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Date of source: Tuesday, April 21, 2026
This interview was conducted by Luka Renić, editor for Dialogue Across Borders, with Dr. Wissām El-Laḥḥām in October 2025 as part of a wider DAB project on personal status laws in the Middle East. Dr. El-Lahham is a Lebanese scholar with a focus on constitutional law and political order. He has...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 21, 2026
This is a translated version of remarks given by Dr. Freddy al-Bayāḍī at a conference on Christian family law convened on December 6th, 2025, in Cairo. After graduating from Cairo University’s School of Medicine, Dr. al-Bayāḍī founded the Salām Medical Center in al-Qanāṭir al-Khayriyya. In 2015, he...
Date of source: Thursday, March 26, 2026
Dr. Gīhān Zakī, Egyptian Minister of Culture, expressed her great pride in participating in the meeting of Egyptian Women and the Ideal Mothers and President Sīsī’s celebration of Egyptian women, as well as honoring the Ideal Mothers and a select group of female creators. She noted that this...
Date of source: Monday, March 16, 2026
Dr. ʿAlī Gomʿa, a former grand muftī of Egypt, said that the issue of polygamy raises many questions, especially when women receive conflicting information.
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: Sunday, August 17, 2025
The debate resurfaced in Tunisia over the Personal Status Code of 1956, at the time considered unprecedented in the Arab world, as it granted women advanced rights. Each time discussions arise about its development or amendment, civil society organizations call for their inclusion to help preserve...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 19, 2025
A member of the Tunisian parliament, ʿAbd al-Sattār al-Zirāʿī, sparked a wave of controversy and faced significant criticism after raising the issue of polygamy, stating that it is a solution to many problems and that allowing it would be in the family’s interest.
Date of source: Saturday, February 21, 2026
The story of the forced disappearance of the Coptic minor Silvana ʿĀṭif, who suffers from a mental disability, continues since the end of October.
Silvana remains stuck between a young man who hid her inside his family home under the pretext of marrying her, according to his statements during...
Date of source: Monday, March 9, 2026
In Parliament and in churches, crucial discussions are underway regarding the new draft personal status law for Christians. This law is not just a legislative text but rather an attempt to strengthen the foundation of the Christian family in the face of contemporary challenges, from marriage crises...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 25, 2026
A horrific crime took place in al-Khuṣūṣ district, al-Qalyubīya province, where a girl named Mirnā Jamīl was stabbed to death by a young man who had proposed to her but was rejected by her family.
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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.