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Egypt’s culture min. congratulates Copts, all Egyptians on the occasion of Christmas

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Publication Date: 6/1/2021

Source: Egypt Today

Egypt’s Minister of Culture Inas Abdel Dayem congratulated the Copts and all Egyptians on the occasion of Christmas.

She said that Egypt remains a model of tolerance and coexistence and a unique example of the unity of the national fabric over the years.

On this occasion, the Ministry of Culture celebrates on its YouTube channel. On January 7, the movie "Salt of the Earth" will be broadcast. The movie is from the graduation projects of the students of the Higher Institute of Cinema at the Academy of Arts, directed by Bishoy Ashraf, on the story of the monastery of Anba Antonius.

Understanding Coptic history: Understanding Egyptian history

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Author: Dina Ezzat

Publication Date: 5/1/2021

Source: Ahram Online

It is impossible to subtract the history of Egypt’s Coptic Christians from mainstream Egyptian history, historian Mohamed Afifi explains in an interview with Al-Ahram Weekly.

It is not a particularly festive Christmas that the Copts of Egypt are celebrating today, notably because of the restrictions resulting from the winter surge in Covid-19. However, Christmas this year has been marked, as has been the case over the past five years, with an announcement of the restoration of several churches and the registration of others under construction nationwide.

For Egypt’s Coptic Church, and perhaps for the overwhelming majority of Copts, this is no small thing. It is a gesture that is as celebrated as the tradition of President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi to attend Christmas Mass in Cairo, started in January 2015 only six months after he became president.

Acquittal in assault of Christian woman casts pall over Christmas for Egypt's Coptic community

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Author: Shahira Amin

Publication Date: 28/12/2020

Source: Al-Monitor

A controversial court ruling acquitting three defendants — a father and his two sons — who had stripped naked and dragged an elderly Coptic Christian woman through the streets of an Upper Egyptian village four years ago, has sparked an outcry from rights groups and the country's Christian community.

The three men who had been sentenced to 10 years each in absentia by the Minya Criminal Court in January were acquitted Dec. 17 after turning themselves in. Over the course of the last 11 months, several judges had recused themselves from the case for unclear reasons.