Source: Religion News Service By Jacob Wirtschafter and Mina Nader | March 5, 2018 Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, right, shakes hands with Pope Tawadros II, the 118th pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria […]
Farah Tawfeek March 2, 2018 The Islamic era was an era of modernity, often under-apprecited by the world. While Middle Eastern countries might have experienced a glimpse of its greatness, […]
By Reuters – Mar 05,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi welcomes Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Salman at Cairo Airport, Egypt, March 4, 2018 (Reuters photo) CAIRO/RIYADH – […]
Source: Associated Press By HAMZA HENDAWI CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s chief prosecutor told his staff Wednesday to closely monitor the media and move against any they consider to be “hurting […]
Source: Independent BY Giles Elgood Cairo Saad Mohammed has big hopes for his three-year-long labour of love Saad Mohammed at his studio in Belqina, Egypt Reuters An Egyptian artist who educated himself after dropping out […]
24 February 2018 A new dam on the Nile could trigger a war over water unless Ethiopia can agree a deal with Egypt and Sudan, writes the BBC’s Africa Correspondent […]
Contract valued at around $15b By AFP – Feb 19,2018 – JORDAN TIMES OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israel has struck an “historic” contract for sales of billions of dollars’ worth of […]
Source: Daily Sabah A picture taken on February 14, 2018 shows the “Screaming Mummy” known scientifically as “the unknown man E” on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo’s Tahrir Square. (AFP Photo) The Egyptian Museum in Cairo has put on display the “Screaming Mummy” of the son of a […]
Source: Travel and Leisure The tomb was covered in well-preserved and rare paintings By LISA MARIE SEGARRA FEBRUARY 03, 2018 Archeologists have uncovered the tomb of an ancient priestess in Egypt. […]
Feb 01,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Rami G. Khouri For most of the past two centuries, Egypt has been the epicentre, litmus test, proving ground, and mother of cultural and […]
Source: Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court has referred the case of 10 alleged Muslim Brotherhood members held on terrorism charges to the country’s top religious authority, the […]
Source: ET Vice President (VP) of al Azhar University in Egypt, Mahmood Ahmed Hashim, has said that Muslims cannot allow the west to dictate the meaning of Islam to them, according to Express News. Talking to reporters at an invitational event in Karachi Press Club, Hashim sought to inform the local […]
Abdellatif El-Menawy | Published — Sunday 21 January 2018 Until recently, relations between Egypt and Ethiopia were governed by an agreement signed under the auspices of Britain in 1902, in […]
Source: Associated Press By HAMZA HENDAWI CAIRO (AP) — The Palestinian president on Wednesday again blasted Donald Trump in a fiery and emotional speech, saying the U.S. leader’s decision to […]
Source: Associated Press By HAMZA HENDAWI CAIRO (AP) — In a show of solidarity with Egypt’s embattled Christians, President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi Saturday made a symbolic appearance at an Orthodox Christmas […]
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK JAN. 6, 2018 Photo Arab governments publicly condemned President Trump’s statement on Jerusalem but criticism in state-owned and pro-government media across the Arab world was muted. […]
Source: Religion News Service By Kimberly Winston (RNS) — It may soon be a criminal offense to be an atheist in Egypt. Shortly before New Year’s Day, the Egyptian Parliament considered […]
Source: BBC News Nine people have been killed in two attacks on Coptic Christians in Helwan district, south of Cairo, Egypt’s interior ministry has said. Six civilians and a policeman […]
Source: The New York Times By NOUR YOUSSEF CAIRO — The Egyptian authorities hanged 15 men on Tuesday for an attack in the Sinai Peninsula in 2013, the start of an Islamic insurgency […]
By: Tom Verde Our third story is that of Shajarat al-Durr, the first woman to sit upon an Egyptian throne since Cleopatra, nearly 1,300 years before. Art direction for the […]