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Egypt’s journalism crackdown continues despite ‘national dialogue’

By Al-Monitor – The Egyptian authorities’ crackdown on Mada Masr has been criticized by civil society groups. The Egyptian authorities have charged four journalists from Mada Masr, [...]

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The Coptic Church appeals for the return of “Shenouda” to his family

By Al-Hurra – The Coptic Church in Egypt appealed to the authorities to return the child Shenouda to his family, noting at the same time to acknowledge the legal violation that the family [...]

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A Long-Lost Branch of the Nile Helped in Building Egypt’s Pyramids

By : The New York Times – A new study confirms a long-held theory that builders used the river to transport the heavy blocks that make up the ancient wonders. For 4,500 years, the [...]

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Saudi woman sentenced to 45 years’ jail over tweets

By FT- A US-based advocacy group said a Saudi Arabian court had sentenced a woman to 45 years in prison for “using the internet to tear the [country’s] social fabric”, weeks after another citizen [...]

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Two Copts shot dead in Sinai by Islamist jihadis

By Watani – Two Coptic men: Salama Moussa Waheeb and his son Hany were shot (*) dead today (Aug. 30), allegedly at the hands of Islamic Jihadis, commonly termed as Daesh (Islamic State IS). [...]

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Cymbals and a Triangle: a Harmonious Addition to Coptic Hymns

By Marina Makary – Egyptian Streets – Passing by a Coptic church in the narrow alleys of Shubra in Cairo, one can clearly hear the alhan (Coptic hymns) sung in a harmonious, [...]

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Prelate warns that Christians in Iraq and in the entire region are heading towards disappearance

By Lisa Zengarini– vaticannews (via AINA) – The Patriarch of Baghdad of the Chaldeans, Cardinal Raphael Louis Sako, has warned that Christians in Iraq and in the entire region are [...]

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Pakistan: Christians continue to face blasphemy convictions and violent attacks

By World Watch Monitor – While Pakistan celebrates 75 years of independence, the Christian minority continues to face discrimination, harassment and violence because of their faith. On [...]

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Egypt’s Copts want changes to law after deadly church fire

By Jacky Habib – Government policies restricting the construction and renovation of churches in Egypt pose a major health and safety issue, advocates claim. Human rights advocates and public [...]

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Possible arson behind fire in Alexandria church

By Watani – On the evening of 21 August, the Eve of the Feast of the Assumption of the Holy Virgin, a fire that erupted in a small church in Alexandria was extinguished by the fire fighters. [...]