Date of source: Sunday, November 19, 2006
The article discusses a book entitled, ‘The
Martyrdom of John of Phanijoit,’ by Youhanna al-Zeituni, and the significance that this publication holds for Coptic
societies in the U.S. It discusses the conversion of historical figures to Islam, and the difficulties encountered when they
attempted...
Date of source: Sunday, May 28, 2000
Salwa Refaat wrote the National Egyptian Heritage Foundation( NEHRA), the Ministries of Culture and Environment and the Antiquities Authority made great efforts to revive the sites on the Holy path. On the same page was an interview with Mr. Mounir Gabbour, Chairman of NEHRA. In: "The Holy Book"...
Date of source: Sunday, November 12, 2006
The author asserts that Egypt is becoming Bedouinised. In part 1 of his study on this subject, the
author discusses Bedouin history and culture.
Date of source: Sunday, November 12, 2006
Pope Shenouda
returns to Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, November 12, 2006
The author discusses the upcoming seminar initiated by Kamāl Zākhir Mūsá under the auspices of the Egyptian Society for Enlightenment, which will discuss topics such as Copts and citizenship; the relationship between clergy and laymen; laymen participation in church affairs; church trials and the...
Date of source: Sunday, November 12, 2006
The author discusses immigration problems in Europe, especially coordinating different countries’ immigration politcies.
Date of source: Sunday, November 5, 2006
Last March the administrative court issued a ruling which aroused huge controversy when it decreed that the pope of the Coptic Church could issue remarriage permits to Coptic couples who had obtained divorce rulings from civil courts, but not marriage annulments from the church. The ruling was...
Date of source: Sunday, November 5, 2006
The author reviews the films the ‘Da Vinci Code’ and ‘United 93.’
Date of source: Sunday, November 5, 2006
The author asserts that the marriage of a Muslim man and an Egyptian Christian woman is another interfaith issue which is not treated fairly by the authorities.
Date of source: Sunday, October 29, 2006
Tim Vivian reviews the book, ‘Demons and the Making of the Monk.’ He concludes, “modern weaponry has only made the results of evil more horrible. All the more reason to read and ponder this fine book that teaches us how some of the ancients, in this case monks in Egypt in late antiquity, understood...