Date of source: Friday, April 1, 2011
As a Brit I've never before been a revolutionary. Revolution just isn't in our vocabulary. Our American friends, as we might expect, were all gung ho on it from the start. My sympathies were entirely with Mr. Mubārak, who had served his country well in the Air Force, then as Vice-President under...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Kūrnīsh al-Nīl area, beside the building of the Egyptian television, is Nevine Naguib's way to work every day.
One day, during Copts protest on the demolishing of the church of Two Martyrs, Saint Mina and Saint George in 'Ātfīh, she had a personal experience on the ideologies of some Muslims...
Date of source: Thursday, March 10, 2011
The violent clashes between Muslims and Christians in Egypt are tragic. We received an email from Rebecca Atallah, the wife of Rames Atallah, head of the Egyptian Bible Society. She asks for prayer for Egypt following the violence in the Muqattam garbage collectors area. I fully support this call...
Date of source: Saturday, March 12, 2011
The violent clashes between Muslims and Christians in Egypt are tragic. We received an email from Rebecca Atallah, the wife of Rames Atallah, head of the Egyptian Bible Society. She asks for prayer for Egypt following the violence in the Muqattam garbage collectors area. I fully support this call!...
Date of source: Monday, February 14, 2011
Yesterday, we saw a lot of young people sweeping the sidewalk along the Corniche near Tahrir Square. Today other young people are cleaning our street too, but just sweeping up the dust on the sidewalk, not really collecting the garbage . Meanwhile, the uniformed street sweepers were sitting on...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Editor-in-chief Cornelis Hulsman: Dr. Michael Burslem (78) is a retired Canadian medical doctor and is a longtime friend of mine. He and his wife usually spend the winter months in Cairo when weather is substantially more pleasant in Egypt then in Canada and they spend the summers in Canada when...
Date of source: Thursday, January 27, 2011
As Egyptian opposition protests enter their third day, some leaders in the Coptic Orthodox Church are urging their members not to participate, which has caused a reaction by some Christians who feel the church should be involved...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 19, 2011
The Egyptian Minister of Endowments says that a new law regulating the building of churches is currently under study and will be drafted in the coming legislative period...
Date of source: Thursday, January 13, 2011
On Tuesday, an off-duty Egyptian police officer reportedly opened fire on a train in the southern province of Minya, killing one Christian and injuring 5 others. Today's Egyptian newspapers mostly emphasized that the assailant was allegedly mentally unstable and that his motives were not...
Date of source: Sunday, January 9, 2011
As southern Sudan prepares to vote this week on a possible secession from the north, Sunnī Khālid says that the African-American community is also divided on the issue...