With its wealth of churches, the site known as Misr al-Qadima or Old Cairo is one of the richest regions in Cairo with Coptic monuments. The Coptic Heritage Lovers Society (CHLS) earlier this month held a three-day conference at the Mar Mina Church in Fomm al-Khaleeg, Old Cairo, the second such convention to study and discuss this historic area of Cairo. His Grace Anba Silwaanis, the papal deputy in Old Cairo, and Mr. Ahmad al-Fadaali, head of the Union of the Muslim Young Men’s Association, joined in opening the conference.
- See art. 2: Al-Usbua attacks the High Council for Antiquities for allowing an allegedly Zionist archaeologist to work in Sinai.