Date of source: Friday, January 21, 2000
Al-Kosheh is an Egyptian village that was unknown until August 1998. After the recent events in Al-Kosheh, the editor-in-chief of Al-Wafd, Mr. Saad Abdel-Khaleq, asked the government to change the village’s name from Al-Kosheh [which means enmity] to Al-Mahaba [meaning Love]. He also asked...
Date of source: Thursday, January 20, 2000
Sub-titles: Al-Wafd walked around the village, 20 days after the tragic incidents. Copts took refuge in the Muslims’ houses. Mosques and churches were not affected by the riot.
A delegation from the American Congress’s consultants expressed its gratitude to the Prime Minister, Dr. Atef Ebeid, for...
Date of source: Thursday, January 20, 2000
Although, calm was restored to the village of Al-Kosheh, Muslims and Christians reproached each other for what happened. In order to solve the problem of Al-Kosheh, we have to examine the reasons for the dispute and its rapid development. We have to study the problems suffered by the village...
Date of source: Thursday, January 13, 2000
Bishop Wissa, Bishop of Al-Balyana and Dar El-Salam, where Al-Kosheh is located, was sending many faxes to international human rights organizations, and to Copts living abroad, demanding that they rise and save the Copts of Egypt from the killings they suffer at the hands of Muslims!!! Wissa spoke...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 5, 2000
Security forces have been able to fully control all the area in which the riot incidents occurred in Al-Koshh, Dar Al-Salam and nearby villages. Quietness dominates the locations of the incidents and life has gone back to normal. Shops opened in Dar Al-Salam. The curfew continued in Al-Koshh....
Date of source: Thursday, April 8, 1999
Three weeks ago, the Egyptian government was surprised by a request from the Israeli government to build a new Jewish synagogue in Cairo.