Egypt Reopening Borders for Tourism
The Egyptian government has stated that after along time of banned tours & suspending international flights, Egypt will finally be reopened for tourism starting from the first of July mainly on the seaside as a first step to recover tourism and put it back on the right way. The government also stated that the areas that will be opened are Marsa More...
UN Climate Change fund: COVID an ‘opportunity’ to raise money and ‘relaunch’ green world
The UN-funded financial arm of the Paris Agreement has called the Chinese Coronavirus an “opportunity” to raise funds for climate change action and “relaunch economies on low-emission, climate-resilient trajectories.” According More...
Egypt arrests human rights defender Patrick George Zaki
Yet another human rights defender has been arrested and temporarily disappeared in Egypt. An Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) researcher, Patrick George Zaki, was stopped in the Cairo airport on February More...
Mahmoud Abbas rejects Trump’s Israel peace plan, calling it a ‘slap’
President Trump unveiled a proposal for the Israel peace plan which calls for a two-state solution that includes the state of Israel and a Palestinian state, with a capital for the former in Jerusalem and a More...
Egypt cracks down on free speech, raids news site Mada Masr over Christian persecution coverage
Egyptian authorities raided one of the last independent news sites in the country, Mada Masr, after having arrested one of their editors the day prior. The news site has received international awards for its independent More...
The New Face of Europe: Immigrants between East and West
Writing about Europe’s refugee crisis is not an easy task when we consider the fact that this crisis could be presented and understood in many ways, depending on one’s political standing. For some progressive More...
Coptic Church in Egypt still fighting for its life
In an incredible court ruling in 2016, a centuries-old church was spared the axe and hammer of demolition in the Alexandria Administrative Court under the headship of Judge Muhammad Abdel-Wahab Khafagi. The decision, More...
Egyptian Toddler, Youssef Ebid Killed En Route to Church
(International Christian Concern) –Copts United reports the death of a 4-year-old Egyptian child, Youssef Ebid, who was struck by a tractor while waiting for a bus to take him to church. The Minya diocese in More...
Egypt reinstates President Sisi despite intolerance, hostility towards non-Muslims
Egypt’s President Sisi has reinstated a known Salafist extremist leader, allowing him to deliver sermons at an Alexandria mosque despite heavy opposition because of his reputation for intolerance. Opponents have More...
Egypt graverobbers steal dead priest’s cross, then body for ransom
Graver robbers in Sharouna, a village south of Cairo, targeted the tomb of a priest who died 13 years ago, according to the Watani news outlet. They initially wanted to steal his crucifix, but then also stole the More...
