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Suicide of an Egyptian Detainee after facing humiliation in Ṭurah Prison
Date of source: Monday, April 22, 2019
Usāma Aḥmad Aḥmad Murād, a former prisoner of Ṭurah Prison, was driven to suicide on Monday morning after facing bad treatment at the hands of the prison administration. A tweet published on Monday morning by Egyptian journalist ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ʿAyyāsh revealed the detainee had committed suicide not...
25. Talking of Coptic antiquity
Date of source: Sunday, August 1, 2010
 A conference on the “Role of the universities, NGOs, the Supreme Council of Antiquities, and the media, in preserving Coptic antiquities during the period from 1976 to 2009” was recently held in Cairo. The conference was organized by the Italian Institute for antiquities and restoration in...
18. A reconciliation session attended by security leaders ends al-Fuqa‘i village crisis.
Date of source: Monday, July 20, 2009
The authors report incidents between Muslims and Copts in both Lower and Upper Egypt.
61. Christian…but good
Date of source: Sunday, November 2, 2008
In his monthly round-up of the Egyptian press this month, Robert al-Faris mentions that Watanī was the only paper to mention a two-month course that Tanta university is running in Coptic studies. He also lamented a comment made by Abu Treika, one of the country’s favorite football players, about...
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