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Copts dream of a secure Egypt at Christmas

As Coptic Christians celebrate Christmas, hope and fear surrounds Egypt’s future

Liliana Mihaila

January 7, 2013

Daily News Egypt picks 10 In-Focus features

Ten of our best features in 2012

December 31, 2012

The white cab, introduced to the streets of Cairo after 2009. (DNE/ Hassan Ibrahim)

Six Days with Cab Drivers in Cairo

Understanding the grey between black and white

December 26, 2012

Zawag el-safka involves a much older man paying money to marry a girl for defined period of time Sarah El Masry

A business deal called marriage

When poverty and lack of awareness turns marriage to a business deal;…

December 25, 2012

Clothes dry outside Amal’s home Ethar Shalaby

Sexual abuse within the family

Sexual abuse in Egypt is a great taboo but it is the…

December 24, 2012

The little men and women of Egypt

“The children we deprive today of their childhood, will deprive us from…

December 18, 2012

Fishing boats lie in the water off the coast of Gaza AFP Photo / Mahmud Hams

When the dust settles in Gaza…

The continuing battles of an independent activist in Palestine

December 19, 2012

Cabinet clashes remembered

Egypt ended 2011 with street fighting that left many dead

Liliana Mihaila

December 16, 2012

The movement is demanding the people who killed Jika be brought to justice. (file photo) Mohamed Omar

6 April: the facts

The 6 April Youth Movement which started with a Facebook group is…

December 15, 2012

Pedestrians pass by the alluring exterior of Cafe Riche Hassan Ibrahim

Cairo’s Downtown coffeehouses

Downtown Cairo is Egypt’s heart of cultural and political dynamism and coffeehouses…

December 25, 2012