CEOSS is one of Egypt's largest development organizations, providing integrated approaches to poor communities in the areas of economic development, agriculture, education, health care, and the environment.
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Al-Youm Al- Sabeh Daily Newspaper: Andrea Zaki: the Parliamentary Elections Remapped the Political Scene of Egypt
Dr. Rev. Andrea Zaki, General Director of the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services, claimed that prior to the first two stages of parliamentary elections, some people had difficulty reading the parties and political movements’ map concerning their powers; however, the primary results resolved this difficulty. Thus, “we should now have the ability to understand the Egyptian political map."
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Washington Post :Egyptians say Christian party is not the answer
WASHINGTON — Despite continuous attacks on Coptic Christians, a delegation of Egyptian Christian leaders said Wednesday (Feb. 8) they do not support the development of a Christian political party as a possible solution.
“We don’t need to add more divisions than what we have,” said AtefGendy, president of the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo, who addressed a Washington summit hosted by the World Evangelical Alliance.
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Al-Masry Al-Youm Daily Newspaper: Sheikh Mahmoud Ashour: the revolution was a hopeful, butit becamepainful…and “extremists” have attributed it tothemselves.
Sheikh MahamoudAshour, the former deputy of Al-Azhar,criticized the political Islamic movements. He considered the revolution was co-opted by opportunists—those who changed their situations and attributed the revolution to themselves. During a two-day conference in Port Saidentitled “Challenges of the Democratic Transition Period” conducted by the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS), Ashour said, “these movements distorted democracy and liberty using fatwas that are far
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Al-Shourk Daily Newspaper: CEOSS Conference Assured that the Election Drew anew Political Map of Egypt
Dr. Andrea Zaki, CEOSS General Director, assured that the results of the first two stages of the recent parliamentary election mapped a new political scene in Egypt. He said that we should be flexible in our understanding of this as it represents the rise of political religious movements.
He indicated that the parliamentary election is the first step towards democracy, which needs many political reforms. These announcements came at the opening session of the three day conference, “Challenges
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