Egypt’s Christian Minority Confronts Violence, Discrimination, and Legal Risk
Pope Tawadros II, the 118th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt. Photo by Wolters M., CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 On March 27, 2026, a woman accompanied by armed, masked men attempted to seize approximately 2,000 square meters of state-owned archaeological land adjacent to the Monastery of St. Bishoy in Wadi El