The joy of a Christian-Muslim wedding among Egypt’s Nubians
Source: BBC The attacks this week on Coptic churches in northern Egypt underline the dangers faced by the country’s Christian minority. But among the Nubians – an ancient nation that […]
Muslims respond to call for blood donations in Egypt after Palm Sunday attacks
Source: Fox News In a show of solidarity after the Palm Sunday attacks in Egypt, Muslim men and women rushed to mosques in Tanta to donate blood for those injured […]
Churches in southern Egypt will not celebrate Easter
Source: Associated Press By MENNA ZAKI CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian churches, in the southern city of Minya, said on Tuesday that they will not hold Easter celebrations in mourning for […]
Israel shuts Egypt border after terror warning Passover eve
Source: Associated Press By IAN DEITCH JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel closed its Taba border crossing to the Sinai peninsula on Monday following warnings by its anti-terrorism office of an “imminent” […]
Deadly Explosions at Two Egyptian Churches on Palm Sunday Kill At Least 43
Source: Time BY Hamza Hendawi / AP (Tanta, EGYPT) — Bombs exploded at two Coptic churches in different cities in northern Egypt as worshippers were celebrating Palm Sunday, killing at least […]
Palm Sunday in Egypt: 27 killed in blasts in, near Coptic churches
Epigraph The holy Quran establishes sacredness of life in this verse: We prescribed for the children of Israel that whosoever killed a person — unless it be for killing a […]
Book Review: Cairo of yesteryear can still be found
BY ISMAILIMAIL POSTED ON APRIL 7, 2017 Source: Arab News by Lisa Kaaki For many years, “Cairo City of Sand,” an enlightened stroll across the illusive layers of Cairo, exquisitely […]
New Egypt court ruling backs islands’ transfer to Saudi Arabia
Reuters | Published — Sunday 2 April 2017 (AFP) RELATED ARTICLES CAIRO: Egypt’s Court of Urgent Matters ruled that a judicial decision to block the transfer of two Red Sea […]
Egypt ‘one of the biggest prisons for journalists’
Source: Aljazeera One hundred days after the arrest of Mahmoud Hussein, Egyptian authorities continue to crackdown on the media. Journalist holds a sign that says ‘Journalism is not a crime’, […]
Egyptian Copts finally fulfilling ‘dream’ of traveling to Jerusalem
Source: Religion News Service By Jacob Wirtschafter and Mina Nader | March 26, 2017 AL-KOSHEH, Egypt (RNS) For decades, merchant Refaat El-Sayeh, a Coptic Christian, wanted to see the Church […]
Egypt’s former leader Mubarak walks free for first time in six years: lawyer
Published: 2017-03-24 Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president overthrown in 2011 and the first leader to face trial after the Arab Spring uprisings that swept the region, walked free on Friday […]
Pope’s Egypt visit offers chance to improve Catholic-Muslim ties
Source: Reuters Pope Francis will make a trip to Egypt next month, the Vatican said on Saturday, giving the pontiff another opportunity to promote better relations between Catholics and Muslims. […]
Pope’s Egypt visit offers chance to improve Catholic-Muslim ties
Reuters International MAR 18, 2017 Pope Francis arrives during the penitential celebration in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican March 17, 2017. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi(reuters_tickers) VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis […]
Merkel in Egypt to reduce migrant flows
By AFP – Mar 02,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel shake hands following a news conference at El Thadiya presidential […]
Egypt’s Christians flee terror in north Sinai security void
Source: Associated Press By BRIAN ROHAN ISMAILIA, Egypt (AP) — After Islamic militants barged into his uncle’s house, shot him and his son dead, then looted the place and set […]
Egypt Christians flee Sinai after a spate of attacks
Source: Associated Press EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — Suspected Islamic militants gunned down a Coptic Christian man and stabbed his daughter to death inside his home in northern Sinai, the seventh such killing in a month’s time in the restive region, officials and a Christian priest said Friday, prompting hundreds of […]
Malika III: Shajarat Al-Durr
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 “Malika” series is by Ana Carreño Leyva; calligraphy is by Soraya Syed; and the logo graphics are by Mukhtar Sanders (Image Source) *** [Note of […]
Egypt brokers Libya peace roadmap, but key figures fail to meet
Reuters International FEB 16, 2017 By Lin Noueihed and Ahmed Mohammed Hassan CAIRO (Reuters) – Libyan factions have tentatively agreed on an Egyptian-brokered roadmap to heal divisions, Egypt said, though the failure to engineer a meeting between two key figures has cast a shadow on the diplomatic push. The […]
Egyptian exports to Gaza signal better ties with Hamas
Reuters International FEB 8, 2017 By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) – Egypt has eased restrictions at a tightly-controlled border with the Gaza trip in a sign of improved relations with the Palestinian territory’s Islamist rulers. Truckloads of goods ranging from steel to fish have rolled into the enclave in […]
Trump era heralds warming of US-Egypt ties
Source: BBC As President Donald Trump tries to re-instate his controversial travel ban, there is one thing he does not need to worry about – any opposition from Egypt. When President Trump decided to temporarily close America’s borders to citizens of seven mainly Muslim nations, the response from Cairo was […]