The Egyptian Copts constitute the largest Christian community in the Middle East. Over the past decades, they experienced a turbulent history of alternating religious persecution and relative stability. But their situation worsened dramatically with the overthrow of Husni Mubarak and the violent attacks on churches in Cairo and Upper Egypt, which left hundreds injured and more than 20 dead.
While the Muslim Brothers set out to concentrate both the parliamentary and presidential power in their hands and the Salafi groups witness a new dawn after decades of repression, the Christian
Minority fears about its future at the Nile. My aim is to go beyond the news of bloody religious tensions. Only the knowledge of a social group leads to acceptance and respect. The project takes a dual interest. I started to cover the history and religious culture, which plays a major role in daily life and searched for the silent traces and cracks, which the sectarian violence left behind.