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Palm Sunday bombings • 10 min read

From the scenes of the Palm Sunday bombings in Tanta and Alexandria

Basma Mostafa, Mohamed Gamal and Nahla El Nemr | Grief and anger in the aftermath of Egypt's church bombings

10 April 2017

sectarian violence • 10 min read

Christians and churches in Egypt: Aggression from all sides

Mostafa Mohie | We track the 4 sources of sectarian aggression against churches and Christians over the past 5 decades

14 December 2016

St. Peter and St. Paul Church bombing • 9 min read

From the flood of fury and tears: What happened at St. Peter and St. Paul Church?

Karoline Kamel | Karoline Kamel reports from the immediate aftermath of the bombing of St. Peter and St. Paul Church

11 December 2016

St. Peter and St. Paul Church bombing • 3 min read

Images of destruction and despair from St. Peter and St. Paul Church

Photos capture the destruction and despair left in the aftermath of the IED that donated in a Cairo church

11 December 2016

attacks on churches • 7 min read

Remembering the Two Saints bombing – and the lack of justice

Lina Attalah | Five years after a deadly bombing that took the lives of 23 people, the Two Saints Church in Alexandria

1 January 2016

attacks on churches • 7 min read

From Minya, after the verdict

Jahd Khalil | In the small, rural towns of Minya, everyone seems to know everyone else’s business. So it was odd

14 April 2014

attacks on churches • 7 min read

Shooting turns a wedding into a funeral

Dalia Rabie | In her hospital bed, Houwaida Refaat calls out for her 12-year-old daughter Mariam, who she still doesn’t

22 October 2013

attacks on churches • 10 min read

After the dust settles

Heba Afify and Naira Antoun | Days after security forces stormed the Minya village of Delga and arrested dozens of residents following

26 September 2013

attacks on churches • 8 min read

A day at the ‘Islamic Emirate of Delga’

Samuel Forey | Dust and desert. Dust and road. Dust and checkpoints. Turn left. Dust and tombs. Dust and dust. Dust

21 September 2013

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Opinion

Amro Ali

Alexandria’s church bombing and the deepening of melancholia

Shock and grief in Alexandria after the Palm Sunday church bombing

12 April 2017

Ishaq Ibrahim

How can Egypt prevent another pre-Christmas bombing?

It’s delusional to believe announcing the names of the perpetrators will prevent another attack

14 December 2016

Delga, one year later

Twenty kilometers separate the city of Dir Mouass, the district’s capital, and the village of Delga,

18 August 2014

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News

travel alert • 2 min read

US Embassy warns its citizens against visiting Christian sites outside Cairo

6 June 2017

Palm Sunday bombings • 2 min read

Interior Ministry identifies Tanta church suicide bomber, 3 alleged accomplices

13 April 2017

Palm Sunday bombings • 3 min read

Update: 17 killed in Province of Sinai suicide bomber attack near Alexandria church

9 April 2017

Palm Sunday bombings • 4 min read

Update: 33 killed in explosion in Tanta church claimed by Province of Sinai

9 April 2017

St. Peter and St. Paul Church bombing • 4 min read

Islamic State releases video of man alleged to be responsible for December church bombing

20 February 2017

St. Peter and St. Paul Church bombing • 3 min read

Confessions of 4 additional suspects arrested in church bombing broadcast on TV

5 January 2017

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