Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 9, 2017
The discussion surrounding Copts of the diaspora is back again, this time with negative connotations out of a fear of this community organizing demonstrations during President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī’s expected visit to the United States within the next few weeks. In fact, some media outlets have...
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 12, 2017
"I thank the nation’s shield, the Armed Forces, for their heroic role in the restoration of the churches damaged by the Muslim Brotherhood," said Pastor ‘Andrīh Zakī, head of the Evangelical community in Egypt.
Date of source: الأربعاء, آيار (مايو) 31, 2017
I just returned from a visit to the UK where I attended a church service in Startfort, London. Stratfort is an area with a large percentage of Muslims living in it. They prayed for the victims of the Manchester bombing while simultaneously speaking with great love about their Muslim neighbours....
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 30, 2017
This was the title of the banners that were to be seen all over as ‘pilgrims’ arrived to the Air Defense Stadium for the Mass with Pope Francis.
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 27, 2017
Pope Francis is expected to arrive in Egypt tomorrow, April 28 and remain here for a visit of only 27 hours. He will thus have an unbelievably heavy schedule which will consist of several meetings, notably with President al-Sisi, Pope Tawadros II, Catholic leaders and of course, ordinary people....
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 10, 2017
Yesterday's attacks on two Coptic Orthodox Churches were heartbreaking. The boards of the Center for Arab-West Understanding (CAWU) in Egypt and the Arab-West Foundation (AWF) in the Netherlands call the terrorist attacks on Coptic Orthodox Churches in Tanta [Ṭānṭā] and Alexandria [Al-Iskandariyyah...
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 9, 2017
Tuesday, March 7th, 2017—major protests and demonstrations erupted in several cities across Egypt, including Alexandria, al-Minyā, Disūq, and Cairo’s own Imbāba in response to the government decision to stop accepting several types of the government issued ration cards for subsidized bread.
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 8, 2017
His eminence Bishop Bīmin, head of the Crisis Committee of the Holy Synod of the church, accompanied by Bishop Qūzmān of North Sinai, made a visit to the families of al-ʿArīsh in the camp of al-Qirsh in al-Ismāʿīlīya to inspect the conditions of the Coptic families displaced from their homes. The...
Date of source: الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 29, 2016
Prominent Writer and Novelist Muḥammad Salmāwī said that Egypt hasn’t seen a president that pays a great deal of attention to the intellectuals as much as President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī. Salmāwī added that the latter has always been keen on meeting with Egypt’s intellectuals and that al-Sīsī...
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 28, 2016
In a featured story on its website, Al-Misrīyūn wrote a profile about the former Egyptian Diplomat and Ambassador to Venezuela Yaḥia Nijm. Nijm was billed by activists and politicians as the "man of principles" as he stood against the constitutional declaration issued by the deposed president...