Selected Opinion

By Neil Hicks, Human Rights First –  Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi will visit President Trump at the White House next week. The visit comes at a time when governments around the [...]

By Youssef Sidhom – Watani – Since 1971..the Church has repeatedly applied for licence to build a new church but was never granted one; no reason was ever given by the authorities. [...]

By Gary Lane – CBNNews – While joint anti-terrorism efforts may top the agenda Monday when Egyptian President Abdul Fatah al-Sisi meets with President Trump, some Egyptian Christians [...]

By Lofty Basta MD, FRCP, FACC Sisi, the President of Egypt championed equality and justice for ALL Egyptian citizens. Egyptians hope and pray that he will repair the damage inflicted by the [...]

By Kori Schake – Foreign Policy – Defeating the Islamic State was candidate Trump’s top national-security priority, one of the few policy issues on which he was consistent. While his claim [...]

By Lord Alton – The U.K. Foreign and Commonwealth Office said, “We deplore all discrimination against religious minorities and constraints on their freedom to practise their faith. The [...]

By GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs -Special to World Tribune – ‘.. if Washington had to choose, it would choose the geopolitical (..) and cultural weight of Egypt.’ – [...]

By Ramy Aziz – Fikra – The Washington Institute –  On December 11, a massive explosion shattered St. Mark’s Cathedral in Abbasia, central Cairo, claiming the lives of more than [...]

By Charles Lister – Foreign Policy – On the sixth anniversary of the Syrian uprising, moderate rebels have never been weaker — and jihadis have never been stronger. After six years of [...]

By Eric Trager – The Washington Institute for Near East Policy Much to his Gulf allies’ chagrin, Egypt’s president has not toed their anti-Iranian line in the region, instead [...]