The war in Ukraine is leading to a shortage of wheat world wide. The UN has warned that the Middle East and North Africa region is likely to be particularly severely affected. So what is causing the wheat crisis and what are the implications for the Middle East?

Our Programmes and Partnerships Manger Kat Brealey recently visited Boshera Village in Egypt, where we’ve been supporting a community development project run by our partner BLESS. Here she reflects on what it was like seeing with her own eyes the positive difference we are making.

The word ‘peace’ can be defined in many ways. Is it the harmony and undisturbed coexistence with neighbours? Is it the welfare of the nation without internal strife and any external threat? Here, Archbishop Samyv explores the meaning of peace.

On Sunday 20th June 2021, the students of Harpur Memorial Nursing School in Menouf, Egypt, celebrated their graduation, adding twelve highly-trained nurses to Menouf’s medical arsenal. We would like to wish them a warm congratulations and the very best of luck for the future.

On 30 June Egyptians marked the anniversary of the ‘30 June revolution’ first declared a public holiday in 2015. The holiday recalls the protests that took place in 2013, a year after President Morsi’s inauguration.

As we approach Coptic Easter, Embrace Chair of Trustees and Canon of Westminster and of All Saints Cathedral, Cairo Canon Anthony Ball reflects on the idea of freedom, encouraging us to follow the example of the Church in Egypt by using our freedom to promote that of others.

Our partners at Bless have successfully completed the ‘I Can I Have a Vision’ project, working with local community organisations to enable visually impaired women to claim their place in society.

Most refugees fleeing their home countries arrive in Cairo with little more than the clothes on their back.