Bassant Soliman’s suicide triggered renewed public backlash against personal status laws in Egypt
Xenia Nikolskaya’s latest photobook Plastic Jesus presents a selection of photographs of Coptic merchandise and architectural interiors from her trips across Egypt between 2003 and 2010. The hardcover book, designed…
Over two days in late January, dozens of Coptic Christian residents of the village of Ezbet Farag Allah in Minya staged a demonstration in front of the Diocese of Samalut…
How a Minya archdiocese's 17-year long attempt to license a church was capped by violence
Zaki's emergency court trial was adjourned until February 1
Zaki was allegedly beaten and electrocuted in detention following his arrest
An angry mob of Muslim residents surrounded the building and protested its presence in the village
A police officer was killed and 2 officers were injured defused a bomb near a Cairo church
A Cabinet committee approved the legal status of 80 churches, brings the total number to 627
Egyptian security forces prevented hundreds of Coptic Christians from holding prayers to mark the Queenship of Mary feast day in a village…
«Attacks on Egypt’s Copts will continue to take place until the real causes are addressed»
«Pence must see discrimination within a broader context of the limiting of citizens’ rights»
«Sectarian attitudes do not purely emanate from society, but are also prevalent within structures of governance.»
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