Date of source: Saturday, February 24, 2018
During the symposium organized by the daily newspaper Ṣada al-Balad, Egyptian movie star Tāmir ʿAbd Al-Munʿim said that he very often visited the former President Mubarak to stand by him in his ordeal, stressing that he was brought up never to insult or disrespect an elderly person or to be...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 1, 2019
The women of Egypt: they strove for their political rights and they conducted campaigns for the sake of having women representatives in the committee formulating the Egyptian Constitution of 1954. They were able to have their representatives in the Parliament, at the time known as the National...
Date of source: Saturday, August 25, 2018
On Tuesday, 28 August, the House of Egyptian Architecture at Darb al-Labbāna in Central Cairo organizes a lecture dubbed ‘An Overview of the Ideology and Philosophy of Church Architecture in the Coptic Era’.
Date of source: Monday, August 6, 2018
Egyptian media articles released this morning tackled many issues, some of which are reviewed below:
Date of source: Monday, December 31, 2018
France 24” a French news website shed light today on a decision made by President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī to found a committee to handle the sectarian disputes. The French website quoted the official gazette of Egypt as saying the presidential decree came after a recent series of terrorist attacks...
Date of source: Monday, December 31, 2018
In an interview hosted by Ṣada al-Balad, Dr. Rev. Andrīyya Zakī of the Coptic Evangelical Church declared that marriage of homosexual has no theological grounds, and cannot be therefore accepted by the Church, stressing that the Church does not close her door to anyone.
Date of source: Monday, December 31, 2018
In a talk show aired on Egyptian TV Channels, head of the Episcopal Church, Dr. Rev. Murād Ḥanna, praised the decision of Egyptian President al-Sīsī to found a committee that counters sectarian conflicts.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 25, 2018
In a ceremony organized on Tuesday by both Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities and the Minting Department of the Ministry of Finance, the new medal commemorating the journey of the Holy Family in Egypt was celebrated.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Israeli media reported that the Jerusalem City Council approved a budget allocation of 700,000 shekels for the restoration of a balcony in the Dayr al-Sulṭān church in Jerusalem. The site was closed by authorities after one of the stones fell from the balcony of the church.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 19, 2018
The Archbishop of Québec province in the city of Trois-Rivières, Canada, hosted Bishop Ibrāhīm Isḥāq, Patriarch of the Coptic Catholic Church of Egypt, where he visited the monastery of Notre Dame du Cap in the context of his pastoral visit to Canada. His eminence was received by Cardinal de...