Egyptian Marco Zaki among winners of prestigious Newton Prize
By Rimon al-Rawy – WataniAdditional Reporting: Prestigious prize for study into liver cancer diagnosis and treatment – Newcastle University The people of Minya (also written Minia), [...]
Coptic Christian Family Attacked in Upper Egypt; Adult Son in Intensive Care
By Morning Star News – A Coptic Christian is in critical condition after he, his mother and brother were stabbed in Egypt on Sunday night (Nov. 17), according to media reports. The Muslim [...]
Still Waiting for Justice: The Legal Plight of Egypt’s Christians
By Raymond Ibrahim – Special for Coptic Solidarity – Once again, last week the Egyptian court system denied justice to Egypt’s Coptic Christian minority by postponing judgment on two [...]
Coptic Christian Arrested for Allegedly Insulting Islam on Facebook in Egypt
By Morning Star News – A young Coptic Christian man has been arrested near Cairo, Egypt for allegedly insulting Islam after a hacker posted material on his Facebook page, he and family [...]
Clarification about the problem facing St. George Church in Manshiet-Zaafranah
By Coptic Orthodox Archbishopric Diocese of Minya & Abo-Qorqas – Translation by Coptic Solidarity We remained silent since the infringements that took place midday today; Friday, [...]
Muslim Throng Converges on Worship Site of Coptic Church in Egypt
By Morning Star News – Police in Upper Egypt evicted Coptic priests and shuttered their church building after an Islamist mob converged on the site over the weekend, according to reports. [...]
Egyptian Coptic Christians Hospitalized After Muslim Mob Attacks
By La Croix (via AINA) – Muslims angered by the presence of a church in a Coptic Christian diocese in Egypt attacked the homes of Christian villagers, resulting in three people being [...]
Egyptian Authorities Accused of Negligence in Face of Rising Anti-Christian Violence
By Sondos Asem – Middle East Eye – A Coptic bishop has accused police of ignoring calls to protect Christians ahead of anticipated violence in a village in southern Egypt last [...]
Egypt: Copts attacked after Facebook post showing ‘contempt of Islam’
By WorldWatch Monitor – An attack by a Muslim mob on Copts in a village in the Egyptian governorate of Minya on Monday (9 July) has left the Coptic community holed up in their houses, [...]
Sectarian borders
By Heba Afify – Mada Masr – Of the few streets that lie perpendicular to each other in Ezbet al-Forn in Upper Egypt’s Minya Governorate, your surroundings vary depending on which one [...]
