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Date of source: Monday, May 31, 2021
The Refugee Leadership Training Project was initiated by the Center for Arab-West Understanding with support by EO Metterdaad in 2019 with a mission to support community development amongst refugees in Cairo. The RLT project commenced in February 2020 and was completed in spring 2021. The project...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 4, 2018
1. What did you learn in the workshop?
Regularly following the news, I have always understood biased reporting, but when it comes to education, I think it was an eye-opening to see how different or dominant narratives could have an impact, not just in teaching about political history as I...
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The paper aims at presenting the religious education at the German School in Cairo (DEO) as one of the very few examples of schools offering interreligious education in Egypt. In order to give the cooperative religious education at DEO a fair examination,
Date of source: Saturday, August 18, 2018
1. Should intercultural dialogue emphasize cultural differences, similarities, or give equal attention to both? Please explain your answer.
I still think a certain balance is needed, but when it comes to explaining similarities in a shallow way this could be problematic, for instance saying that...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Nour Saad is Egyptian, a former student at the DEO, studies political science and sociology in Germany, and interned between March 1 and April 2, 2020, with the Center for Arab-West Understanding where she wrote a report about the cooperative religious education at the German Evangelical...
Date of source: Saturday, September 28, 2024
Al-Azhar University President, Dr. Salāma Dawūd, announced that six colleges have obtained renewed accreditation. Five were accredited for the first time and thirteen academic programs were accredited at the different colleges of the university in Cairo and provinces.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 28, 2024
The dean of al-Azhar’s Faculty for Islamic & Arabic Studies for Girls, Dr. Ḥanān ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, stressed the significance of department selection for female students aspiring to become muftīs.
Date of source: Monday, May 20, 2024
The curricula development commission of Al-Azhar has decided to alter several Arabic and Islamic textbooks for students in the preparatory and secondary phases up until May 15.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 1, 2017
The publication Al-Waṭan has learnt that Dr. Muḥammad ʿOthmān al-Khusht has succeeded Dr. Jābir Naṣṣār as the President of Cairo University.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 5, 2022
A joint lecture on “developing religious awareness” was held in the Cairo University main hall. The speakers included the editor-in-chief of the al-Wafd newspaper, Wajdī Zayn al-Dīn; the university president, Muḥammad al-Khusht; and the former chairman of religious affairs at the Ministry of Awqāf...
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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.