BBC News

Mr Mursi has been portrayed as a spare tyre

Egyptians pride themselves on their sense of humour - which they believe is the most sophisticated in the Arab world. And with presidential elections looming, the leading candidates have been mercilessly lampooned by Egypt's satirists.

Reuters

(Reuters) - Egypt's Coptic Christians complained of discrimination under Hosni Mubarak but fear it may get worse if an Islamist takes his place in next week's presidential election.

New York Times

Mena Shalaby plays a young protester in Yousry Nasrallah's "After the Battle."

CANNES, FRANCE — The Egyptian filmmaker Yousry Nasrallah’s “After the Battle” is set in the heart of Cairo, his home ground. The story is about a clash between men on horseback and camels and young demonstrators in Tahrir Square on Feb. 2, 2011, during Egypt’s rebellion.

(AINA) -- Yesterday an Egyptian court in Minya sentenced a Muslim man to death for the killing and wounding of six Christians. Judge Mahmoud Salama pronounced the sentenced against 29-year-old policeman Amer Ashour Abdel-Zaher.

At a well-attended meeting in Parliament held this evening, and chaired by Lord Alton of Liverpool, Peers and MPs heard first-hand accounts about the plight of the persecuted church in Pakistan and Egypt – and in particular about the plight of Christian women, whom Lord Alton said faced “double persecution – both on account of their beliefs and their gender.”

The Washington Times

Cypriot Foreign Minister Erato
Kozakou-Marcoullis

Cyprus‘ foreign minister says her island nation can serve as a “bridge” between the European Union and the Middle East, where the fate of Christian communities in the post-Arab Spring nations should be a concern in the West.

Washington Post

CAIRO — A year after an attack by ultraconservative Muslims raised the spectre of a wave of religious strife in Egypt, the Christian churches in Cairo’s Imbaba district have been repaired, with sturdy wooden rafters, fresh paint and portraits of the Virgin Mary and Jesus ready to be hung anew.

Washington Times

West must not surrender permanent liberty for temporary tolerance

As I write these lines, there are police bodyguards at the door. No visitor can enter my office without passing through several security checks and metal detectors. I have been marked for death. I am forced to live in a heavily protected safe house.