Date of source: Saturday, April 28, 2012
Right after the January 25, 2011 revolution, several phenomena and attitudes that require in-depth studying floated onto the Egyptian political playground. As far the Egyptian general Christian affair, Christian protest movements have become a significant indicative example.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 17, 2012
This is a comment on an article with a similar title published on April 13 on a blog called “Salamamoussa. Reclaiming Egypt,” named after Salāmah Mūsá (1887-1958). He was a well-known journalist, writer, and advocate of secularism and Arab socialism who was born into a wealthy, land-owning Coptic...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 3, 2012
The executive committee of the Evangelical general assembly expressed its concerns about the constituent assembly lineup drafting the Egyptian constitution and describe it as "disappointing".
For his part, Rev. Dr. Andrea Zakī, vice-president of the Coptic Evangelical Church, and General Director...
Date of source: Saturday, April 7, 2012
Hundreds of Copts are visiting Jerusalem during the Passion Week for the first time since the death of Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III who prohibited pilgrimage to Jerusalem out of opposition to the Israeli occupation of the holy city, according to officials from the Egyptian carrier Air Sinai...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Ph.D. candidate, Emma Hayward wrote an interesting analysis for the Washington Institute for Near East Policy on the current status of Coptic Christians in relation to the Egyptian state and concludes that their position is weakening. While it is true that Coptic Christians are now without an...
Date of source: Monday, April 2, 2012
AWR researcher Jayson Casper sent me a link to a March 31 article titled “American Copts, Egypt and the Next Pope.” This text is very well written, but sadly the author is not known. The article was published on a blog called “Salamamoussa. Reclaiming Egypt,” named after Salāmah Mūsá (1887-1958), a...
Date of source: Friday, March 30, 2012
Several Coptic organizations and movements held a press conference to announce their refusal of the current constituent assembly drafting Egypt's post-revolution constitution, which Najīb Jubrā’īl, head of the Egyptian Union of Human Rights Organization, said marginalized all segments of the...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Near thirty journalists gathered at the Cairo Foreign Press Association headquarters to gain insight on the process involved in selecting a successor to the recently deceased Pope Shenouda. Arab West Report presented its research on the subject, accepting also further inquiries.
Date of source: Friday, March 23, 2012
Martino Diez and Meriem Senous published on March 22 an interesting interview with Father Rafīq Greish, head of the Press Office of the Coptic Catholic Church in Egypt. We are providing here some excerpts with comments showing disagreement on a few points.