Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 2, 2010
Nasr Hāmid Abū Zayd, a leading Egyptian Qur'anic thinker, passed away in July at the age of 66. He had become a good friend of the Arab West Report over the years. In the first of a series of articles commemorating the life and work of Nasr Abū Zayd, Chief Editor Cornelis Hulsman looks back on...
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 25, 2010
Over the last several weeks, controversial remarks by Bishop Bīshūy of Damietta and Islamic thinker Dr. Salīm al-‘Awwā have filled the pages of the Egyptian newspapers. AWR Chief Editor Cornelis Hulsman provides a recap of the events....
Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 9, 2010
Cornelis Hulsman's farewell speech given at Cairo University in June 2009.
Date of source: الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 12, 2010
AWR Editor-in-chief Cornelis Hulsman’s article for the Reformatorisch Dagblad on the release of Dr. M. De Blois’ new book “Israel: a state in discussion?”
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 30, 2009
Arab-West Report Editor-in-Chief Cornelius Hulsman reports on a recent workshop for Egyptian NGOs held at the Center for Arab-West Understanding, and calls for NGO’s to take more responsibility for conflict resolution by providing information about conflicts.
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 18, 2009
Arab-West Report Editor-in-Chief Cornelius Hulsman criticizes Egyptian media coverage of conflicts, arguing that background research and balanced reporting are too often traded for lazy, sensationalist journalism. He also cites an over-concentration of journalists in Cairo as one of the reasons...
Date of source: السبت, شباط (فبراير) 13, 2010
AWR Editor-in-chief Cornelis Hulsman explains his disagreement with the views of Dutch scholar Dr. Matthijs De Blois about Israel and Palestine, following the release of De Blois book “Israel: A state in discussion?”
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 8, 2009
AWR Editor-in-Chief presents a paper on peace building, focusing on the work of CIDT, AWR and the ZIVIC project. The paper discusses the role of the media, governance and identity in interreligious conflict in Egypt, incorporating how the Arab-West Group can help in terms of study and...
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 8, 2010
Hulsman wrote an article about the shooting in Upper Egypt for the Reformatorisch Dagblad. The church editor changed it substantially and added material from other sources. Hulsman has, therefore, added some comments in the text. Hulsman also gave a radio interview on January 7 to the Dutch radio 1...
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 16, 2010
AWR Editor-in-Chief Cornelius Hulsman writes about recent events in Naj‘ Hammādī: The first response to a tragedy like this is that the perpetrators must be caught and punished under Egyptian law. We also have to make best efforts to understand the motivations of the murderers since a correct...