When Xenia Nikolskaya first went to Egypt in 2006, she thought she knew what she was looking for. Born and raised in the ...

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To learn more about Coptic Cairo's rich history, check out neighborhood attractions like the Coptic Museum and the ninth-century Hanging Church, which are housed within an ancient Babylonian fortress.

the representation of history in dreams, the influence of Islamic traditions on Coptic writing, Orientalist approaches to the documentation of Arab music, and much else.