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Date of source: Saturday, January 22, 2011
Inspired by Tunisian Muhammad Bu‘Āzīzī, who burned himself and thereby triggered the Tunisian “Jasmine Revolt,” several Egyptians have set themselves ablaze during the last week.
“Egypt has not witnessed this phenomenon before, and never saw murder and killings like now,” said Shaykh Salāh ‘Abū...
Date of source: Friday, January 21, 2011
The Egyptian Gazette reports that Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood groups says that the same reasons and motivations that caused the recent uprising in Tunisia are present in Egypt, as well.
They perceive the Tunisian developments as a message to oppressive Arab leaders and call the Egyptian government...
Date of source: Thursday, January 20, 2011
The article discusses the Tunisia inspired self-torching in Egypt, which has so far been limited to Muslim men. It emphasized that “all the divine religions condemn a person, who commits suicide as a non-believer”. Furthermore, the article at hand points out that since the Tunisia events suicide...
Date of source: Monday, January 17, 2011
The following is a listing of articles that fit the AWR Selection Criteria, but have not been translated:
Headline: Wafd Party Enters Presidential Elections with Coptic Candidate Source: Al-Jumhūrīyah Page: 1 Author: Safwat ‘Umrān Keywords: Wafd political party, 2011 presidential elections...
Date of source: Sunday, January 16, 2011
AWR provides a roundup of the latest Egyptian newspaper coverage of the investigation of the Alexandria church bombing on New Year's Day....
Date of source: Sunday, May 23, 2010
This article outlines the issue of religious veils in Europe and the supposed danger they pose to the society.
Date of source: Sunday, May 16, 2010
This article outlines the importance of the coming year in the political climate of Egypt. All houses of Parliament and presidential elections will take place, and it should be an important part in the lives of all Egyptians. The author also compares voter turn out in Egypt to many other countries...
Date of source: Friday, February 19, 2010
CIDT’s Jayson Casper reports on a panel discussion held at the JaffaCenter entitled The Fatimid State: Protecting the Holy Places of Mecca and Jerusalem”.
Date of source: Thursday, October 15, 2009
The media impresario Hishām Qāsim recently presented a lecture at the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo. In the lecture Qāsim narrated the recent history of the Egyptian press industry and described the current debates, dilemmas and developments governing the media sector.
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Date of source: Sunday, March 15, 2009
Rose al-Yūsuf continues to reveal the Muslim Brotherhood’s plans to control the educational institution and have more influence over students.
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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.