Stories about Religion

Milk is delivered house to house on a motorcycle from the agricultural outskirts of Imbaba to the congested central area. Like many residents of Imbaba the milk-man moved to Cairo when he was young in search of a job the neighborhood expanded through his generation little original urban planning or government services and infrastructure was patched together.

Imbaba, Cairo after the revolution

Part of an story with the NYTimes describing the state of Cairo after the revolution by focusing on Imbaba.

A man cries on the casket of his brother inside the Coptic Hospital where many of those where killed were taken. A funeral mass and protest were held in central Cairo today for the victims of yesterdays attack. Families of those killed identified their dead and prepared them for burial.

October 9th Egyptian Army violence against protesters

After a night of violence starting when the Army attacked protesters outside of the Egyptian state TV building at least 23 were dead. Many of the bodies were of Coptic Christians and were taken to the Coptic Hospital near Ramses Station. After a night of violence around downtown cairo and the Hospital many of the [...]

Different, but the same

French freelancers on Libya’s front line and Muslim Brotherhood members on election day commune with their higher powers, if you can call editors higher powers.

Men pray along Bengazi's corniche in the city center followed by a protest. The prayer and protest filled the square and over-ran onto side streets. The majority of people left the protest early when rain and light hail poured down. Photographs by David Degner for the Wall Street Journal LIBYA

Prayer and protest in Bengazi, Libya – Day 3

Friday prayers in Bengazi were held on the Corniche and were massive. At the end of the day I searched out the transmission site of Radio Free Libya, an opposition radio station set up just a few days after the uprising started. They play only old revolution songs so they must use reel to reel [...]

Protesters crossed the Nile on the dark and quiet Imbaba bridge.

Christians Protest in Cairo

Christians in central Cairo protested Jan. 2 against the Alexandria church bombing that occurred just after midnight on New Year’s Eve. The protest started downtown and continued for a few miles, ending across the Nile at a church in the Imbaba district. The protest was largely peaceful, though at the beginning, it included stone throwing [...]

Protest against Alexandria church bombing in Cairo, Egypt

A mixture Christians and Muslims protested against the Egyptian government and the Alexandria church bombing in Cairo’s northern suburb of Shubra. The protests were largely peaceful and at times grew to at least a few hundred participants. Shubra is known for having a large Christian population.

Muslims fill the streets to pray and then return home to visit family and friends on Eid Al Adha in Shubra, a district of Egypt. In the butcher shops of each neighborhood sheep and cows are killed as a sacrifice and portions are donated to the poor.

Eid Al-Adha, prayer and sacrifice

I didn’t sleep last night, partially because of backlog of work, and partially because I could hear people in the streets in the wee hours. When I left my downtown apartment at 4:30AM groups of young men were roaming the streets, horsing around and breaking out in cheers and songs. At 6AM I hopped on [...]

Away from the Mosque of Seyyid Badawi a large fairgrounds displays the tents of many Sufi orders. In the middle is a field covered with the remains of sugar cane as families and groups of friends rest and drink tea.

Tanta Mawlid, The Festival of Seyyid Badawi

The festival of Seyyid Badawi (Ahmad al-Badawi) is one of the largest annual gatherings in Egypt, drawing pilgrims from throughout the Middle East and doubling the size of the town, located in the Nile delta. The week-long celebration encompasses the birthday of Sufi Saint Seyyid Badawi, the celebration of the harvest, and a carnival atmosphere. [...]

Centralized call to prayer in Cairo, Egypt

Sheikh Antar gives the call to prayer, also known as the adhan or azzan at a mosque in Khan El-Khalili Cairo on the last day before Ramadan. According to official statements adzan’s like this throughout Cairo will be replaced by a pre-recorded call to prayer from a central broadcasting system. The first conversion is scheduled [...]