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The article is about a workshop on freedom of expression and the interference of religious men in scientific research.
The author speaks about fundamentalism, noting it has negative impacts not just on the political arena but also on the arts and on creative works.
The article deals with a meeting held at the French Cultural Center in Cairo on the occasion of International Translation Day to discuss means of having translation act as a bridge bringing different cultures together.
The French Center for Culture and Cooperation in Cairo organized an annual translation day to evaluate achievements and to set a plan for future priorities.
Discussion of a recent seminar on “Terrorism: the phenomenon and confrontation,” organised by the Forum for cultural dialogue, an affiliate of the Coptic Evangelical Association (CEA) [Ëditor AWR, the name CEA is wrong, this should be CEOSS, Coptic Evangelical Organization of Social Services] in...
Minister of Culture Farūq Husnī forbade the printing of a book entitled, ‘Al-Ṣūrah al-Insānīyah wa-al-Ṣūrah al-Muqaddasah’ [Humanitarian Picture and Sacred Picture] written by Ahmad ‘Abd al-Halīm ‘Atīyah, which contained pictures of the Prophet Muhammad.
Dr. Jābir ‘Asfour quotes the very beginning of the preamble to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which reads: "recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world...”...
Jābir ‘Asfour discusses the wide impact of what he calls ‘hegemonic regimes’ in the Arab world on the concept of freedom of expression.
The author comments on the reasons why renewing the religious discourse is needed and who are the persons to renew it. He also comments on the importance of renewing the religious, political and social discourses in order to be able to renew the cultural discourse.
The author sheds light on a strange kind of intellectual, which are terrorist intellectuals. “How can you be an intellectual and at the same time a terrorist?” he wonders. He answers the question in light of a new book by Dr. Gaber Asfour titled “Combating Terrorism.”

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