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Meet Egypt’s First Female Political Party Leader

Breaking through Egypt's political glass ceiling, Hala Shukrallah succeeded former Egyptian Vice President Mohammad ElBaradei to become the Constitution Party’s president.Shukrallah, a founding member...

Is it Safe to Travel to Egypt? UK’s FCO Issues Advice after Christian Woman Stabbed to Death

It was just one example of violence that has plagued the country following the military's ousting of former president Mohamed Morsi last August.Several acts...

Detainees Become a New Political Cause



“When they took Fadi to the police station they accused him of belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood. When he showed them the tattooed cross...

Why Do Most Attacks on Copts Occur in Minya?

With a full 65 per cent of the incidents of violence against Copts taking place on its soil, the question which begs an answer...

Anti-Christian Hostility Motivated Lethal Attack on Copts

In Kom Ombo, 48 kilometers (30 miles) north of Aswan, the Muslim on Feb. 8 attacked several Christians, including employees of two Coptic-owned pharmacies...

Kidnapped Nuns No Longer Bear the Cross

They respond that they are being treated fine, that they very much look forward to being returned to their convent, that they heartily thank...

Copts Under Constant Threat in Upper Egypt

This gave rise to suspicions that Islamists have infiltrated the police force in Upper Egypt. Supporting these doubts was the fact that when the...

Freedom of Religion An Issue ‘Whose Time Has Come’

The UN’s Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Heiner Bielefeldt, agreed that there is an “increasing interest” in the subject, although he...

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