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Egypt on the Hill: Criticism, Praise, and Policy

By Christian Bischoff – POMED –  The issue of U.S. policy toward Egypt has come up in four congressional hearings held in the past two weeks.[1] Members of Congress and Trump [...]

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US Senators Send President Trump Letter Regarding Egypt’s NGO Law

On June 19, 2017, ten U.S. Senators sent a letter to President Trump regarding Egypt’s new NGO law that imposes draconian measures on civil society. View the original letter [...]

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Islamization of Public Space in Egypt

By Dr. William Weessa  – Presented at Coptic Solidarity’s 8th Annual Conference Washington DC June June 16, 2017 Many philosophers dealt with Public Space definition, starting from [...]

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Do Copts Have a Future in Egypt?

By Nina Shea – Foreign Affairs – The Perils Facing the Middle East’s Largest Christian Population On the morning of May 26, Mohsen Morkous, a 60-year-old Egyptian-American Christian [...]

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Ten Senators to Trump: Press al-Sisi to Repeal NGO Law

By POMED – Ten United States Senators signed a letter addressed to President Donald Trump urging him to put pressure on Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi for the worsening [...]

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Egypt’s Parliament Thumbs Nose at Court, Approves Islands Deal with Saudi

By Al-Monitor – Egypt’s parliament quickly gave its blessing to a controversial maritime demarcation agreement under which Egypt is to transfer sovereignty over the islands of Tiran [...]

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Banned Baby Names: Egypt Debates Outlawing ‘Western’ Names Like Mark, Sam and Lara

By Mirren Gidda – Newsweek – An Egyptian parliamentary committee was due to meet Tuesday to discuss a potential ban on “Western” baby names. Under the draft law proposed [...]

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Muslim Brotherhood Affiliate Claims Responsibility for Cairo Attack

By IPT News –  The Muslim Brotherhood-linked Hasm Movement claimed responsibility for a deadly terrorist attack targeting Egyptian security forces in Cairo on Sunday. Its operatives [...]

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Young Christian Woman Said To Be Kidnapped outside Cairo, Egypt

By Morning Star News – Third apparent abduction in area since accidental shooting of Muslim. A young Coptic woman in a suburb of Cairo, Egypt remains missing after her disappearance last [...]

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Egypt is in dire shape. Yet how I wish I could go back.

By Nancy Okail – The Washington Post – Today is the anniversary of the day an Egyptian court sentenced me to five years in prison. My “crime”: working for an international [...]