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Egypt’s Christians Suffering from “Very High Persecution”

By Raymond Ibrahim – Exclusive for Coptic Solidarity – For another consecutive year in a row, Egypt proves to be an inhospitable place for Christians, namely its most indigenous [...]

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Egypt’s Rights groups: No alternative but to repeal new association law, revision pointless

By Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies – Marking one year since the Egyptian Parliament’s November 2016 approval of Law 70/2017 regulating civic associations, issued by President Abd [...]

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More Churches Harassed

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 [...]

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Egyptian TV Host Says Jihadi Attacks On Churches Are ‘OK,’ But Not On Mosques

By Joshua Gill – The Daily Caller An Egyptian TV host went off script Friday, saying that it was justifiable for jihadis to attack churches, but not for them to attack mosques. The Sada [...]

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Copts in Egyptian history textbooks (Part 2): Issues today and hidden gems from earlier textbooks

By Ehaab Abdou – MadaMasr – (Part 1) – Before delving into a wider analysis of Egypt’s high school history textbooks, it is important to acknowledge that those from the past two [...]

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Copts in Egyptian history textbooks since 1890 (Part 1): Are we asking the right questions?

By Ehaab Abdou – Mada Masr – Over the past few years, we’ve been hearing recurring demands for the inclusion of Coptic history in textbooks, echoed in Pope Tawadros’s call to “teach [...]

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Egypt: ex-kidnapper admits ‘they get paid for every Coptic Christian girl they bring in’

By World Watch Monitor – “I remember a Coptic Christian girl from a rich, well-known family in Minya. She was kidnapped by five Muslim men. They held her in a house, stripped her and filmed [...]

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A letter to his Excellency, President el-Sisi, voicing disappointment

By Sameh Sabri – Ahram Canada– We are disappointed because you appointed an extremist man of dark ideas, Dr. Mohammad Othman el-Khosht, a president of Cairo University, and you [...]

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Egyptian Government’s Claims of Improved Situation for Copts Refuted by Ongoing Discrimination

By Coptic Solidarity – PRNeswire -Washington, DC, August 19, 2017 Both the Egyptian government and some church leaders are claiming that the Copts’ situation has improved under President [...]

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Video Highlights From Coptic Solidarity’s 8th Annual Conference

View video highlights from Coptic Solidarity’s 8th Annual Policy Day. This event was hosted on June 15, 2017, at the U.S. House Visitor Center.  The conference theme was Egypt: Combating [...]