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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: Tuesday, March 24, 2026
As of January 2026, Cairo and Giza shelter approximately 887,660 registered refugees from Sudan, Eritrea, Yemen, Syria, Ethiopia and other conflict‑affected countries. In contrast to camp settings, they are scattered across New Cairo, Badr, Nasr City, Ain Shams, Faisal, Haram, and the informal...
Date of source: Monday, December 15, 2025
In December 2024, Egypt adopted a new domestic asylum law (Law No. 164 of 2024), establishing a national committee to manage refugee affairs and decide on asylum requests on a case-by-case basis within specific timeframes, under full judicial oversight. The law transfers responsibility for refugee...
Date of source: Monday, December 15, 2025
December 8th, 2025. One year has passed since al-Assad regime was overthrown after 53 years. In the days leading up to Liberation Day—the first anniversary of the fall of the former regime led by Bashār al-Assad—an indescribable sense of excitement fills the streets of Damascus. The new flag, now...
Date of source: Saturday, November 16, 2024
Under the chairmanship of Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyeb, the Muslim Council of Elders called on world leaders and their communities to prioritize fostering tolerance and coexistence. It also called on rejecting all forms of violence and conflict that destabilize societies and deplete...
Date of source: Saturday, November 9, 2024
Upon an official invitation from the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyeb, is attending the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) summit, or COP29, in Azerbaijan.
Date of source: Saturday, October 26, 2024
According to a legislator, international accords governing refugee conditions were consulted to develop the new draft law on foreigner asylum to Egypt, which the House of Representatives Defense & National Security Committee recently adopted.
Date of source: Monday, October 14, 2024
Background for the Mikado Library, the Katholiek Documentatie Centrum and the Historisch Documentatiecentrum voor het Nederlands Protestantisme.
This brief provides background to books and documents Cornelis Hulsman provided to the Mikado Library, Aachen, on October 10, 2024.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Reverend Andrew C. Wheeler is a specialist on Christianity in Sudan, African church history, and the modern history of Sudan. He is the author of Day of Contentment, Day of Devastation: The History of the Sudanese Church across 2,000 Years and Bombs, Ruins, and Honey: Journeys of the Spirit with...
Date of source: Saturday, August 17, 2024
Arab-West-Journal (AWJ) was an excellent attempt by our forner editor Jenna Ferrecchia to develop a journal to publish original work composed primarily by our undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate interns, with other contributions from staff and notable authors. EBSCO showed interest to add...
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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.