The Arab Spring is turning sour for Egypt’s Christian Coptic minority — whose future now seems even bleaker than it was under the deposed President Hosni Mubarak. Rioting Saturday in the Imbaba neighborhood, northwest of downtown Cairo, killed 12 people … read more
They say he dyes his hair no more, jet-black sheen turning white. He lies in a hospital bed. Out of view so long that he seems to have become invisible. But it is his name they want to erase, as … read more
A woman claiming to be Abeer Talaat, the woman whose alleged conversion from Islam to Christianity sparked the violence that started Saturday in Imbaba, appeared on TV for the first time yesterday saying she regretted the events. In a phone … read more
In the aftermath of what distinguished British journalist David Hirst described as “one of the most exemplary, civilised uprisings in history,” Egyptians “feel reborn” and the Arab world again looks upon the ancient nation as the “mother of the world”. … read more
ELEANOR HALL: The deadly weekend clashes between Muslims and Christians in Cairo are fuelling concerns about a counter revolution in Egypt. Twelve people were killed when Salafist Muslims surrounded a Coptic church in the Egyptian capital. And while the military … read more
Zawya reported that the continuing wave of unrest across the Arab world is putting a strain on the real estate market in North Africa and analysts say that developers, including major ones from the Gulf and Turkey, are starting to … read more
The military authorities in Egypt have said they will take strong action to protect national security, after clashes between Muslims and Christians in Cairo left 12 people dead. Ministers at an emergency cabinet meeting promised to use what they called … read more
Representatives of Palestinian factions will meet in Cairo next week, where committees of delegates will be appointed to see through the implementation of a unity deal signed in the Egyptian capital last week. Head of the coalition of independent figures … read more
A night of street fighting between Muslims and Christians left at least 12 people dead and two churches in flames Sunday in the latest outbreak of sectarian tensions since the revolution that ousted former President Hosni Mubarak on Feb. 11. … read more
An escaped Egyptian prisoner was recaptured as he fled a police ambush disguised as a woman in the Suez canal city of Ismailia, security sources said on Saturday. Adel Mohammed Dasouqi, 35, escaped from Cairo’s Abu Zaabal prison earlier this … read more