Al Arabiya News

Egyptian security officials say clashes between Muslims and Christians in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria left one man dead of a heart attack.

AINA

(AINA) -- The escalation of Muslim attacks on Christian churches in Egypt continues unabated. This week two attacks were carried out, one in Alexandria and one in Menbal in Upper Egypt -- both allegedly prompted by harassment of Muslim women.

The Wall Street Journal

Security in Egypt has deteriorated significantly since the fall of the Mubarak regime.

WASHINGTON—The U.S. is seeing a spike in al Qaeda-related terror plots and threats against its embassies in Libya, Yemen and Egypt, say current and former U.S. officials citing domestic and foreign intelligence reports.

The Wall Street Journal

Qatar Seeks Influence on Longtime Regional Power, Critics Says, With Loans to Muslim Brotherhood-Led Government

A protester rips a Qatari flag during early April protests in Cairo.

CAIRO—Qatar, the tiny but petroleum-rich state that has wielded oversize influence in revolutions across the Middle East, is now at the center of a battle for clout in the region’s traditional military and political juggernaut, Egypt.

The Guardian

Former finance minister and economist say Egypt is in dire predicament as foreign investment and tourism collapse

A currency exchange in Cairo. The value of the Egyptian pound
has fallen by 12% against the dollar since December.

Egypt is suffering its worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, a former finance minister of the country and one of its leading economists have warned.

Frontpage Magazine

Muslims have a saying, “First the Saturday people, Then the Sunday People.” It’s as true in France as it is Egypt or Bethlehem.

Washington Post

Christians seem to be the favorite target of Islamist prosecutors.

Dimyana Abdel-Nour, went from classroom to jail.

CAIRO — The pale, young Christian woman sat handcuffed in the courtroom, accused of insulting Islam while teaching history of religions to fourth-graders. A team of Islamist lawyers with long beards sang in unison, “All except the Prophet Muhammad.”

Washington Post

Coptic Orthodox priest beating by Israeli police