Arab Christians

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Who is the Amazigh Saint Augustine honoured by new Pope Leo XIV?

Today, the total number of Christians in the Maghreb region is estimated to be around 200,000 to 300,000 people, and mostly based in Algeria.

Basma El Atti
13 May, 2025
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Pope Francis
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Palestinian Christians mourn Pope's death

22 April, 2025
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Post-Assad Syria
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Syria's Christians caught between hope and fear for the future

Safaa Sallal
24 December, 2024
What does the 1860 Damascus massacre teach us about coexistence?
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What the 1860 Damascus massacre teaches us about coexistence

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Usman Butt

27 March, 2024
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Palestine
MENA
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'Christmas of Grief': Bethlehem Christians mourn for Gaza

Reem Fatthelbab
25 December, 2023
Christmas cancelled in Lebanon as festivities cease for Gaza
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Christmas cancelled in Lebanon as festivities cease for Gaza

The New Arab Staff

Dana Hourany

20 December, 2023
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Gaza War
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Israeli ethnic cleansing of Palestine targets Christians too

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Daoud Kuttab

06 December, 2023
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MENA
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Palestine Christians 'feel abandoned' by UK archbishop

Rosabel Crean
25 October, 2023
Turkey's Orthodox community returns to life after earthquake
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Turkey's Orthodox community returns to life after earthquake

Andrew Waller

Andrew James

19 April, 2023
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MENA
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Palestinian Christian distributes water, dates in Nablus

Sally Ibrahim
29 March, 2023
Universal heritage in the Arab world in grave danger
UNESCO
Culture
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Universal heritage sites in the Arab world in grave danger

Will Spiers

Will Spiers

10 January, 2023
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Palestine
Voices

Jesus was Palestinian: Re-politicising Christmas

Jeanine Hourani

Jeanine Hourani

19 December, 2022
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Egypt
Voices

Abu Sefein church fire: Sisi has never protected Christians

Sam Hamad

Sam Hamad

26 August, 2022
Orthodox Christian clergymen
Al-Aqsa Under Attack
MENA
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Israeli forces block Palestinian Christians from Old City

The New Arab Staff
23 April, 2022
Arab Christians
Perspectives

Middle Eastern Christians: A minority in numbers only

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Harry Hagopian

31 December, 2021
Arabs
Society
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Arab Christians celebrate Christmas in West despite erasure

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Nick McAlpin

24 December, 2021
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Christmas
Society
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For many Arabs in the US, Christmas is a long-time tradition

The New Arab Staff

Brooke Anderson

24 December, 2021
Bethlehem
Christmas
Society
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Palestine's many Christmases: Faces of Christian diversity

Qassam Muaddi

Qassam Muaddi

24 December, 2021
The Vanishing: The Twilight of Christianity in the Middle East
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The Twilight of Christianity in the Middle East

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Chris Doyle

15 December, 2021
Philip Wood’s ‘The Imam of the Christians: The World of Dionysius of Tel-Mahre, c. 750-850’
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Who was Dionysius of Tel-Mahre: The 'Imam of the Christians'

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Usman Butt

25 August, 2021
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MENA
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Greek Orthodox Church moves to block Jerusalem land sale

The New Arab
13 August, 2017