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The current massive social, political and economical crises and attitudes of disrespect towards women in society have led to recent sexual assaults in Cairo.
The convent of the church Abū Sayfayn experienced, last Wednesday, the death of the famous nun Īrīnī. Many people gathered to pay her their last tribute.
After a Supreme Council of Antiquities decision to execute urgently a fire protection system, a decision was made by the department of antiquities to terminate all restoration works, exposing the whole area to fire danger.
Restoration works on the Hanging Church and the Coptic Museum were stopped suddenly because of financial reasons. The whole area is in danger of fire damage, for it is not protected.
Al- Maydān publishes the Supreme Council of Antiquities’ resolution no. 2129, dated July 18, 2006, which calls for immediate restoration of the Hanging Church in Old Cairo.
The author discusses Bishop Yūhannā al- Naqyūsī’s historical account of the seventh century Arabian conquest of Egypt and refutes the claims mentioned either by him or the Abyssinian translator about the brutality of the Arabs when they entered Egypt.
The article is analyzes the crisis being experienced by the Mār Girgis church and attributes it to the fishy relationship between a powerful bazaar owner and corrupt officials.
Subtitle:What is going on within the church?The real story about the excommunicated Monk Danial El-Baramousi, and Monk AghathonWhy didn’t the excommunicated fathers speak about the real reasons for their excommunication?El-Watani newspaper examines the reasons for the excommunication of...
Ibrahim Sabri writes in Watani, July 20 1997 that ancient pharaonic and Coptic art exposed at an exhibition in Switzerland was not taken out of Egypt in the 17th and 18th centuries, but was stolen at the beginning of the 20th century. The most important artefacts are described.
This article discusses how the conditions of Coptic and Jewish monuments are neglected and gives examples of well-known churches and synagogues.

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