Date of source: Friday, February 6, 2026
The public prosecution in Mallawī, al-Minyā governorate, southern Egypt, began examining the site of the collapse of a fence at the ancient Monastery of Saint Abū Fānā, which left four children killed and two others wounded.
Date of source: Friday, February 6, 2026
Four people died and two others were injured after a partial collapse of a newly constructed wall at the Abū Fānā Monastery in the Western Desert in the Mallawī district, south of al-Minyā governorate.
Date of source: Monday, February 28, 2022
A crime that has shocked al-Minyā Governorate, where three Copts in the village of Abshādāt, in the center of Mallāwī, were shot at, killed and mutilated by a group of individuals in an alleged case of revenge [thāʿr], as the perpetrators danced on the victims’ bodies.
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The Arabic or Islamic conquest of Egypt in 639-642 CE had far-reaching consequences. Discussions of this historical event play a major role in modern Muslim-Christian discussions.
Date of source: Monday, December 7, 2020
Parliamentarian Ṣābir ʿAbd al-Ḥakīm said that the reconciliation session in the village of al-Barshā in Mallawī has come to an end, averting sectarian strife. The session was attended by several clergymen, parliamentarians, and politicians in al-Minyā.
Date of source: Saturday, November 28, 2020
The Coptic Orthodox Church called on people to not get involved or get carried away with Egypt’s enemies both at home and abroad, who want to cause sectarian strife and division and harm the country’s peace and security.
Date of source: Thursday, November 26, 2020
Al-Minya security forces arrested eight people, on Wednesday, after quelling a sectarian fight involving Molotov cocktails in the village of Dayr al-Barshā in the center of Māllāwi.
Date of source: Sunday, November 29, 2020
The Citizenship Committee in al-Minya, headed by Dr. Ḥassan Sanad, visited the village of al-Barshā, in the center of Mallāwī, to assuage the citizens, following a Coptic youth posting an offensive comment. The committee stressed on applying the law, and spreading the spirit of friendship and love...
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Having a PhD degree is not a guarantee for good academic work. Dr. Mahmoud Omar [Maḥmūd ʿUmar] may have been a good archeologist, but he ruined his own academic reputation by interpreting medieval traditions as historical facts, as descriptions that have actually happened.
Date of source: Friday, May 8, 2020
Mājid Kāmil, a senior researcher at the Egyptian National Library and Archives, said that Albert Gayet, French archaeologist, is incredibly important in the history of Coptic Studies as the one who discovered troves of Coptic textiles in the Anṣinā region in Hermopolis (al-Ashmūnīn).