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Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi (2nd R) talks next to Coptic Pope Tawadros II as he attends Christmas Eve Mass at St. Mark’s Cathedral, the seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope in Cairo, on January 6, 2015. (Reuters/ Al-Yawm Al-Saba’a Newspaper)

Sisi makes historic Christmas visit to St. Mark’s Cathedral

by Ahmad Al-Ghamrawi | Jan 8, 2015 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi visited the country’s main Coptic cathedral in Cairo on Tuesday evening to attend its Christmas celebrations, becoming the first Egyptian head of state to visit the cathedral to mark the occasion. Sisi...

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In this Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013 file photo, a poster showing Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, center, and former presidents Anwar Sadat, left, and Gamal Abdel-Nasser, right, is taped to an army armored vehicle on a bridge leading to Tahrir Square during celebrations marking the 40th anniversary of Egypt’s Oct. 6 crossing of the Suez Canal during the 1973 war with Israel, in Cairo, Egypt (AP)

Constitution Conundrum

by Mahmud El Shafey | Nov 4, 2013 | Majalla Blogs

Rumors continue to swirl around Egypt’s Lagna Al-Khamseen—the fifty-member committee tasked with drafting its new constitution. Speculation is rife as to whether the document will designate Shari’a law as the basis for legislation, allow civilians to be tried by...