All posts tagged "Christianity"

For centuries, people have practised abstinence from the comforts and pleasures of everyday life as a way...

Sultry, moonless nights see the start of the mulid—the lights are vibrant and the shisha sweet, crowds...

Egyptian histories are a blend of divinity and devotion; there is no recent or distant memory that...

Tucked into the cliffside is a sight unlike any other: etched likenesses of the Holy Family are...

It’s Friday: an Egyptian home is with ripe sunlight, the morning catching on furniture and slanting across...

By Marina Kilada Today, the Coptic Orthodox community -one of several minorities in Egypt- celebrates the beginning...

Christian art is often associated with Western imagery, yet it isn’t much acknowledged that Eastern forms of...

When visiting Luxor, the average traveler is spoiled for choice. However, one attractive and evident site to...

Following the tragic attacks in Sri Lanka, world leaders, including Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, have...

According to local Egyptian news outlets, the Ministry of Local development has announced its program to develop...

Saudi Arabia: a country that has been the center of attention for many years because of its...

  A committee headed by Prime Minister and Housing Minister Mostafa Madbouly approved the legalization of 168...

Following Wednesday’s events in which Egyptian Coptic monks were assaulted and arrested by Israeli forces in Jerusalem,...

Tracing the history of Middle Eastern racial classification in America A few weeks ago, I was working...

Authoritarian regimes and religious institutions in the Muslim majority world see eye-to-eye on the topic of atheism....

  Prime Minister Sherif Ismail has approved the legalisation of 102 unlicensed churches and 64 church-associated buildings...

Contrary to the celebration of Christmas Mass traditionally being held in the St. Mark Cathedral in Cairo’s...