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Date of source: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 to Tuesday, April 10, 2018
The Salafī al-Nūr Party in the governorate of al-Fayoum precluded a fitnah that almost erupted between a Muslim landlord and a Christian tenant in the town of Sinnūris.
'Abd al-'Azīm 'Abd al-Hamīd and his sons sought last week to terminate the contract of Dāwūd 'Azmī Fahmī and have him out of his...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 7, 2012 to Friday, March 2, 2012
Another sectarian problem between Muslims and Christians were defused by local residents in al-Fayoum after some priests of the St. Tadros El Shatby Church in the village of al-Khatīb attempted to build a fence circling a plot of land with the purpose of annexing it to the church.
Instructions were...
Date of source: Saturday, August 5, 2017
Archaeologists have called Fayūm "Little Egypt" as it resembles ancient Egypt in its terrain.
Date of source: Saturday, April 23, 2016
The Minister of Antiquities, Dr. Khālid Al- ‘Anānī, pledged to contribute to the completion of the renovation work of the ancient Qaitbay mosque in Fayyūm, and to reopen it for the citizens after the residents participated in and contributed to the cost of the renovation.
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Background:This recording is of a press conference with Dr. Zāhī Ḥāwās, the-then Chief Inspector of the Giza Pyramid Plateau. He speaks about recent excavations the difficulties with promoting tourism and at the same time preserving historic sites and the future of the Giza plateau.
Side A:Dr. Zāhī...
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Cornelis Hulsman had been invited to a lecture in Hofgeismar, Germany, about his research about the violence around the Monastery of Abū Fānā, Egypt. Prof. Karl Pinggéra opened the conference with a reference to the Egyptian Holy Family tradition. Hulsman responded to this by linking...
Transcript Interview with Hānī Fawzī, member of the Aṣāla Party leadership and responsible for media
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Interviewer: Quinta Smit
Language of interview: Arabic (original interview; translator unkown); English (presented transcript)
Transcript: Quinta Smit
Approval: Requested and no objection received
Hānī Fawzī is responsible for social media and news at the Aṣāla Party, he talks about daily...
Date of source: Friday, January 3, 2014
Pope Tawadros announced that he will postpone his weekly sermon next week (8th of January) as he will be present in the Monastery of Saint Bishoy in Wadī al- Natrūn in the aftermath of the Christmas celebrations (Abd al- Wahhāb Sha’bān, al- Wafd, Jan. 3, p. 16).
Date of source: Friday, April 24, 2015
The Ministry of Endowments in the governorate of Fayūm conducted a campaign of raids confiscating books from a number of mosques. The raids appeared to target mosques following the group al-Shawqīūn al-Takfīrīyūn. Doctor ‘Abd al-Nasr Nasīm ‘Atyān, a representative for the Ministry of Endowments in...
Date of source: Monday, August 19, 2013
The number of victims of the current violence in Egypt is increasing. Most deaths fell during the efforts to end the demonstrations. According to the Ministry of Health there are 638 deaths, among them at least 43 from the police forces. The Muslim Brotherhood claims much larger numbers of...
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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.