Egyptian movie confronts sectarian rift

National - In Hassan and Marcos Omar Sharif and Adel Imam play a Muslim preacher and Coptic Christian priest who are forced to change their religious identities and go into hiding after both come under fire from fanatics within their respective communities for being too moderate.The film lightheartedly explores the causes behind the antipathy and mistrust the communities feel toward one another.  المزيد

Codex Sinaiticus, the world's oldest Bible, goes online

Telegraph - The Codex Sinaiticus is a complete transcription of Christian scriptures in Greek, written by scribes around 350AD. Together with another work, the Codex Vaticanus, it is considered the oldest known Bible in the world.  المزيد....

Egyptian critics have cool response to sectarian comedy

CAIRO: A new film seeking to smash Egypt's sectarian taboos takes a light approach to Muslim-Christian relations but critics say it fails to lay the blame for religious tensions where it belongs - with the state. The big-budget "Hassan wa Morkos" ("Hassan and Morkos") traces the lives of Hassan, a Muslim sheikh played by the legendary Omar Sharif, now 76, and Morkos, a Christian priest played by comedy veteran Adel Imam.  المزيد....

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Egypt's Christian-Muslim Woes Hit Silver Screen

Christian post - The film, “Hassan and Morkos,” featuring “Lawrence of Arabia” and “Doctor Zhivago” star Omar Sharif, and comedic veteran Adel Imam follows the lives of a Muslim sheikh and a Christian priest, respectively, who find themselves forced to switch religious identities due to an order by a senior state security official.   المزيد....