Date of source: Sunday, April 28, 2013
Sohag Investigation Department revealed that a high school student is behind the mysterious murder of a mother and her three children at their home in the village of Kushh in Dār al-Salām. Additionally, investigations reported that the sister of the victims helped the defendant. The girl had agreed...
Date of source: Friday, May 3, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II praised the Armed Forces for not having been tainted by extremist thoughts or acts of rebellion. The Pope considers the armed forces to play the main role in protecting the nation from any outside interference. During a dialogue issued by the security forces on...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Tension has renewed in al-Khusūs after the arbitrary arrest of Muslims and Christians as a scapegoat to end the crisis, threatening to renew an eruption of conditions if they are not released. A number of Muslims and Christians in the region have started collecting signatures for the acquittal of...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Presidential officials met with five prominent Coptic figures for four hours. Presidency had called for that meeting to listen to the opinions of the Coptic figures in order to assess the current political situation in Egypt, in particular the problems faced by Copts (Michael Fāris, al-Yawm al-Sābī...
Date of source: Friday, March 22, 2013
There is an atmosphere of concern in the village of al-Wāstá in the governorate of Beni Suef following the disappearance of the Muslim girl, Rānā Hātim Kamāl al-Shāzlī. On Wednesday, March 20, there was a march to protest the girl’s disappearance during which shops owned by Copts were forcefully...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 3, 2013
On Wednesday, April 27th, we've had the pleasure to show the movie "One Hand", a film produced by Johnny and Rebecca Weixler with help of contacts provided by Arab-West Report. The film had been earlier presented and well received at the well-attended MESA Film Festival in Denver, Colorado, USA....
Date of source: Monday, March 4, 2013
Political forces and Coptic movements have intensified their actions to boycott the upcoming parliamentary elections to be held on April 22. The movement Kifāyah (Enough) began a campaign to gather two million signatures to stop the elections. In the meantime, the National Salvation Front (NSF) is...
Date of source: Friday, March 1, 2013
The newspaper al-Misrīyūn received threats that journalists will be prosecuted and physically liquidated and the newspaper headquarters burned down. The source of the threats remains unknown. However, the threats come after the newspaper revealed in their Wednesday, February 27 edition, the names...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 27, 2013
The national dialogue, headed by President Muhammad Mursī, continued yesterday, Tuesday, February 26, 2013 in order to discuss the integrity and transparency of the upcoming parliamentary elections. Present at the dialogue were a number of political parties, including the Freedom and Justice Party...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 22, 2013
A source from the Coptic Orthodox Church revealed efforts by Church leaders in recent days to mobilize other Churches to boycott national dialogue as a result of major disagreements about the election law because of the exclusion of a proposal for affirmative action to ensure that Copts gain seats...