Christmas, a cherished time worldwide honoring the birth of Jesus Christ, brings its own magic to the Arab world. You might think that in the Arab world, where Islam is the predominant religion ...

Egypt – Serious Self-Control About 10 to 15 percent of people in Egypt are Christian and most belong to the Coptic Orthodox Church and they have some very unique traditions for Christmas.

Discover Christmas traditions in the Middle East and find out how the season is celebrated here Dubai: Replace ‘Merry Christmas’ with ‘Meelad Majeed’, turkey with the lamb-rice dish ...

Because Coptic Christians follow the Julian calendar, they celebrate Christmas Eve on Jan. 6, and feasts are held on Christmas Day, Jan. 7. Some now argue this ancient community should change the ...

First things first why is Christmas celebrated on January 7 in certain countries including Russia, Serbia, Ukraine, Georgia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Ethiopia and Egypt?

EL KOSHEH, Egypt (RNS) — Some argue this ancient community should move its Christmas celebration from Jan. 7 to Dec. 25 as a sign of global Christian unity.

Egypt’s Coptic Christians celebrate Christmas, ponder changing date With evergreen firs and red-robed Santas relatively new to rural Copts, a community with longstanding traditions has mixed ...

Some of Egypt's Coptic Christians are deliberating whether they should change the date of their celebration of Christmas to align with the western date of December 25th, as a sign of global ...