Date of source: Sunday, June 6, 2010
A dispute over land and a housing complex in a small town north of Cairo is saturated with tensions between its Muslim and Christian inhabitants.
Date of source: Sunday, May 23, 2010
The Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church holds a session in which it approves the Coptic Orthodox withdrawal from the Eastern Council of Churches, and decides not to avow Christian channels that are not controlled by the Holy Synod.
Date of source: Saturday, May 22, 2010
Bishop Marqus of the Coptic Orthodox Church expresses his church’s willingness to donate to help prisoners.
Date of source: Sunday, March 14, 2010
This article discusses a conference held in Qalyubiya to discuss citizenship rights. Much of the conference was centered on the issue of Coptic rights in Egypt. Many prominent figures were also in attendance, and the author focuses on the comments made by the host, the Governor of Qalyubiya, Adly...
Date of source: Saturday, March 13, 2010
The author interviews Bishop Marqus of Shubrā, who talks about the reasons behind sectarian fitnah in Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, January 21, 2010
The recent killings in Nag Hamadi have engendered various reactions throughout Egyptian society. Some have cursed the darkness, while others have closed up their eyes and ears altogether. Some, however, have been spurred to action, but sensitivity, distance—geographically and culturally, and...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 23, 2010
On Monday 15th February, the AWR team held a meeting in our office with a member of Bishop Marcos’ delegation which had travelled to Nag Hammadi, who wished to remain unidentified. We met this source through an earlier visit with Bishop Marcos, in order to discuss our organization’s proper response...
Date of source: Thursday, September 24, 2009
Bishop Marqus, Coptic Orthodox Bishop of Shubrā-al-Khaymah held an interview with the Cairo-based Danish photo-journalist Flemming Weiss Andersen and Jayson Casper, the international coordinator for the ZIVIC peacemaking initiative at the Center for Arab West Understanding (CAWU). During the...
Date of source: Thursday, August 27, 2009
The following article presents comments on a report published by the Inter Press Service regarding Coptic support of Jamāl Mubārak.