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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 [...]

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Egyptians love their national football team, but some feel left out..

By Filipe D’Avillez – ACN – Christians make up around 15% of the population of Egypt and are as football-crazy as their muslim neighbours, but there is not a single copt in the national team. As [...]

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Egypt names first-ever Christian head of country’s top court

By The Washington Post – Egypt’s president on Wednesday swore in the first-ever Coptic Christian to head the country’s highest court. Judge Boulos Fahmy is the 19th person to preside over [...]

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Copt gets prison sentence for blasphemy in further crackdown on freedom of expression

By WorldWatchMonitor – A Coptic Christian has been sentenced to five years in prison for blasphemy, according to the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, or EIPR, which represented him [...]