Resources
Elmahaba Center: Uniting Coptic Egyptians in Nashville’s Little Minya
Author: Noran Morsi
Publication Date: 1/4/2021
Source: Egyptian Streets
Imagine a Coptic Egyptian Community Center in the middle of a southern state in the United States with services such as a clinic and a lawyer on the top floor, Arabic-speaking restaurant and business owners on the bottom floor, and a plaza that is decorated to celebrate Egyptian culture. This is the vision Lydia Yousief has for ‘Elmahaba’ in Nashville, Tennessee.
According to the 2016 U.S. Census, there were 181,000 Egyptians in the U.S., however, the number is believed to be much higher. Unlike the upper and middle-class Coptic communities in New York, Washington DC, and the Los Angeles area, Tennessee has a majority working-class community. Egypt is estimated to be around 10 to 15 percent Christian and 85 to 90 percent Muslim, but in Nashville, over 90 percent of Egyptians are Coptic Christian.
European Cultural Diplomacy and Arab Christians in Palestine, 1918–1948: Between Contention and Connection
Author: Karène Sanchez Summerer & Sary Zananiri
Publisher/Publication: Palgrave Macmillan
DOI/ISBN: 10.1007/978-3-030-55540-5
European Cultural Diplomacy and Arab Christians in Palestine
Publication Date: 12/3/2021
Source: Bethlehem University
The Office of the Dean of Research and the Research Council organized a symposium and a launch of the book, European Cultural Diplomacy and Arab Christians in Palestine, 1918–1948 Between Contention and Connection, on Thursday, 11 March 2021, via Google Meet.
‘Like a Miracle’: Israel’s Vaccine Success Allows Easter Crowds in Jerusalem
Author: Patrick Kingsley
Publication Date: 3/4/2021
Source: The New York Times
Last year, the pandemic forced the cancellation of the Good Friday procession in Jerusalem. This Holy Week, local Christians are thronging the streets of the Old City.
William Barber preaches at Easter vigil service spotlighting Christian Palestinians
Author: Daoud Kuttab
Publication Date: 6/4/2021
Source: Religious News Service
Barber’s appearance served to recognize Christians in the Palestinian liberation movement, which some American evangelicals paint as an apocalyptic conflict between Christians and Muslims.
Lebanese Christians bring light in a very dark time
Author: Kevin Zeller
Publication Date: 24/3/2021
Source: Mission Network News
Lebanon’s middle class has virtually disappeared amid worsening economic troubles. Millions have sunk below the poverty line. Lebanon remains without a functioning government ever since the Beirut explosion last summer.
Muted Easter celebrations for Lebanon’s Christians as poverty bites
Author: Aya Iskandarani
Publication Date: 4/4/2021
Source: The National News
For the second year running, a once-colourful celebration for Lebanon’s Christians is marred by national crisis
Christians in Baghdad celebrate Easter with resignation
Publication Date: 5/4/2021
Source: Archyde
Easter Sunday. Mass has just ended in the Syrian Catholic Church of Our Lady of Salvation (Sayidat Al-Najat), in central Baghdad. In just a few minutes the benches are emptied, while the last notes of song are lost in the nave. Just a month ago, Pope Francis delivered from this same altar a speech of hope and unity, exhorting the Christians of Iraq to forgiveness and resilience. A particularly symbolic message in this cathedral where on October 31, 2010, terrorists had killed 48 people and injured hundreds of others.
