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By Gabriel Said Reynolds- First Things – On Monday, December 12, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi walked alongside the Coptic Pope Tawadros (Theodore) II at the funeral procession for [...]

Farid Y. Farid – Quartz Africa – Just over a week ago, terrorist group ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack on St Peter & St Paul’s church in Cairo where 27 people, mostly women, [...]

By Frederick Deknatel – World Politics Review – A bomb ripped through a church in central Cairo last week, killing at least 26 people in the most brutal and brazen attack on Egypt’s [...]

By POMED – After the Egyptian parliament moved forward with an extremely repressive NGO law on November 29, twenty-two NGOs, four political parties, and 19 public figures urged President [...]

By Steven A. Cook – Foreign Affairs – In a half-decade of extraordinary moments in the Middle East, /images of citizens swarming tanks and other military vehicles have been among the [...]

Mohamed Ali Ibrahim – Egypt Independent – The figures announced by the Baseera Center for Public Opinion Research on the popularity of the president are unfit to serve as a true measure of [...]

By World Tribune – Donald Trump will be a strong leader for America and has a “deep understanding” of the Middle East, Egyptian President Abdul Fatah Sisi said. “I believe that President [...]

By POMED – Following the U.S. presidential elections, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi congratulated President-elect Donald Trump via telephone and extended an invitation for him to visit [...]

By Dr. Sarah E. Yerkes – Brooking Institution’s Center for Middle East Policy – Sunday marks the fifth anniversary of the October 9, 2011 Maspero massacre in which Egyptian army [...]

By World Tribune – Donald Trump would back Egypt’s ban on the Muslim Brotherhood while Hillary Clinton would undermine the country’s efforts to dismantle the group, members of an Egyptian [...]