Date of source: Wednesday, April 12, 2006
The author recounts the history of the Jewish ghetto in Old Cairo and the
synagogues in Egypt, as well as
the activities of Jews who used to inhabit that ghetto.
Date of source: Monday, December 29, 2003
For the first time since the Synagogue of Prophet Daniel [in Alexandria] was categorized as a historical building, the Jewish community stopped the inspectors of the Authority of Antiquities from going into the synagogue.
Date of source: Saturday, September 20, 2003
A Jewish association called “Prophet Daniel,” based in France, asked the Egyptian government to give it permission to excavate Jewish antiquities in Egypt. The author believes that such a request is a new attempt on the part of the Jews to fool around Egyptian antiquities after the failure of their...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 22, 2003
Several months ago Jewish media launched a campaign for the recovering of alleged Jewish possessions in Arab and Islamic countries, including the whole Abbasiya district in Egypt, a great part of the Yemeni city of Aden and villages in Iraq. Mosques and Islamic institutions are already constructed...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 16, 2005
A German film production company has presented a request to the Supreme Council of Antiquities, seeking permission to film part of a documentary about the history of the Jews, at Jewish monuments in Egypt.
Date of source: Saturday, December 14, 2002
Dr. Gawdat Gabra will be teaching a course on Coptic Monasticism in the Spring semester at the American University in Cairo (AUC). The course provides a general survey of Coptic monasticism.
Date of source: Sunday, January 22, 2006
Reviewer: ‘Amr al-Misrī
The newspapers report that some extremist Israelis have been celebrating the mawlid of Abu Hasīra in Egypt with strange rituals which have caused much anger among Egyptian locals.
Date of source: Friday, May 14, 2004
There is a widespread belief that the children of Israel joined the Egyptians in building the pyramids. A school of Jewish archeologists and authors has supported this opinion. Now, they are excavating in Egypt. If we let them excavate for the monuments then they will interpret it in their own...
Date of source: Thursday, May 24, 2001
The decision of the Higher Council for Antiquities to consider Abu Hasera’s tomb, in Demtawa, as a monument, was taken four months ago. Until now, however, it has not been published in the official newspaper-which means that it is not enforceable. The inhabitants of Demtawa were very angry and...
Date of source: Monday, April 16, 2001
Father Marcos Aziz Khalil, the priest of the Hanging Church, found himself under the guillotine of Bishop Bishoi, the secretary of the Holy Council. This is the first time the priest of the Hanging Church has been referred to trial, in spite of his position and known attitudes towards the church....