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 […]
Source: Time By NARIMAN EL-MOFTY / AP December 9, 2017 (LUXOR, Egypt) — Egypt on Saturday announced the discovery of two small ancient tombs in the southern city Luxor dating back […]
Source: The New York Times By NOUR YOUSSEF CAIRO — One day in early November, a small group of elders in a dusty town in the northern Sinai Peninsula handed over […]
Source. English Alarabiyya On December 7, 2016, Al-Naba’a, an Arabic-language journal belonging ISIS terrorist organization, published an interview with a leader calling him Amir al-Hesba in Sinai. Rumeya, another magazine also issued by the organization, published an interview with ISIS militant who threatened to target Sufi Zawiyas (corners) and mosques […]
Source: The Guardian By Ruth Michaelson Following Friday’s attack on a mosque in north Sinai, in which 305 were killed, annual parade is cancelled A vigil in Cairo for the victims […]
Source: The Washington Post By Amanda Erickson November 25 On Friday, at least 305 Egyptians were killed by terrorists who detonated a bomb in a crowded mosque, then sprayed frantic worshipers with gunfire as […]
Posted on: November 27, 2017 The al-Rawda mosque in Bir al-Abed, North Sinai Photo Credit: Egypt’s State Information Service Church bells rang out across Egypt on Saturday as an act […]
Source: Yahoo News BY HAMZA HENDAWI , Associated Press•November 26, 2017 Discarded shoes of victims remain outside Al-Rawda Mosque in Bir al-Abd northern Sinai, Egypt. a day after attackers killed […]
Source: Times of India CAIRO: Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has vowed to respond forcefully after attackers killed at least 235 worshippers in a packed mosque in restive North Sinaiprovince, the country’s deadliest […]
We only have death for IS militants, not trials or prisons: say Sinai tribes Taha Sakr November 26, 2017 3:03 pm Following the attack on the al-Rawda mosque in the […]
Source: The New York Times Sufism is a mystical form of Islam, a school of practice that emphasizes the inward search for God and shuns materialism. It has produced some […]
Civilians and police and security forces have repeatedly been targeted in recent years Robert Fisk The Sinai mosque massacre proves what many have suspected for months in Egypt: that Isis – even without a direct claim yet – is taking over the peninsula, targeting more and more of President Abdel […]
Source: BBC News Militants have launched a bomb and gun attack on a mosque in Egypt’s North Sinai province, killing 235 people, state media say. The al-Rawda mosque in the […]
Epigraph: We (Allah) prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a person or for creating disorder in the land — […]
Source: BBC News Shaimaa Ahmed, a 25-year-old known professionally as Shyma, was arrested by Egyptian police on Saturday on suspicion of “inciting debauchery”. It came after the racy video for her song, I Have Issues, sparked outrage in the socially conservative country. She has apologised to people who took the […]
Reuters International This content was published on November 19, 2017 Saad al-Hariri, who announced his resignation as Lebanon’s Prime Minister while on a visit to Saudi Arabia, talks to […]
Reuters International This content was published on November 11, 2017 1:21 PMNov 11, 2017 – 13:21 FILE PHOTO – Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri speaks to media after the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt meeting to discuss their dispute with Qatar, in […]
Reuters International This content was published on November 9, 2017 FILE PHOTO – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi delivers a statement following a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, […]