Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 16, 2013
On December 10, an SGP delegation met with Coptic Orthodox Bishop Musa about the draft Constitution and the place of Christians in Egypt. Michael Burslem did the language editing of this text and placed some comments. This text was sent to the SGP delegation for approval. Bishop Mūsā, however,...
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 3, 2013
Arab-West Report would like to wish its readers a blessed 2013.Truth searching is difficultWe are living in a world were sensational reporting is given priority over truth. The search for truth has become irrelevant to many who report on Muslim-Christian or Islamist-non-Islamist relations. Being...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 5, 2012
These are dangerous times. There are organized forces at work in the West exploiting every opportunity to foster Islamophobia -- in other words to fan fear of Muslims into hatred of Muslims by every means possible. The most obvious way is to take periodic examples of extremism among Muslims and...
Date of source: الخميس, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 6, 2012
On November 28, Arab-West Report had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Muhammad Salah of Huda TV, an English language Islamic channel which is broadcast throughout the world. Dr. Salah is a pharmacist by trade as well as a graduate of the prestigious Al-Azhar University. Most of us know him as a...
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 23, 2012
Cornelis Hulsman, sociologist and the chief editor of the Arab-West Report is striving for honest and understandable reporting on affairs happening in the Arab and Western world. One-sided reporting in the Egyptian media about the developments in these areas are explained on the AWR website and...
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In 1995, the Dutch Christian organization Open Doors asked me to look
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 5, 2012
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Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 4, 2012
Numerous newspapers decided not to have an issue for several days protesting the Constitutional Declaration and final draft Constitution announced by President Muhammad Mursī in November 2012. From these newspapers: al-Misrī al-Yawm, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, al-Watan, al-Sabāh, al-Tahrīr, al-Yawm al-...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 2, 2012
Jamāl al-Bannā and AWR interns together with Nisrīn Jum'ah, who was of great help translating. From left to right: Jamāl al-Bannā, Eline Kasanwidjojo, Mette Toft Nielsen, Shabana Basheer and Nisrīn Jum'ah.
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Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 20, 2012
On November 20, 2012 Cornelis Hulsman spoke at the Korean Center in Maadi about the importance of interreligious dialogue and the role of the media in this dialogue. He began with a personal recollection of how he became interested in dialogue in the Middle East. Hulsman then continued to explain...