Hamza Hendawi - Associated Press, Author at America Magazine

A man screams beside a bus carrying Coptic Christians which came under attack outside Cairo, Friday, Nov. 2, 2018. Islamic militants on Friday ambushed a bus carrying Christian pilgrims on their way to a remote desert monastery south of the Egyptian capital, killing at least seven and wounding a dozen more, the Interior Ministry said.(Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church via AP)

IS attack on Christian pilgrims in Egypt kills 7

by Samy Magdy - Associated Press and Hamza Hendawi - Associated Press November 2, 2018

The local Islamic State affiliate, which spearheads militants fighting security forces in the Sinai Peninsula, claimed responsibility for the attack. Though its claim could be immediately verified, IS has repeatedly stated its intention to target Egypt’s Christians as punishment for their support of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi.

Senior Fatah official Azzam al-Ahmad, center right, and Hamas' representative, Saleh al-Arouri, center left, sign a reconciliation agreement during a press conference at the Egyptian intelligence complex in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017. Thursday's signing came after two days of negotiations in the Egyptian capital on the governing of the Gaza Strip as part of the most serious effort to date to end the 10 year rift between the rival Palestinian groups. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

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Palestinian rivals reach preliminary deal on governing Gaza

by Hamza Hendawi - Associated Press and Fares Akram - Associated Press October 13, 2017

“This is the dream and the ambition of every patriotic and honorable Palestinian, to reach unification.”

In this Feb. 20, 2017 file photo, an Indonesian al-Azhar university student, center, and an elderly Egyptian woman pray at al-Azhar Mosque, in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

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Pope Francis enters Egypt at a time of intense conflict between religion and politics

by Hamza Hendawi - Associated Press, Lee Keath - Associated Press and Mariam Fam - Associated Press April 26, 2017

This weekend, Pope Francis meets in Cairo with Al-Azhar’s grand imam, Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb, their second meeting in a historic initiative to improve Muslim-Christian dialogue.

Relatives and onlookers gather outside a church after a bomb attack in the Nile Delta town of Tanta, Egypt, Sunday, April 9, 2017. The attack took place on Palm Sunday, the start of the Holy Week leading up to Easter, when the church in the Nile Delta town of Tanta was packed with worshippers. (AP Photo/Ahmed Hatem)

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Pope Francis on Palm Sunday decries attack on Coptic church in Egypt

by Daniela Petroff - Associated Press and Hamza Hendawi - Associated Press April 9, 2017

Pope Francis asked God “to convert the hearts of those who spread terror, violence and death, and also the hearts of those who make, and traffic in, weapons.”