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Many legends surround an old tree called the “Virgin Mary Tree,” located in the ancient al-Maṭariyya district of eastern Cairo.
The author reviews the book by Watani reporter Robeir al-Faris entitled Magic and Copts—Study and Texts. This books attempts to separate the Christian religion from Egyptian cultural practices that remain from before Egyptians embraced Christianity. The book maintains that Christianity bans magic,...
In this article Muhammad Sayyed Al-Ashmawi expressed his thoughts concerning the circumstances of Arabs and Muslims. He said that Egyptian and Arab societies are passing through a crucial phase due to the absence of freethinking. He commented on the role of modern preachers. These modern preachers...
The village of Tanah has about ten or twenty confidence men, who have taken up the profession of blackmailing the dreams of simple people by magic, quackery and stealth.
Sheikha Nadia has made a big name for herself among the people and in the local press. Thousands of people from various parts of the country as far field as the south Egyptian town of Aswan flocked to Abbis, a small village near the coastal town of Alexandria. They were after one thing: the...
Sheikha Nadia, a female sheikh, has developed treatment against diseases with magic and jinns. Azhar scholars, however, don’t believe in her way of curing since is not even able to read the Qur’an correctly.
Atef Helmi, an Egyptian Catholic, focuses his criticism on what he considers superstition of Egyptian Charismatics who are linked to American Charismatic movements.
Mr. Y. H. Zarate says that he heard from his Saudi friend that it is not permissible to say good things about any property or any person for fear that this may bring something bad to that property or person. This is the belief in envy or the so-called evil eye. Zarate wonders whether there is any...
A supposedly Christian man who is 73-years old in Minoufia is exposed by his wife for being so interested in black magic that he used to leave his family starving and go to spend his money on black magic. Many people used to help his family so that they would not die of starvation.
Although the authorities frown upon the practice, exorcists, clairvoyants and sorcerers are enjoying a growing business in a poor country [Egypt] where the wealth gap is widening, sociologists say.

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