Is Sisi Good for Egypt’s Christians?
Source: Wall Street Journal By Marlo Safi On Thursday Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited the recently opened Coptic Cathedral of the Nativity, not far from Cairo. “It is a […]
Egypt’s Sisi opens mega-mosque and Middle East’s largest cathedral in New Capital
CAIRO (Reuters) – President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi inaugurated Egypt’s largest church and mosque in the New Administrative Capital on Sunday, the eve of Coptic Christmas, in a message of […]
Ethiopia expects Nile dam to be ready to start operation in late 2020
Egypt fears project would restrict river waters from Ethiopia’s highlands By Reuters – Jan 03,2019 – JORDAN TIMES ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia’s $4 billion dam project on the Nile River, […]
Egypt’s Coptic Christians celebrate Christmas, ponder changing date
Source: Religion News Service EL KOSHEH, Egypt (RNS) — This Coptic Christian village about 280 miles south of Cairo calls itself “Little Jerusalem.” Around this time of year, many of the […]
Egyptian novel explores Christians under controlling church
Source: Associated Press By HAMZA HENDAWI CAIRO (AP) — Shady Lewis Botros says his recently published novel — “Ways of the Lord” — can be broadly viewed as an attempt […]
Egyptian court hands Muslim Brotherhood leaders life sentences: sources
Source: Reuters CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and his deputy Khairat al-Shater to life in prison, judicial sources said, in a […]
The Pope of Hope: Egypt’s Tawadros II on status of Copts, regional politics and Saudi reforms
Faisal J. Abbas December 04, 2018 Tawadros spoke about the damage inflicted on the Copts in Egypt during the Muslim Brotherhood’s rule from 2012 to 2013 Tawadros is looking […]
How a female artisan became the Arab world’s top jewelry designer and captured a cult following in Hollywood
Azza Fahmy is the first woman to ever train with a master goldsmith in Egypt. Over the past 50 years, she’s built a global artisanal jewelry brand. From pharaconic collars […]
New discovery throws light on mystery of pyramids’ construction
Egyptologists stumble across ramp that helps explain how huge blocks of stones were hauled into place Kevin Rawlinson Tue 6 Nov 2018 The ramp appears to date from about the […]
UAE, Egypt and Bahrain commend Saudi Arabia’ decrees on Khashoggi case
ARAB NEWS October 20, 2018 UAE, Egypt and Bahrain issued statements commending Saudi Arabia’s royal decrees Saudi Arabia’s highest religious body, the Council of Senior Scholars, said the king’s decisions […]
Egypt extends state of emergency for another 3 months
Source: Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt has extended its state of emergency for another three months. The government declared a state of emergency after an Islamic State affiliate bombed […]
Egypt sentences 17 to death for Coptic Christian church attacks
Source: BBC News Seventeen people have been sentenced to death by an Egyptian military court over their involvement in bomb attacks on Coptic Christian churches. A further 19 people were […]
Son of Egypt’s jailed former president campaigns for father
Source: Associated Press By BRIAN ROHAN CAIRO (AP) — Once a month, Abdullah waits outside Cairo’s notorious Tora prison for hours, standing without shade under the blazing Egyptian sun for […]
Autopsy on Egyptian monk shows signs of poisoning
Source: Associated Press By HAMZA HENDAWI CAIRO (AP) — An autopsy on a Coptic Orthodox monk who had until recently belonged to a monastery northwest of Cairo where the abbot […]
Egypt prosecutors probing monk’s death in desert monastery
Source: Associated Press By HAMZA HENDAWI CAIRO (AP) — In an incident that brought the woes of one of the world’s oldest churches back under the spotlight, Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox […]
Coptic abbot’s murder points to strains over ecumenism in Egypt
Source: Religion News Service By Jacob Wirtschafter CAIRO – The Coptic Orthodox community in Egypt is reeling from the recent murder of the abbot of St. Macarius Monastery, apparently by traditionalists […]
Erratic Erdogan must rediscover his golden touch
AFSHIN MOLAVI September 09, 2018 In the early days of the Arab uprisings, when hope still mingled with smoke on the streets of Cairo, a prominent Egyptian investor, Ahmed Heikal, […]
Egypt sentences hundreds over 2013 pro-Morsi protests
Source: BBC News Egypt has delivered verdicts for more than 700 people over a pro-Muslim Brotherhood sit-in after President Mohammed Morsi was ousted in 2013. The court confirmed 75 people’s […]
Movie star’s lifestyle reversal sparks a debate in Egypt
Source: Associated Press By MENNA ZAKI CAIRO (AP) — Hala Shiha quit the glamorous film industry a decade ago to embrace a more religious lifestyle, adopting the traditional Muslim headscarf, […]
Murder Mystery in Ancient Monastery Reverberates in Coptic Church
Source: The New York Times By Declan Walsh WADI NATRUN, Egypt — Christian monks living in the solitude of Egypt’s deserts have always faced the threat of attack from outside. […]
