The author argues that the story of the priest’s wife revealed that the reactions of society have become uncivilized. He states that society is facing two crises:
First, the culture of law is collapsing; people no longer believe that the law is the only channel for resolving their problems.
Second, the church’s authority increase as a result of the state’s failure to resolve the issue of citizenship. The church starts to impose its will over the state as shown in the issue of the second marriage of Copts.
Keywords: Wafā’ Constantine