Tag:Abdel Fattah el-Sissi

The Crisis of Christians in Egypt

By Gabriel Said Reynolds- First ThingsOn Monday, December 12, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi walked alongside the Coptic Pope Tawadros (Theodore) II at the...

Egypt’s Coptic Christians are stuck between between ISIS and an indifferent government

Farid Y. Farid – Quartz AfricaJust over a week ago, terrorist group ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack on St Peter & St Paul’s...

Like Past Egyptian Leaders, El-Sissi Has Failed to Protect Coptic Christians

By Frederick Deknatel – World Politics ReviewA bomb ripped through a church in central Cairo last week, killing at least 26 people in the...

Egypt Civil Society Urges Sisi to Reject NGO Law

By POMEDAfter the Egyptian parliament moved forward with an extremely repressive NGO law on November 29, twenty-two NGOs, four political parties, and 19 public...

Where the Turkish Military Fails, Egypt’s Succeeds

By Steven A. Cook - Foreign AffairsIn a half-decade of extraordinary moments in the Middle East, /images of citizens swarming tanks and other military...

President Sisi’s popularity is waning: the meaning and implications

Mohamed Ali Ibrahim – Egypt IndependentThe figures announced by the Baseera Center for Public Opinion Research on the popularity of the president are unfit...

Sisi: Trump has ‘deep understanding’ of our region

By WorldTribuneDonald Trump will be a strong leader for America and has a “deep understanding” of the Middle East, Egyptian President Abdul Fatah Sisi...

Sisi Congratulates Trump, Invites Him to Cairo

By POMEDFollowing the U.S. presidential elections, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi congratulated President-elect Donald Trump via telephone and extended an invitation for him to visit...