June 24, 2014
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Illustrative image of a church in Luxor (photo credit: Shutterstock)

Egyptian Christian jailed for contempt of religion

Kerolos Ghattas, 30, sentenced to six years for posting pictures offensive to Islam on his Facebook page

By AP

October 13, 2013
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An Egyptian MiG-21 jet fighter on display outside Hurghada, on the Red Sea coast (photo credit: CC BY RHL Images/Flickr)

Egyptian MiG-21 jet fighter crashes near Luxor

Mechanical failure cited; pilot bails out safely, but one villager was killed and three others wounded

By AP

June 28, 2013
2:16 am

A journalist photographs Egyptian Salafi Muslims, unseen, during a protest in support of bearded police officers who were prevented from carrying out their work in the interior ministry, in front of the Shura Council, the upper house of Parliament, in Cairo, Egypt. (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)

In Egypt, skepticism trumps religion in politics

After a year of Muslim Brotherhood rule, Islamic religiosity is no longer the key political selling point for Egyptians voters

By MAGGIE MICHAEL

June 17, 2013
11:53 pm

Foreign tourists visit Hatshepsut Temple, in Luxor, Egypt. Stunned tourist workers vow to block the newly appointed Islamist governor of Luxor province from taking office. The reason: He belongs to a former militant group that killed nearly 60 tourists visiting a Pharaonic temple there in the 1990s. (photo credit: AP/Nasser Nasser)

Islamist governor riles southern Egypt

Luxor residents outraged by Morsi’s appointment of man connected to former terrorist group that killed 60 tourists at iconic site

June 1, 2013
12:26 am

Foreign tourists visit the Hatshepsut Temple, in Luxor, Egypt.(photo credit: AP/Nasser Nasser)

Iranian tourists visit Egypt under tight security

Cairo adamant about warming ties it sees as economic boon, despite Salafist opposition to Shiites’ arrival

By Haggag Salama

May 29, 2013
6:48 am

The Chinese words "Ding Jinhao visited here" are seen on bas-relief in the 3,500-year-old Luxor temple in Luxor, Egypt in a picture taken on May 6. (photo credit: AP)

Egypt temple vandal sparks soul-searching in China

Photo of graffiti scrawled by Nanjing teen on Luxor wall spreads shame back home as tourists ask how to rehabilitate image abroad

By Gillian Wong

May 28, 2013
10:40 am

An Egyptian man plays snooker by candlelight at a club in the Mohandessin district, in Giza, Egypt, on Saturday, May 25, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Regular power outages add to Egypt’s woes

President says country can only produce 80 percent of electricity needs as blackouts become increasingly common

By Tony G. Gabriel

May 25, 2013
12:40 pm

A view of the Nile River (photo credit: CC-BY plusgood, Flickr.com)

Egypt: 3 women killed in suspected honor killing

Mom and two daughters murdered by 10 male relatives, who strangled and beat them, then threw their bodies in the Nile

May 18, 2013
5:06 pm

The mother of 24-year-old school teacher Dimyana Abdel-Nour, who is accused of insulting Islam while teaching fourth graders history of religions, talks about her daughter in her home in southern Egypt's ancient city of Luxor, Egypt, Thursday, May 16, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Ibrahim Zayed)

Egyptians face growing threat of blasphemy charges

Copts, Christians of the Nile Valley, increasingly targeted since Cairo criminalized religious slander in December

May 11, 2013
2:14 pm

An illustrative photo of Egyptian protesters chanting anti Muslim Brotherhood slogans outside the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt, in December 2012. (photo credit: AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Prosecutor frees prominent Egyptian youth activist

Ahmed Maher was arrested for ‘incitement’ a few days after he criticized President Morsi’s Islamist party on his movement’s website

May 11, 2013
4:15 am

Prominent youth activist detained in Egypt

Ahmed Maher arrested for ‘incitement’ a few days after he criticized President Morsi’s Islamist party on his movement’s website

May 11, 2013
1:09 am

An illustrative photo of young boys attending the Friday noon prayer in Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo, Egypt. (photo credit: AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Amnesty calls for release of Egyptian Copt

24-year-old female schoolteacher held for contempt of Islam near Luxor

April 21, 2013
11:06 pm

A hot-air balloon flies over the city of Luxor, Egypt, 2012. (photo credit: AP/Nariman El-Mofty)

Egypt resumes hot-air balloon sightseeing, following deadly crash

Tourists in Luxor can once again view ancient tombs, Valley of the Kings from the air

March 31, 2013
11:52 pm

Over 50 Iranians head to Egypt via reopened route

Visitors’ movements will be restricted due to objections from ultraconservative Sunni Muslims to ‘heretical’ Shi’ite tourism