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Egypt Intensifies Crackdown on Academics and Intellectuals

By POMED – On July 12, Hossam Bahgat, founder and executive director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), announced that prosecutors had referred him to trial on bogus [...]

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Nigeria: Parents cry out to God for safe return of 140 abducted students

By Christian Post – Parents of the more than 140 students abducted from a Christian boarding school in Nigeria have been holding vigil outside the school, crying out to God and praying [...]

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Italian Parliament green lights Italian citizenship for Patrick Zaki

ROME (AP) — Italian lawmakers on Wednesday formally called on the government to grant citizenship to an Egyptian student and human rights activist enrolled at an Italian university, who has been [...]

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Is Cairo Finally Cracking Down on Salafist Preachers?

By Al-Monitor – The Egyptian government and pro-state media have launched campaigns against well-known Salafi sheikhs. Meanwhile, a series of decisions banning them from preaching at [...]

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US military, economic assistance to Egypt $80bn since 1978: Ambassador

By Daily News Egypt – The United States (US) has provided Egypt with over $50bn in military assistance and $30bn in economic assistance since 1978, US Ambassador in Egypt Jonathan R. Cohen [...]

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Christians In Iran Facing Heightened Persecution In Wake Of Recent Elections

By Christianity Daily – The Christian church in Iran is worried that it will most likely suffer increased persecution under the leadership of former Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi who was [...]

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Onsi Sawiris (1930 -2021): Egyptian tycoon passes away

By Katrine Faragallah – Watani This morning, Egypt lost Onsi Sawiris, head of the Sawiris family and a name widely acknowledged in Egypt as a tycoon who served his country honourably [...]

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Religious freedom commission hits Algeria on treatment of Christians

By Aleteia – USCIRF concerned about sentences for blasphemy and proselytizing. The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) this week condemned several court [...]

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Four French executives charged with helping Libya, Egypt spy on opposition figures

By France24- Prosecutors have charged four executives at two French companies accused of aiding Libya’s former strongman Muammar Gaddafi and Egyptian authorities to spy on opposition [...]

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Monastère Sainte-Catherine : le sanctuaire des livres sacrés

Par Jean-François Colosimo – Le Figaro – Au pied du mont Sinaï, là où Moïse reçut de Dieu les Tables de la Loi, le monastère Sainte-Catherine abrite une précieuse collection d’icônes [...]