Tag: civil society

Coptic Christians Threaten to Walk Out of Egyptian Constitution Talks

Frustrated by their seeming lack of efficacy in creating a more moderate Egyptian constitution, Coptic Christians have threatened to walk out on a committee charged with creating the new document. Thus far,…

Egypt’s Two-Front War for Democracy: New York Times

Cairo — Mariam Ashraf was an eight-year-old Coptic girl. On Oct. 20, she went with her family to the Church of the Virgin, in Cairo, for a relative’s wedding. She was thrilled…