News & Reports

By Arab News –  Arab fans of Rami Malek, who scooped the Best Actor award at the 91st Academy Awards on Sunday night, lauded the American-Egyptian actor, describing him as the pride of [...]

By Declan Walsh – The New York Times – President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt, whose government has jailed critics, muzzled the independent press and executed nine prisoners in the past [...]

By Barnabas Fund –  Christians in Egypt were forced to hold a third funeral on the streets of Koum al-Raheb village in the first week of February because their only church building was [...]

By Declan Walsh – The New York Times – The Egyptian Parliament approved sweeping measures on Thursday that would allow President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to extend his rule until 2034, further [...]

By CBN NEWS – Christian mother Asia Bibi is reportedly being kept from leaving Pakistan, despite a final Supreme Court decision that rejected a final bid from hardline Islamists to have her [...]

By Nader Shukry – Watani – Minya Criminal Court last week handed a death sentence to the policeman Rabie Mustafa Khalifa for shooting to death two Copts in the city of Minya some [...]

By Al-Monitor – Egypt cut ties with its top US lobbying firm just days after CBS broadcast a controversial interview with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi that Cairo tried to stop from [...]

By The Wall Street Journal – Egyptian president’s backers propose constitutional amendment allowing him to stay in office longer. Egyptian lawmakers launched an effort Sunday to change the [...]

By Jason Horowitz – The New York Times – Pope Francis used the keynote address of his roughly 40-hour stay in the United Arab Emirates to breach delicate taboos on Monday, specifically [...]

By Reuters – Constitutional amendments proposed by Egyptian lawmakers would allow President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to stay in power for up to 12 years beyond his current term and boost his [...]