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Cornelis Hulsman was impressed by two articles of Maged Atiya [Mājid ʿAṭiyya], a Coptic Orthodox American who was born and raised in Egypt before migrating to the USA. Maged Atiya writes about the impact of Coptic migrants to the USA on Egypt. They remained politically involved but often with an...
The Egyptian revolution of January 25th brought hope for better Muslim-Christian relations, but unfortunately it did not take long for the hopes for many to evaporate. Optimism for better relations is still there, but many more feel that almost two years after the revolution tensions have increased...
This is a comment on an article with similar title published today on a blog called “Salamamoussa. Reclaiming Egypt,” named after Salāmah Mūsá (1887-1958), a well-known journalist, writer, and advocate of secularism and Arab socialism who was born into a wealthy, land-owning Coptic family in the...
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...
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...
Muhammad al-Bāz presents summarized memoirs of some Coptic figures who engaged in struggles for the welfare of their country.
Hilāl reviews a book by Dr. Muhammad Abū al-Ghār about the history of Jews in Egypt. The book provides statistics and explanations of Jews’ life in Egypt and their social, economic and political activities.
The following lines highlight the historic background of religious and civil states in Egypt. Muṣṭafá Kāmil was the advocate of an Islamic state a century ago. He was defeated by a national group that advocates a civil state. The same struggle appears to be repeating nowadays with discussions over...
Dr. ‘Ātif al-‘Irāqī highlights that secularism has become a dubious term both in the Arab and Egyptian communities. He prefers to be described as “enlightened” rather than “secular.”
There is no difference between Muslims and Christians in Egypt for they have the same traditions, hopes, sufferings, look the same, and even wear the same clothes.

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