Date of source: الأربعاء, آيار (مايو) 6, 2020
Prominent Dutch humanitarian activist and friend of Arab-West Report Henk Glimmerveen passed away on May 1.[1] In February 2020, the Maadi Messenger asked me to write about how I have changed during the years that I have been involved in intercultural dialogue.[2] As I consider my life, Henk...
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Throughout his life, AWR friend Henk Glimmerveen (1923-2020) showed that engaged citizens can make a difference.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 28, 2020
AWR reader Henk Glimmerveen asked us on October 2019 to view the documentary titled “The Valley of Salt,” broadcasted on October 18 by the Evangelische Omroep (EO, Evangelical Broadcasting Company). The parents of the filmmaker, Christophe Magdy Saber [Christophe Majdī Ṣābir], both Coptic...
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This paper begins by reviewing Egypt’s post-2011 transition prior to 2013, which includes briefs on the 2011-2012 parliamentary elections, the 2012 presidential elections, and unrest and sectarian violence during the period between Ḥusnī Mubārak’s overthrow and the summer of 2013.
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 2, 2020
The Egyptian Moral Rearmament Association (EMRA) celebrated its thirtieth anniversary on the 29th and 30th of November 2019 in the Green Desert Hotel north west of Cairo. Sixty-four participants attended over the two days. It was attended by four generations. The EMRA is part of the international...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 31, 2006 to الخميس, آذار (مارس) 12, 2020
Dutch Prime Minister Andreas van Agt, 1977-1982, visited Egypt in 2006 in support of the work of Arab-West Report, the Center for Intercultural Dialogue and Translation (CIDT) and the Center for Arab-West Understanding, an NGO then waiting for a approval by the Ministry of Social Solidarity which...
Date of source: الأربعاء, شباط (فبراير) 5, 2020
Dutch Arabist Eildert Mulder refers to a text in Deuteronomy 22:20-21 in relation to a tragic example of honor killing in the occupied Palestinian area. The text in Deuteronomy is part of the laws on sexual relations. The relevant section reads:
“13 Suppose a man marries a woman, but after going in...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, شباط (فبراير) 11, 2020
Dr. P.B. Dirksen is very pleased with the translation of Cornelis Hulsman’s 1982 booklet Oz Ve-Shalom, an Orthodox Jewish Peace movement in the 1980's which, he writes, comes at the right time. After forty years the text has lost none of its significance and is completely relevant to the current...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, شباط (فبراير) 11, 2020
Cornelis Hulsman became interested in the Israeli movement for peace between Israelis and Palestinians early on in his career. He was born into a Dutch Christian Reformed family deeply interested in Israel and convinced that the modern State of Israel was based on Biblical prophecies that God would...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, شباط (فبراير) 4, 2020
Belgian intern Cleo Mampaey interned between January 17 and June 3, 2019, with the Center for Arab-West Understanding. During her internship, she visited Belgian prisoner Lesley Maras who has been in an Egyptian prison since 2006 because he had been so stupid to accept wrong counseling to take...