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Date of source: Sunday, June 14, 2009
Christian residents of an Upper Egyptian village protest against its name being officially changed.
46. Governor of Minia retreats from changing Dayr Abu Hinnis name and puts an end to people’s sit-in
Date of source: Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Governor of Minia in collaboration with officials at the Ministry of Justice could revoke the decision to change the name of Abū Hinnis to Wādī al-Ni‘nā‘.
Date of source: Thursday, June 11, 2009
A lawsuit has been filed against ministers responsible for changing the Coptic name of an Upper Egyptian village.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 3, 2009
This week’s articles correspond with the date of President Barack Obama’s inauguration and a number of articles tackle the issue of U.S-Egyptian relations. This relationship has taken a more complicated turn in the past week when the Egyptian government unexpectedly released the political dissident...
Date of source: Saturday, November 15, 2008
In recent years the tensions between Christians and Muslims in Egypt have increased. In many cases Christians have been victims of violence. Is there any chance that religions can live together peacefully in the land of Nile? This is the question that Cornelis Hulsman sought to answer in his paper...
Date of source: Sunday, December 28, 2008
In Egypt a popular level of religion exists whereby celebrations of the Virgin Mary have had both Muslim and Christian participants.
Date of source: Sunday, June 8, 2008
The article provides a comprehensive report of the incidents that took place at Abu Fana monastery on May 31 this year. The article discusses the repercussions of the attacks and comments on the widespread anger of Copts in the region.
Date of source: Monday, May 18, 2009
Cornelis Hulsman presents a full overview of his correspondence with Minia Governor Ahmad Diyā’ al-Dīn and Bishop Demetrius during the Abū Fānā conflict.
Date of source: Saturday, August 2, 2008
Drs. Hulsman discusses his trip to Mallawi, and his concerns regarding the effect that misinformation is having on grassroots Muslim-Christian relations.
Date of source: Monday, April 28, 2008
Drs. Hulsman provides an overview of the history of the monastery of Abu Hinnis. The German researcher Dr. Otto Meinardus wrote in the sixties about seventh century murals in a cave church near Deir Abu Hinnis, a Christian village some 300 km south of Cairo. Most of these murals he then described...
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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.