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Egypt Elected to UN Human Rights Council

By POMEDOn October 29, Egypt was elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for a term running from 2017 to 2020. Egypt...

The Time Is Now For Urgent Middle East Reform

By Alberto M. FernandezIt is all too easy today to look at the Middle East and throw up one's hands in deep despair, at...

Christian children ‘singled out for bullying’ in Egyptian classrooms

By WorldWatch MonitorWhen 12-year-old Rahma Salem refused to wear a hijab to school in the Delta in northern Egypt, teachers ordered her to leave...

Working to Protect Christian Communities in the Middle East

By Congressman Brad ShermanDear Friend,As a member of the Congressional Caucus on Religious Minorities in the Middle East, and the International Religious Freedom Caucus,...

Will Cairo reverse decision to transfer islands to Riyadh?

By Ayah Aman – Al-MonitorAs the Egyptian government defends in court its maritime border agreement with Saudi Arabia that transferred two Red Sea islands...

Can Iraq’s Christians Finally Go Home?

By Mindy Belz – Wall Street JournalNoura Diyha wrestled a phone from her pocket to show me a photo of herself at age 3....

UK Foreign Office hosts global summit on freedom of religion or belief

By World Watch MonitorErdogan’s aggressive nationalism is now spilling over Turkey’s borders, grabbing land in Greece and Iraq.The UK Foreign Office hosted a summit...

Turkey’s New Maps Are Reclaiming the Ottoman Empire

By Nicholas Danforth – Foreign PolicyErdogan’s aggressive nationalism is now spilling over Turkey’s borders, grabbing land in Greece and Iraq.In the past few weeks,...

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