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The article quotes philosopher Zakī Najīb Mahmūd, who used to say that you cannot judge something unless you are capable to grasp the meaning of the object to judge. The writer wishes he could do this with the recent church attack in Alexandria. This cruel act has shaken Egyptians to their roots,...
The article comments that those responsible for the bombing of Alexandria's Church of the Two Saints, Saint Mark and Pope Peter cannot be even considered human. Their aim was to destroy the values of tolerance and brotherhood, as well as the moments of peace marking the beginning of the new year....
The article reports that a recent church attack in Alexandria was not only shocking to Egyptians, but also terrifying to those who saw it as the beginning of the end of a Christian presence in the country, as well as in the Arab world. Masaad provides a historical and regional context of the...
Traditional print and broadcast media were not alone in dealing with the New Year's attack on the Church of the Two Saints, Saint Mark and Pope Peter in Alexandria. New media also covered the issue, complete with all of its tools: news organization websites, Facebook, Twitter, text messages, and...
Expressing anger and solidarity after the attack at the Church of Two Saints Church, Saint Mark and Pope Peter in Alexandria, protests have been held in cities across the countriy, some of them witnessing clashes with security forces. Many protest were peaceful, but angry demonstrations also took...
  This year's Coptic Christmas holiday comes exactly one year after a shooting outside a church in Naj‘ Hammādī and less than a week since a tragic church bombing left 23 dead in Alexandria. In light of these threats, AWR's Jayson Casper tells the story of how Coptic Christians celebrated the...
  Rev. Rādī Atallah, the pastor of ‘Attārīn Evangelical Church in Alexandria, tells his personal story and explains how his church is moving forward with reconciliation efforts following last week's bombing of the Two Saints Church that left 23 dead and a community in mourning...    
The article says that while terrorism is not new to Egypt, attacks such as the recent bombing at the Two Saints Church in Alexandria are unique. However, ‘Āshūr is not so sure that al-Qā‘idah alone should be blamed for the attack. He talks about previous tensions in Egypt, not only between Muslims...
The article tells the story of a woman who was celebrating the New Year with her famiily, when her building, close to the Church of the Two Saints, Saint Mark and Pope Peter, began to shake. The next thing she saw was the church in flames and the road covered with bodies. An hour after the blast,...
The president of the National Council for Human Rights thinks that a deficient educational system and a lack of respect for human rights contributed to the Alexandria church bombing on New Year's Day. Furthermore, he says that human rights are abused because the laws that should uphold equal...
  Hānī Hamdī says that Thursday Egyptian newspaper coverage of the Alexandria churc bombing focuses on the picture of the person suspected of being the bomber, as well as the statement by the minister of the interior saying that state security did not spare any effort to protect Copts before the...
Diana Māhir Ghālī provides a recap of the Thursday opinion pieces dealing with the Alexandria New Year's day church bombing investigation...  
The article claims that President Husnī Mubārak has admitted that this has been a bad year for Egypt's Copts, who were victims of several attacks. He also promised a prompt response to the latest attack and called for national unity, even referring to the victims of the Alexandria church bombing as...
This article reports that every Egyptian has been shaken by the attack on the Two Saints Church in Alexandria. The Shaykh of the Azhar, Ahmad al-Tayyib, has even launched an anti-sectarian intiative. Meanwhile, Copts and Muslims have protested together throughout the country. Pope Shenouda III has...
Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmad Abū al-Ghayt says that the protection of places of worship is the responsibility of the government. This comes after that the recent church attack in Alexandria raised the alarm about the safety of Christians in the Middle East.  French Foreign Minister Michele Alliot...
A small, al-Qā‘idah-inspired cell could be behind the bombing of the Church of the Two Saints, Saint Mark and Pope Peter, in Alexandria on New Year's Day, according to this article in the Egyptian Gazette. The spread of terrorism in the country is not expected, but according to ‘Amr al-Shubkī, an...
AWR's Diana Māhir Ghālī recaps the opinion pieces from Wednesday's Egyptian newspapers dealing with the New Year's terrorist attack on an Alexandria church...  
  Wednesday's Egyptian newspaper coverage of the Alexandria church bombing focuses on speculation regarding who may be behind the attack. But some are accusing the Egyptian media of competing to identify the responsible party, according to AWR's Hānī Hamdī...    
