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Date of source: Saturday, May 31, 2008
Karīmah Sūwaydān writes about the initiative to establish a Catholic university in Egypt.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Three Al-Ahrām al-cArabī articles in this issue have inflammatory headlines about Christian missionary activities. Drs. Hulsman comments that these types of headlines scare readers and distort the truth.
Date of source: Sunday, May 25, 2008
The article highlights the main findings of the 2008 UN human development report for Egypt, which is entitled, ’Social Contract in Egypt.’ The article comments that while education has improved there are still one in five Egyptians that live below the poverty line.
Date of source: Thursday, May 15, 2008
The board at the American University of Cairo passed a resolution calling on professors, students and university staff to refrain from any dealings with Israeli academics on campus and to exclude companies that invest in Israel from university endowments.
Date of source: Monday, May 5, 2008
Liberal Islamic thinker Nasr Hāmid Abū Zayd participated in a cultural festival that was organized in Beirut and Cairo at the same time. After the difficulties encountered to hold Abū Zayd’s lecture in different places, the lecture was given at the American University in Cairo where Abū Zayd...
Date of source: Monday, September 1, 2008
Drs. Hulsman and Dr. Burslem provide a detailed report on Muslim-Christian relations based on a review of Dr. Hugh Goddard’s book, commenting on a number of issues including Western perceptions, mis-interpretations, and examples of recent incidents involving Muslims and Christians.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 24, 2009
A number of intern activities have taken place in the last week; a group from the office visited Beni Walmis in Minia and some interns also attended a screening of Philip Rizk’s film about Palestine.
Date of source: Monday, April 28, 2008
Drs. Hulsman provides an overview of the history of the monastery of Abu Hinnis. The German researcher Dr. Otto Meinardus wrote in the sixties about seventh century murals in a cave church near Deir Abu Hinnis, a Christian village some 300 km south of Cairo. Most of these murals he then described...
Date of source: Sunday, April 20, 2008
Watani International interviews Mr. Shoman, an expert on folklore and publishing manager at the Organisation for Cultural Palaces, on his project to compile a dictionary on insults.
Date of source: Sunday, February 24, 2008
The article sheds light on the issue of translation in the Arab world. All of the observers admitted that there is a problem with translation in the Arab world. The majority of them attributed it to financial factors, but many of them also claimed that the low level of education is a significant...
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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.