Egypt’s disappearing women
In America, progressive feminists often speak out against toxic masculinity. But in Egypt, women, especially Christian women, live with its brutal reality. Julia Atef, 21, never...
Coptic Orthodox Church
U.S. Lawmaker Highlights Plight of Christian Man Imprisoned in Egypt Over Facebook Posts
The plight of a Yemeni man imprisoned in Egypt for participating in a Facebook group composed of Muslim converts to Christianity has been highlighted by a prominent U.S. lawmaker....
Flash Briefs
After Israel-Hamas war, Egyptian Copts face ambiguous future
For almost a decade, Egyptian President Abdel Fatah el-Sisi has wanted to curb religious extremism and enhance the status of Christians in his country. In the wake of Hamas’ Oct. 7th attacks...
Op-eds
Bashar al-Assad is back
And the Arab League’s got him
Op-eds
The Middle East’s religious minorities are facing extinction. The world must act.
Pope Francis began his first-ever papal trip to Iraq on Friday, marking a watershed moment in relations between the Catholic Church and the Middle East. Yet for all the optimism of the Pope’s message,...
Op-eds
The problem with promoting democracy
In a better world, I’d be enthusiastically in favor of democracy promotion and even nation-building -- more correctly called state-building. But we don’t live in a better world....
Op-eds
A pope and a grand imam
Pope Tawadros II had planned to spend last week on retreat in a monastery near Alexandria. But then Mohammed bin Salman, on a three-day visit to Egypt, asked to see him. The Saudi Crown...
Op-eds
The War on Free Speech
Last Friday, in his end-of-the-year press conference, President Obama scolded Sony Pictures. Cancelling the theatrical release of “The Interview” following cyber-attacks from North Ko...
Op-eds
A Road Map To Get To The Bottom Of Benghazi
CNN President Jeff Zucker says his network may not bother to report on the House...
Op-eds
Christians Persecuted at Alarming Rate in Iran, Arab World, US Report Says
Christians are under siege in the Middle East, and the Obama administration is not doing enough to stop religious persecution by its allies, according to a new report from a bipartisan federal co...
Op-eds
Analysis: Despite Plight of Mideast Christians, Some Leaders Still Single Out Israel
The deadly bomb attacks in Christian districts of Iraq’s capital Baghdad on Christmas Day caused the deaths of 37 people. One bomb appeared to target congregants leaving a Ca...
Op-eds
Where Is Egypt Headed?
Egypt is caught in an authoritarian vise. On the one hand, the Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated former president Mohamed Morsi and his Islamic supporters trampled roughshod over the rights and liber...
Op-eds
Obama’s New World Order: Power to Our Enemies, Death to Our Friends & a Fish in the President’s Face
The anti-Morsi, anti-Muslim Brotherhood, and therefore anti-Obama demonstrations in Egypt are the biggest in human history. It’s quite something, an historic event. Whatever the...
Op-eds
Egypt and the US
The last few days of mass protests in Egypt show that broad swaths of Egypt’s population reject the Islamic dominated government of President Mohammed Morsi – a former politician...
Op-eds
Egypt’s Never-Ending Revolution
Since January 25, Egypt has witnessed an unprecedented wave of nationwide protests which have left more than 60 people dead. The country remains in a state of lawlessness. The protests,...
Policy Briefs
The Rise of Egypt’s Jon Stewart
The popularity of satirist Bassem Youssef may show that the government can’t stifle public debate
Op-eds
The Mirage of the Arab Spring
We Americans are nice people. We don’t like to see anyone living under tyranny. So when protests broke out against the authoritarian regimes in Tunisia and Egypt, most of us were supportive...
Op-eds
A Blind Spot
Jihadi radicalisation and religious ideology One area of study that has significantly grown over the past decade is that of radicalisation. How do individuals come to be...
Op-eds
What Happened in Cairo
On the eleventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, an Egyptian mob stormed the U.S. emba...
Op-eds
Fatal Arab Spring
EMANUELE OTTOLENGHI The Cairo Speech illusion may now be over. To lead, America must be feared, not loved. Much energy was invested in recent years to improve America&rs...