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Date of source: Sunday, February 22, 2026
The following paper presents a summary translation of a lecture delivered by Dr. Sāmiyah Qadrī Wanīs, Professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies at ʿAyn Shams University in Cairo, Egypt. The lecture was given at a “Journey of Learning” interfaith conference in Cairo held from June 23rd to 25th,...
Date of source: Sunday, February 22, 2026
The following paper presents a summary translation of a lecture delivered by Dr. ʿAzza Ramaḍān, Professor of Theology and Philosophy at al-Azhar University, at a “Journey of Learning” interfaith conference held in Cairo from June 23rd to 25th, 2025. The conference was a joint project of the Centre...
Rulings related to Women in Positions of Religious and Political Leadership: Summary and Translation
Date of source: Monday, February 16, 2026
Rulings related to Women in Positions of Religious and Political Leadership: Summary and Translation
Excerpted from "Fatwas and Rulings on Women in Islam" (Fatāwā wa-aḥkām al-marʾa fī al-islām, Cairo: Dār al-Iftāʾ al-Miṣriyya, 2025)
By H.E. Dr. Naẓīr Muḥammad ʿAyyād – The Grand Muftī of Egypt...
Date of source: Sunday, February 15, 2026
In her new book, Professor Zaynab Abū al-Faḍl (Ṭanṭā University) proposes significant reforms in relation to the practice of divorce in contemporary Muslim-majority societies. The author argues that many in modern society have deviated from the spirit of Islamic law around divorce in a way that...
Date of source: Sunday, February 15, 2026
On January 31st, 2026, a team from the Center for Arab-West Understanding visited the 2026 Cairo International Book Fair located in the suburbs of Cairo. Two of our team, Ḥabība al-Ganāynī and Menna al-Maʿaz, visited Al-Azhar’s “fatwā corner” in Hall 4 at the book fair which allowed people to...
Date of source: Monday, December 15, 2025
Book Information: Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Wāḥid, Al-Dalāʾil al-Uṣūliyya allatī khālafat fīhā al-Salafiyya uṣūl al-madhāhib al-arbaʿah wa atharu dhālika fī al-fatāwā wa-l-furūʿ al-fiqhiyya (“The Foundational Principles in which contemporary Salafism contradicted those of the Four Sunni Schools and its...
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: Sunday, December 14, 2025
Since October 2023 and the beginning of the Israeli war on Gaza, which has been characterized as a genocide by a number of legal experts and international organizations,[1] Lebanon has been under attack from its southern neighbor, with the first Israel-Hezbollah exchange of fire starting on the 8th...
Date of source: Sunday, November 30, 2025
Dr. Evi Voulgaraki is a Lecturer in Missiology in the Department of Social Theology and Religious Sciences at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She has completed graduate studies in Greece and Germany, specializing in missiology and interfaith and ecumenical relations. Dr....
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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.