faculty for Specific Education at al-Zaqāzīq University.
Date of source: Monday, September 30, 2019
Pope Tawāḍrūs II, pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, expressed his deepest sympathies to His Grace Bishop Timothaos [Tīmūthāuʾs], bishop of al-Zaqāzīq and Minya al-Qamḥ, and the family and parishioners of Rev. Fr. Mīnā Samʿān al-Shaykh, who passed away recently.
Date of source: Friday, July 12, 2019
Bishop Maqār, the bishop of Sharqiyya and 10th of Ramadan City, said that al-Laqqān is the service until the washing of the legs, which is the case for washing the inner heart.
Date of source: Sunday, July 14, 2019
The death of Muḥammad Mursī, Egypt’s first elected president since the 2011 revolution, on June 17 sparked a wave of controversy and conflicting truths between human rights organizations and Egyptian media. Mursī died in court in Cairo where he was on trial facing charges of espionage.
Date of source: Friday, August 9, 2013
The people of Harbit village in Sharqiya governorate held a reconciliation meeting with the son of Ismaīl Shihātah, the Shi’ite leader, who was killed in Abū Nimris last month, and his Salafī neighbor. The Salafī groups in the city denied that the brawls had any relation to religious doctrines (...
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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.