Review of the Cairo press in which three controversies are discussed. First, a Fatwá banning serving food or drinks during the day during Ramadan. Second the story of Qistantīn, a priest’s wife who disappeared and supposedly converted to Islam, and now lives in seclusion in a monastery, amid rumors that she has been killed by the church. Last, the publication of a heretical, supposedly fictional book prompts Coptic leaders to write refutations, but also to state the church will never confiscate a book.