26. Is it true that 100,000 Copts emigrated in 2011?
This is a comment on an article with a similar title published on April 13 on a blog called “Salamamoussa. Reclaiming Egypt,” named after Salāmah Mūsá (1887-1958). He was a well-known journalist, writer, and advocate of secularism and Arab socialism who was born into a wealthy, land-owning Coptic family in the town of Al-Zaqāzīq located in the Nile Delta. I also commented on a previous article on American Copts, see: http://www.arabwestreport.info/year-2012/week-14/33-salamah-musa-coptic-....
48. Interview with ‘Abd al-Mun’im Abū al-Futūh, Presidential hopeful
[AWR: this interview was recorded, transcribed and translated by Diana Maher Ghali]
32. Selecting the Next Pope: An FPA Press Conference with AWR
Near thirty journalists gathered at the Cairo Foreign Press Association headquarters to gain insight on the process involved in selecting a successor to the recently deceased Pope Shenouda. Arab West Report presented its research on the subject, accepting also further inquiries.
24. Eyewitness: Maspero
Which images and stories are to be trusted? Copts and Muslims being united in Tahrīr Square in January and February 2011? Coptic Orthodox Priest Father Yu’annis and Salafī Shaykh Hamdī cooperating in the Upper Egyptian village of Qufādah or those of October 9, 2011, with raging armored vehicles, mercilessly crushing and killing Coptic protesters? The images of burned churches? And what should be made then of the photos of Muslims protesting this outburst of violence against Christians?
68. Post-Revolutionary Construction in Egypt
In post-Revolutionary Egypt the government is in a weakened state with little or no capacity to enforce laws. Many citizens have chosen to take advantage of this power vacuum to construct churches, mosques, and other buildings in their villages. This article highlights construction in several villages in Upper Egypt--some of which was done with a permit and some without.