Egyptian newspapers have been hinting at the prospect of a civil war after the suicide bomber blew himself up outside the Church of the Two Saints, Saint Mark and Pope Peter in Alexandria. Clashes and protests by Christians erupted after the attack, and many say that these types of incidents could...
  Following the atrocity in Alexandria, many Christians have responded with angry demonstrations and violence. Though an understandable reaction, AWR's Jayson Casper proposes an idea for Christmas Eve that can unite Christians with the very security forces they are rallying against…  
AWR's Diana Maher Ghali recaps the opinion pieces from Egyptian newspapers dealing with the New Year's terrorist attack on an Alexandria church...  
  AWR's Hānī Hamdī continues to survey Egyptian newspaper coverage of the Alexandria church bombing. He reports that Tuesday's coverage focused primarily on Coptic protests, which continue in different areas of Egypt some three days after the attack...
  Egyptian newspapers on Monday appeared to carefully avoid charges of stoking the fires of sectarianism, largely refraining from sensationalist reporting on the Alexandria church attack, and instead giving much attention to unification efforts between Muslims and Christians, as well as ongoing...
AWR's Hānī Hamdī provides a recap of Sunday's Egyptian newspaper reports dealing with the New Year's Day attack on a Coptic Orthodox church in Alexandria....  
This article discusses preparations by Coptic Orthodox Christians, who are getting ready for Christmas celebrations on January 7. The article also mentions preparations for New Year's Eve services, quoting Father Salīb Mattá Sawirus as saying that Copts will celebrate the new year in church, as...
The Sīdī Bishr district in Alexandria was the scene of a gruesome terrorist attack when a car exploded in front of al-Qidīsīn (Saints) Church immediately after New Year's mass. This report says that witnesses claimed that the explosion came from a car parked parallel to the church, which resulted...
The article presents the stories of a number of stories that have been circulating in the press involving the disappearance of a Coptic girl, a street fight between Muslims and Christians, and the blame allegedly being unfairly placed on the Copts involved in the incidents.
Ḥanān al-Miṣrī gauges the opinions of Muslim and Christian citizens about the sectarian tensions storming Alexandrian society.
The Attorney General of East Alexandria’s public prosecutions Muhammad Qāsim ordered 25 accused to spend four days in custody pending investigations. They are accused of inciting sedition during a fight which occurred between Muslims and Copts in al-Muntazah, last Friday night.
Muslim and Christians gave conflicting statements about the causes of the Street 30 incidents in Alexandria in the Prosecution’s investigations.
Dayanā al-Dhab‘ reports about the Evangelical Church elections.
An electric contact ignited the wooden classrooms on the roof of Mār Girgis Church in Sīdī Bishr Alexandria. Security services ordered that a fire hydrant be installed in order to combat potential fires in the church’s neighborhood.
The number of articles published about Christmas reflects the attention the Egyptian press paid to celebrations of it. The article gives a list of the articles published in five newspapers.
70 fanatics in Alexandria were arrested on suspicions of belonging to al-Qā‘idah. The Islamic group claims that they are innocent of the attempt to assassinate the author Nagīb Mahfūz.
The review deals with the angry Coptic reactions after the medical commission entrusted with examining the Alexandria churches assailant’s mental health said in its report that Mahmūd Salāh al-Dīn ‘Abd al-Rāziq is delusional and schizophrenic and not responsible for his actions.
Watani reports on the church stabbings in Alexandria by an allegedly mentally unstable individual.
The review tackles the incidents of Alexandria, where a man, alleged by the Ministry of the Interior to be a lunatic, stormed three churches one after the other, and stabbed worshippers while chanting Muslim slogans in praise of the Prophet Muhammad.
Father Marqus ‘Azīz Khalīl relates his memories of Pope Shenouda III writing poetry.
The issue of Coptic candidates is now being debated and Coptic intellectuals, like Milad Hanna, reject the idea of isolating Copts and keep them waiting until the end of the nomination decision. The author listed many names expected to take part in the next election campaign and compared the...
’Love Street’ previously was 54 Sidi Bishr Street, but reality has changed the name since a mosque stands next to a church and Muslims and Christians peacefully live together, experiencing the sweet and bitter days of life.

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