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Date of source: Sunday, August 31, 2025
Khalīl Ṣāyegh was born into a Christian family in Gaza in 1994 at the height of the Oslo peace process. In 2009, he moved to the West Bank where he studied at the Bethlehem Bible College, earning a B.A. in 2018. In 2022, he completed an M.A. in comparative politics at the American University in...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 6, 2025
An important part of data collection for Arab-West Report/Dialogue Across Borders was through regular visits Cornelis Hulsman, founding director of CIDT (2005-2022), organized to different parts of Egypt, mostly with student interns he supervised. Through this method, education and database...
Date of source: Sunday, August 3, 2025
In recent decades, the concept of taqiyya has become a prominent component of Islamophobic discourse in Western societies about the dangers posed by Islam and Muslims. According to this understanding, taqiyya is a doctrinal position in Islamic law which permits or even encourages Muslims to lie...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Last week, our interns came together for a field trip around Old Cairo, led by Luka Renić, our internship coordinator. To set us up for a long, hot day of walking, we began by fueling ourselves with a traditional (baladi) street breakfast in the ʿĀbdīn neighborhood of Downtown Cairo. Eating fūl (...
Date of source: Friday, July 18, 2025
This paper analyzes three episodes taken from series produced for the month of Ramaḍān in Egypt in the years 2024 and 2025. Every year during Ramaḍān, a variety of programs are broadcast on national television that explain passages taken from the Qurʾān, explore Islamic beliefs, and offer guidance...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Last year, Dialogue Across Borders published a brief report reflecting on Christianity in Jordan, the most important Christian sites in the country, the role and representation of Christians in Jordanian society, and efforts undertaken by H.R.H. King Abdullah II and H.R.H. Prince El-Hasan bin Talal...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 8, 2025
This interview was conducted by Luka Renić, editor for Dialogue Across Borders, on the premises of the Maronite Catholic Church in Aleppo, Syria, on June 14th, 2025. It provides a Christian perspective on political and sectarian challenges in Syria before and after the fall of the Assad regime in...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 8, 2025
This interview was conducted by Luka Renić, editor for Dialogue Across Borders, on the premises of the Syriac Orthodox Archdiocese in Aleppo, Syria, on June 14th, 2025. It provides a Christian perspective on political and sectarian challenges in Syria before and after the fall of the Assad regime...
Date of source: Sunday, June 22, 2025
Professor Omaima Abou Bakr has taught English and Comparative Literature at Cairo University since 1992. She completed her academic training at Cairo University (B.A.), North Carolina State University (M.A.), and the University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D.). Her doctoral thesis was a study of...
Date of source: Sunday, May 11, 2025
Dr. Samuel Rubenson is Professor Emeritus of Church History and affiliated with the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies at Lund University in Sweden. After spending much of his childhood in Ethiopia, he has dedicated his career to the study of Eastern Christianity, with special attention to...
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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.