Mahmud El-Shafey is a writer and assistant editor at <em>Asharq Al-Awsat</em>.

Copts’ Uneasy State Relations

[caption id="attachment_55240642" align="alignnone" width="620"] Head of the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II (L) leads the Coptic…

Under the Weight of Censorship

[caption id="attachment_55238921" align="alignnone" width="620"] The daily newspaper Al-Ahram is sold in Tahrir Square on March 4 2011 in downtown…

Code of Honor

[caption id="attachment_55249619" align="alignnone" width="620"] The remains of a horse carriage lie on the street in the southern Egyptian city of…