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Date of source: Wednesday, December 22, 2021
For the first time in years, Catholics in Egypt don’t have to work on Christmas, not because the government made it a national holiday, but because their Christmas happens to fall on the weekend, on Friday and Saturday.
For many ages, Egyptian Catholics have demanded that the western Christmas (the...
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: Saturday, October 16, 2021
Copts have appealed to the Ministry of the Interior to quickly find solutions to the crisis at the Monastery of Saint Samuel the Confessor in Minya, in light of the continued prevention of entry to visitors by local security services. Security stopped a number of groups from entering yesterday and...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 16, 2021
In a live interview, Ṣadā al-Balad hosted the poetic talent from Minyā, Paula Nabīl Ẓarīf, who recites poetry from a young age and also writes some poems with his mother’s assistance.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 1, 2021
The Diocese of Samāllūṭ headed by Archbishop Pavnotios [Bifinūtiyūs], thanked the head of the “Fund for Honoring the Martyrs and Victims of the Missing and Victims of War, Terror and Security Operations”, for including the Coptic martyrs in Libya in their care.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 9, 2021
Al-Minyā always appears to be at the center of sectarian attacks targeting Christians or their places of worship, incited either from building new churches, rumors of an illicit interfaith love affair like in the “Lady of al-Karam” incident, or Facebook posts interpreted as insulting Islam. ...
Date of source: Sunday, March 14, 2021
The National Council for Women (NCW) launched a campaign whilst celebrating Women’s Day, under the title “Entrepreneurship for Rural Women”, in cooperation with the World Food Program, from March 14th to 20th, in nine governorates. The nine governorates are Aswān, Luxor, Qinā, Suhāj, Asyūṭ, al-...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 10, 2021
The martyrs of Libya are an icon of the modern era, whose blood was shed by the terrorist organization ISIS in February 2015. President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī come out with a speech to affirm their honour, with only hours passing before an air strike was launched in revenge for them. The Egyptian...
Date of source: Sunday, February 14, 2021
“The Together for Egypt” project continued its work in al-Minyā governorate with a workshop entitled “How to manage dialogue and discussion”. 23 Muslim and Christian youths participated in the workshop, which took place at the Community Development Association in the village of Zāwiya Sulṭān. The...
Date of source: Saturday, July 18, 2020
Following testimonies given by several women on social media and investigations into accusations of sexual assault, Bishop Makarios [Makāriyūs], bishop of al-Minyā, decided to strip a priest of his rank.
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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.