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Review

The Great God Pan Still Lives

January 25, 2016

Ed Simon reviews Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: Journeys into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East by Gerard Russell.

Al-Ahd: A Different Kind of Ramadan Serial

August 26, 2015

Patricia Kubala watches “Al-Ahd,” Egypt’s first fantasy television drama.

In the News: Saints, Slavery, Celibacy, and more!

August 14, 2015

A round-up of the week's religion news.

Egypt's Salafis: Security and Survival

July 16, 2015

Jahd Khalil reports on the role of the Salafi Dawa in Egyptian politics.

In the News: Racism, Ramadan, Romanian Witches and more!

June 25, 2015

A round-up of the week's religion news.

Review

How Christians Helped Create The Muslim Brotherhood

December 16, 2014

Maurice Chammah reviews Beth Baron's book The Orphan Scandal: Christian Missionaries and the Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood.

In the News: Biomemes, Voodoo, Elie Wiesel and more!

September 17, 2014

A round-up of recent religion and media stories in the news.

Religion and Press Freedom in the Digital Age – Part Two: Al Jazeera on Trial

July 9, 2014

The second in a series of posts on issues at the intersection of press freedom, religion, digital media and...

Religion and Press Freedom in the Digital Age – Part One: Information on Trial

June 10, 2014

The first in a series of posts on issues at the intersection of press freedom, religion, digital media and...

Turmoil at Al-Azhar: Religion, Politics, and the Egyptian State

April 8, 2014

Jared Malsin on the religious and political stakes of upheaval at Egypt's Al-Azhar University.

Review

The Secular Square

March 7, 2014

Maurice Chammah reviews Oscar-nominated documentary film, The Square.

Copts in a Revolutionary Age: Egypt's Last Secularists?

March 7, 2014

Jared Malsin reports from Cairo on the political choices facing Coptic Christians in today's Egypt.

Review

Performing Piety

January 15, 2014

Maurice Chammah reviews a new book on Egypt's swing towards public religiosity and the celebrities who reinvented their image...

On Piety: Egypt, Islam and the Muslim Brotherhood

September 4, 2013

By Maurice Chammah The popular image of Egypt split by religious and political loyalties belies a subtle story of...

Carmen Weinstein: Legacy and Nostalgia

April 29, 2013

On April 13, Carmen Weinstein, leader of Egypt’s dwindling Jewish community, died at her home in Cairo. She was...

Sonallah Ibrahim: Life in the Raw

April 16, 2013

Following the publication of a new translation of Sonallah Ibrahim's "That Smell," Maurice Chammah considers the book, and its...

Destiny and Defiance in Port Said

February 1, 2013

By Maurice Chammah "Port Said, once the pariah, is now the vanguard. As the protests turn to street battles,...

African Responses to "Muslim Innocence"

September 25, 2012

by Alex Thurston Protests against the Innocence of Muslims film have taken on a global scope...in sub-Saharan Africa, responses...

Decibels and Debate: Unifying Egypt's Call to Prayer

September 24, 2012

by Maurice Chammah The call to prayer was not just a reminder of religious extremism. For these elite Egyptians,...

All Together? The Legacy of Egypt's Jews

September 17, 2012

by Maurice Chammah At first I did a double take, seeing the word ‘Weinstein’ in simple block letters one...

The Bullet That Doesn't Hit You

September 11, 2012

By Maurice Chammah Nasser had...wanted the state to protect journalists from the market, but could that be done without...

Salafism for Dummies

July 26, 2012

by Alex Thurston Suddenly, Salafism seems to be everywhere: mainstream Salafism, political Salafism, Wahhabist Salafism,

The First Draft of History: Wire Agency Reporting in Egypt

July 2, 2012

by Maurice Chammah The editors weren’t pleased. It was too complex...It would be easier, they decided, to frame the...

Feature

Manufacturing Visions:A Review of "The Virgin, the Copts and Me"

May 10, 2012

By Abhimanyu Das Namir Abdel Messeeh's highly entertaining documentary The Virgin, the Copts and Me is a curious beast,...

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The Great God Pan Still Lives

Al-Ahd: A Different Kind of Ramadan Serial

In the News: Saints, Slavery, Celibacy, and more!

Egypt's Salafis: Security and Survival

In the News: Racism, Ramadan, Romanian Witches and more!

How Christians Helped Create The Muslim Brotherhood

In the News: Biomemes, Voodoo, Elie Wiesel and more!

Religion and Press Freedom in the Digital Age – Part Two: Al Jazeera on Trial

Religion and Press Freedom in the Digital Age – Part One: Information on Trial

Turmoil at Al-Azhar: Religion, Politics, and the Egyptian State

The Secular Square

Copts in a Revolutionary Age: Egypt's Last Secularists?

Performing Piety

On Piety: Egypt, Islam and the Muslim Brotherhood

Carmen Weinstein: Legacy and Nostalgia

Sonallah Ibrahim: Life in the Raw

Destiny and Defiance in Port Said

African Responses to "Muslim Innocence"

Decibels and Debate: Unifying Egypt's Call to Prayer

All Together? The Legacy of Egypt's Jews

The Bullet That Doesn't Hit You

Salafism for Dummies

The First Draft of History: Wire Agency Reporting in Egypt

Manufacturing Visions:A Review of "The Virgin, the Copts and Me"

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