Selected Opinion

By Nervana Mahmoud – Al-Hurra – The legendary singer and actress Shadia, an Egyptian cultural icon, has passed away. Her death a week ago at the age of 86 recalls her one-time glorious past [...]

By Amir Taheri – Gatestone Institute –  Today, we are wealthier, better educated and healthier than ever in Islamic history. And yet, we are faced with more ignorance, prejudice, [...]

By Youssef Sidhom – Watani – Either there is a deliberate intention to drag Egypt into a series of problems that concern churches and the right of Copts to worship; or there is [...]

By Dr. Fouad Abdel Moneim Riad(*) – Numerous prominent figures in the media began revealing details of what Copts are suffering, particularly those in Egypt’s countryside, presenting deplorable [...]

By Raymond Ibrahim – Frontpage Magazine On Friday, November 24, some 30 gunmen carrying the Islamic State flag bombed and stormed a Sufi mosque in Egypt’s North Sinai, about 125 miles [...]

By Samantha Mandeles – The American Spectator –  Governments around the world offered statements of sympathy to the Egyptian government over one of deadliest attacks against Egyptian [...]

By Dr. Ahraf Ramelah – Voice of the Copts – General Essam Al-Badawi was installed as Al Minya’s governor (in Upper Egypt) in September 2016 when President Al-Sisi was replacing local [...]

By Dr. Mohamed Aboul-Ghar –  Published in al-Masry Al-Youm in Arabic on November 6th, 2017 While I was attending the American Society for Reproductive Medicine Scientific Congress on [...]

By – Youssef Sidhom – Watani – Police closes down churches awaiting legalisation The Law for Building and Restoring Churches went into force in September 2016. Articles 8, 9 and [...]

By Robert Malley – The Atlantic Fear is the one thing preventing it—but could also precipitate it. Lebanon has long been a mirror for the broader Middle East. The region’s more powerful [...]