Arab West Report Egyptian press summaries and media research for dialogue

Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III expressed heartfelt condolences for Egyptians over the deplorable incidents that followed the Egyptian league football game between Cairo's al-Ahlī and Port Said's al-Misrī in the coastal city. [Husnī Mīlād, al-Akhbār, February 3, p. 7] Read original text in Arabic

Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III will lead the Christmas mass, said Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah, denying rumors that the church was going to cancel this year’s celebrations of the Eastern Christmas on January 7, 2012. [Ashraf Sādiq, al-Ahrām, December 23, 2011, p.10] Read the original text in Arabic 

The author, a journalist from the Salafi newspaper al-Fath, narrates a story in which he was assigned by his editing boss to go take photos of some "buildings violating the law" in the impoverished Cairo slum of Minsha'at Nāsir.