{"id":246656,"date":"2024-01-25T17:58:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T16:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meetingrimini.org\/meeting-in-missione-al-cairo-spagnolo-inglese\/"},"modified":"2024-06-18T17:40:45","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T15:40:45","slug":"meeting-in-missione-al-cairo-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meetingrimini.org\/en\/meeting-in-missione-al-cairo-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission Meeting in Cairo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mission to Cairo for the Rimini Meeting. On January 14, a delegation composed of President Bernhard Scholz<\/strong>, Director Emmanuele Forlani<\/strong> and Head of Exhibitions Alessandra Vitez<\/strong> landed at the international airport of the Egyptian capital. Wael Farouq, <\/strong>a member of the Meeting's cultural editorial staff and our \"special envoy\" in Arabic-speaking countries, welcomed our Italian friends.<\/p>\n

The morning of Monday 15 \u2013 under a bright sun \u2013 was dedicated to visiting the places where, according to a thousand-year-old tradition, the Holy Family of Nazareth<\/strong> stayed for several months.<\/p>\n

We visited a church and a monastery on the Nile<\/strong>, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, the first built in the fourth century to commemorate the presence of the Holy Family. A mosaic recalls that it was from the cave that directly overlooks the banks of the river that the three refugees, fleeing from King Herod, would have embarked and continued their escape. The altar in the crypt is covered with prayer cards from pilgrims.<\/p>\n

The area of Coptic Cairo is known as the \"Seven Churches\", and is close to the Amr mosque, the first built by the Arabs, and the Ben Ezra synagogue, where tradition has it that little Moses was found.<\/p><\/div>

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Monday 15 morning: the places of the Flight into Egypt<\/strong><\/p>\n

But what was the main purpose of the visit to Cairo? As Bernhard and Alessandra explain, we want to create an exhibition on the Flight into Egypt, showing places dear to Christians and Muslims, for an event that is perceived as sacred by various religions. An exhibition in full line with the vocation of the Meeting, to bring to light both historical and contemporary experiences of lived dialogue.<\/p><\/div><\/div>