Date of source: Sunday, September 21, 2008
The article reflects on the success of the Ninth International Conference of Coptic studies and describes the wealth of new information about Coptic issues that was discussed at the conference.
Date of source: Sunday, May 25, 2008
The article covers issues that have made the headlines in Egypt in the last month and includes the story of a postman was detained for two months, a fatwá thatwas issued declaring that non-Muslims are not apostates and the contentious issue of a piece of land near St. Macarius monastery that has...
Date of source: Sunday, May 11, 2008
The article describes the events of the first Coptic Studies Symposium that was recently held at the University of Toronto.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Drs. Hulsman compiled a chronological overview of the Church of Abū Fānā, based on articles sent to him by Dr. Helmut Buschhausen. He begins in 1982 when initiatives were established to help prevent further deterioration of the church.
Date of source: Sunday, May 11, 2008
The author discusses the need to preserve the Egyptian heritage, and how everybody should immerse themselves in this process, providing examples of how historical areas have been allowed to fall into disrepair.
Date of source: Monday, September 8, 2008
The article explains a map that was sent to Arab West Report by H.E. Governor Ahmed Dia el-Din concerning the Abu Fana monastery.
Date of source: Sunday, April 27, 2008
The author discusses the tradition of cooking the Chrism Oil in the desert monastery of Anba Bishoi.
Date of source: Sunday, April 27, 2008
An article is distributed to university students dictating the means of dealing with non-Muslims.
Date of source: Sunday, March 23, 2008
A renovation project at a mosque in Luxor has uncovered evidence of a Coptic church and rare pharaonic inscriptions from the reign of Ramses II.
Date of source: Sunday, February 17, 2008
A group of students and scholars from Claremont University in the U.S recently visited the Coptic sites of Egypt. In the article the dean of the religion department who took part in the trip describes her experiences.