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President Sisi ‘Redefines’ Human Rights

By POMED – President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s comments during the launch of the “National Project to Develop the Egyptian Family” on Monday yielded further evidence that the [...]

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The Cave Church of St. Simon of Mukattam Hill

By Mona Abdou – Egyptian Streets – Tucked into the cliffside is a sight unlike any other: etched likenesses of the Holy Family are paired with pale sunlight, rows of modest pews and [...]

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‘General Intelligence Service’ gains permission to establish companies

By Mada Masr – Egypt’s General Intelligence Service (GIS) is to be granted a sanctioned space in the national economy after lawmakers on Tuesday unanimously approved legislation that was [...]

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Egypt’s Copts set to resume trips to Jerusalem after two-year hiatus

By: George Mikhail – Al-Monitor – In light of an Egyptian-Israeli rapprochement, Coptic flights to Jerusalem returned after a two-year hiatus caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Amid [...]

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Prosecution in Egypt investigates Ibrahim Eissa over Israa and Miraj remarks

By Egypt Independent – The Public Prosecutor in Egypt, Hamada al-Sawy on Saturday ordered an investigation into journalist Ibrahim Eissa over remarks he made criticizing the Israa and Miraj [...]

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The grateful memory of the Coptic Martyrs of Libya is renewed and grows, seven years after their massacre

By: Agenzia Fides (Vatican) – This year again, the Coptic Orthodox Church paid homage, with prayers and celebrations, to the memory of the workers who, seven years ago, were slaughtered and [...]

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She Had Never Acted, and Could Barely Read. Now, She’s an Egyptian Movie Star

By: The New York Times – A stay-at-home mother deprived of an education, Damiana Nassar played a woman much like herself in “Feathers,” a Cannes winner that few in Egypt can see. AL BARSHA, [...]

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Protests, arrests in Minya village point to longstanding discriminatory policies over church permits

By Mada Masr – Over two days in late January, dozens of Coptic Christian residents of the village of Ezbet Farag Allah in Minya staged a demonstration in front of the Diocese of Samalut to [...]

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NGOs: Former House Committee Chair is “contributing to, and benefiting from, human rights violations”

By POMED – Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck lobbyist and former House Committee on Foreign Affairs Chair Ed Royce is “contributing to, and benefiting from, human rights [...]

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From Cairo, German FM says human rights key for arms sales

By The Associated Press – Germany’s top diplomat says that human rights criteria will be at the center of her new government’s international arms sales, including to Egypt, a major importer [...]