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TOPIC Maspero
features
activists • 6 min read
‘The Infiltrator’: Shedding light on the invisible hands
Heba Afify | Mohannad Galal has infiltrated the lines of state-serving civilians, seen aiding the military and police
18 June 2014
2014 presidential elections • 6 min read
The voice of Christians
Lina Attalah | In the Daher neighborhood, east of Cairo, signs and billboards in support of presidential candidate Abdel
27 May 2014
coptic christians • 13 min read
A civil Coptic movement struggles in a polarized Egypt
Leyla Doss | On the evening of March 5, 2011, then 19-year-old Tony Sabry was sheltered beneath a blanket as he participated
12 May 2014
Interior Ministry • 14 min read
The police are back, but for how long?
Mohamad Salama Adam | Perhaps the people happiest with humankind’s failure to turn the sci-fi legend of time machines
30 January 2014
Maspero • 9 min read
Why is Maspero different?
Sarah Carr | The months of 2011 are remembered less by their names than acts of violence — clashes of varying intensity
9 October 2013
 
Opinion
Omar Robert Hamilton
The City Always Wins
An excerpt from Omar Robert Hamilton's book
3 August 2017
Mina Thabet
Maspero — the absence of justice
On October 9, 2011, I witnessed the Egyptian military brutally murder dozens of Coptic Christians, using
9 October 2015
Sally Toma
My survivor’s guilt: Coping with the trauma of loss
I first met Mina Danial in Tahrir Square, following the bloody events of the Battle of the Camel.  
22 July 2015
 
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News
television censorship • 5 min read
Presenter Azza Hennawy after referral to trial: Now only space for hypocrites at Maspero
27 August 2016
Azza al-Hennawy • 5 min read
State TV anchor suspended for criticizing Sisi
11 November 2015
archives • 4 min read
Maspero2011: Archiving the memory of the Coptic protest’s violent dispersal
8 October 2015
2015 Egypt Economic Development Conference • 8 min read
Sisi’s monthly speech summed up: The 10 most important issues addressed
12 May 2015
attacks on Copts • 6 min read
Coptic activists outraged by pope’s remarks on Maspero massacre
25 December 2014
2014 presidential elections • 4 min read
Update: Sisi interview with Kuwait paper is fake, says campaign
30 May 2014
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