Twenty-Two Royal Mummies Rolled Through Cairo and Met a New Pharaoh
For Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, grandeur through association.
Sinai Bedouins and the Failed Battle Against Jihad in Egypt
The devastating attack on a mosque in the northern Sinai Peninsula has largely been identified by observers as primarily an act of religious sectarian violence. To wit: Salafi-Wahhabi terrorists in the [...]
In Egypt, Pope Francis Upstaged by Top Islamic Imam
Pope Francis left Egypt Saturday after a two-day visit to a country beset by chronic anti-Christian violence and where he pleaded for tolerance, civility and dialogue among religions. [...]
Palm Sunday bombings: Christians are under chronic threat in the Middle East
(Story on Egypt as it appeared on the Washington Post website) By Daniel Williams Global Opinions April 10 at 4:37 PM Relatives mourn victims of the Palm Sunday bombings during a funeral at the Monastery [...]
On Egypt and Sisi, Trump No Worse than Obama
Everyone has decided that President Trump has altered US policy toward Egypt by meeting with and praising military ruler Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, in a White House meeting. Trump said Sisi is “doing [...]
Egypt: A Look Back with Longing to Pre-Tahrir Cinema
Rome–This week marks the fifth anniversary of the Tahrir Square demonstrations that helped bring down the 30 year dictatorship of Hosni Mubarak and then opened the way an experiment in electoral [...]
“Forsaken” my book on Christian persecution in the Middle East
“Forsaken: The Persecution of Christians in Today’s Middle East” will be rolled out in January, 2016. You can order it now at the O/R Books web site: http://www.orbooks.com/catalog/forsaken-by-daniel-williams/ [...]
Omar Sharif: The Eyes of Egypt’s Greatest Film Actor
Rome— Omar Sharif, 83, a versatile actor and one of movie history’s most global of stars, has died. He made films not only in Egypt but Europe and the United States, where he is best known [...]
Egypt’s Burgeoning Islamic State of Sinai
Capri—(Adds links to accounts of Sisi’s tenure) An Islamic State affiliate once known as Jama‘at Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (loose translation: the Champions of Jerusalem Group) said it carried [...]
Electro-Shaabi: Can Frenetic Dancing Save Egypt?
New York–I was in Cairo a few weeks ago and strolling down the Nile in front of the future Ritz Carlton Hotel when I stopped to gaze at the tourist boats below, all festooned as usual with colored [...]
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