Professor Omaima Abou Bakr has taught English and Comparative Literature at Cairo University since 1992. She completed her academic training at Cairo University (B.A.), North Carolina State University (M.A.), and the University of California,...
The case of Saint Catherine’s Monastery encroachments on the lands of Sinai and state property, as well as the construction of colonial settlements, is still being handled by the State Council, as the head of the monastery is persistently seizing...
The monks of Saint Catherine Monastery announced the closure of the monastery to visitors in protest of a court ruling that granted the state ownership of the lands surrounding the monastery, while the monks are limited to only using the facility.
Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church called Pope Leo XIV, Pope of the Vatican, to congratulate him on his election to lead the Roman Catholic Church.
Is religion or the power of reason the only source of ethics?
In just one decisive word, the Grand Imām of al-Azhar settles in favor of religion, stating that the power of the mind is a source of ethics on the grounds that the latter is changing and...