Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 1, 2011
No matter what the outcome of the Qena governor predicament until these lines go into print, the core of this article remains true and pressing. The appointment earlier this month of a Coptic governor to the southern province of Qena provoked widespread demonstrations by hardline Islamist Qinawis....
Date of source: الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 22, 2011
Dozens of salafists distributed fliers in Qena protesting against the cabinet statement issued on April 20, 2011.
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 24, 2011
Several important figures, both Coptic and Muslim, attended the holy mass on Saturday night at the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in 'Abbāssīyah, Cairo. Among them were Deputy Prime Minister Yahyá al-Jamal, who conveyed greetings from Prime Minister 'Isām Sharaf to Pope Shenouda, as well as...
Date of source: السبت, نيسان (أبريل) 23, 2011
Protesters in Qinā called for a second million-man march on Sunday, April 24, 2011, to call for the removal of Prime Minister ʿIṣām Sharaf and the trial of Deputy Prime Minister Yaḥyā al-Jamāl. The protesters continued a sit-in on a railway line and introduced their new slogan "Muslims and Copts...
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 10, 2011
Residents of the villages of al-Badramān and Nazlat al-Badramān continue protesting in front of the public prosecution office and the military council in the ministry of defense.
They filed reports to be rescued from 'Alī Husayn 'Alī and his armed men who took over the two villages, imposed itāwah...
Date of source: الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 25, 2011
Copts protested in Maspero on March 25, 2011 objecting the ignorance of some of their demands.
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 13, 2011
Egyptian Prime Minister 'Isām Sharaf met with a delegation of expatriate Copts from European countries at the cabinet headquarters in central Cairo.
Cabinet spokesman Majdī Rādī quoted Sharaf as saying the government will make sure that expatriate Egyptians in general enjoy full political rights,...
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 21, 2011
In al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, page 1, March 21, 2011, Pope Shenouda welcomed 'Isām Sharaf, Prime Minister, in Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in al-‘Abbāsiyyah.
This was the first visit of a head of the Egyptian government to this cathedral in thirty years.
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 21, 2011
Egypt's Prime Minister 'Isām Sharaf greeted Coptic Pope Shenouda III during his visit to the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral on March 20, 2011.
Sharaf congratulated Pope Shenouda on his safe return from the US where he received medical treatment.
On Saturday, Sharaf had paid his first visit to the Azhar'...
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 13, 2011
Egypt's Christian expatriates in Europe yesterday said they were keen to support their country at the current transitional period following the radical changes the country has been going through over the past weeks.
During a meeting with Prime Minister 'Īmād Sharaf in Cairo yesterday, a delegation...