Eshhad is an online platform that gathers current and up-to-date information on religiously motivated violence. Eshhad is the Arabic word for “testify.”
Eshhad is an online platform that gathers current and up-to-date information on religiously motivated violence in Egypt. Although sectarian conflict and violence are not new phenomena in Egypt, it has become increasingly difficult to accurately document or understand the ongoing incidents. The project was launched in order to fill an information gap and provide a clearer picture of religious discr
07/24/2020
If you are registered for RightsCon 2020, be sure to come by and attend our joint panel with The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy on Monday at 12:30 EST.
The session will be focused on data collection, OSINT, and accountability in the Middle East and North Africa.
12/03/2019
It's and Eshhad Needs Your Support - https://mailchi.mp/dc0f897d3488/its-givingtuesday-and-eshhad-needs-your-support
11/20/2019
We are now on Instagram!
At Eshhad, we document sectarian violence against religious, cultural, and ethnic minorities in the Middle East. We care about the narrative and the reality that thousands of people in the region are faced with. And we love the diversity of who we all are.
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11/20/2019
This weekend, Amira Mikhail will be speaking at the first Coptic Voice summit on the methods and importance of evidence and data collection of sectarian violence against religious minorities in Egypt.
08/15/2019
Mina Ibrahim writes and publishes the third part to his series on Coptic associations and parishes in , focusing on the Coptic Faith Soceity and the founding days of the Sunday School movement in the early 1900s.
On Coptic Associations & Parishes: Overlapping Routes to a Christian Space in Egypt (Part 3) — Eshhad As noted in the second part of this essay series, the effendis were an educated social class in Egypt that, along with Egyptian elites, established Coptic Christian and Islamic charitable and educational associations, beginning in the 20th century. One of these associations was “ Gam’iyyet al-.....
07/30/2019
Fall 2019 internships are posted for both legal and research/data internships! Check it out here and email us with your application by September 1, 2019.
Internship — Eshhad Eshhad is seeking one legal intern to work with its international human rights litigation and advocacy programs for the fall semester of 2019. Interns play an integral part of Eshhad’s work, gaining hands-on research and writing experiences relating to ethnic and religious sectarianism in Egypt, I...
04/12/2019
Read the second piece of a series on Coptic Associations and Parishes by Mina Ibrahim:
"While the first ‘elitist’ association, the Lay Council, mirrored Western/European values of charity and development, newer associations focused on providing assistance to impoverished Copts, as well as contributing to the ‘revival’ of Coptic civilization, heritage, and language. Indeed, the importance of the ‘revival’ was a result of European encounters as well. However, the stakeholders of this revival held a separate agenda that tried to promote a ‘distinctive’ Coptic culture that could be differentiated both from a ‘foreign’ version of Christianity and from a predominantly Islamized Egyptian state and society."
On Coptic Associations & Parishes: Overlapping Routes to a Christian Space in Egypt (Part 2) As I wrote in the first part to this essay series, the tram workers who established St. George parish, the second parish in the Shubra neighborhood of Cairo, were successful because of the legal rights that were guaranteed by the 1923 constitution in Egypt. In breaking from a classist environment
07/11/2018
New analysis piece by Mina Ibrahim for Eshhad - the first of several parts that look at Christian spaces in - associations and parishes - and the context surrounding their creation.
On Coptic Associations & Parishes: Overlapping Routes to a Christian Space in Egypt (Part 1) From one time to another, particularly in an Upper Egyptian city or village, we hear about an attack committed against a Christian charitable association because people intended to “ turn it into a church or parish .” Although both spaces are separately defined in the Egyptian constitution, ther...
12/30/2017
Our new website is finally here! Read more here to see the new site and the third quarterly report:
New and Revised Map and Database: Documenting Sectarianism in the Middle East Our new website is finally here! After incorporating in June of 2017, the Eshhad team has diligently prepared to transfer data and materials to our new website, eshhad.org, which is now live.
09/14/2017
Eshhad has raised $2,470 since it started its fundraising campaign! Watch our video to learn more about what we do and why we do it and consider supporting us by donating to us.
https://www.generosity.com/community-fundraising/stand-against-sectarianism-support-eshhad/x/16669017
Eshhad Eshhad is an organization that tracks sectarianism in the Middle East, in particular sectarian acts targeting religious, ethnic, and cultural minorities in E...
09/06/2017
Read Eshhad's latest quarterly trend report from April to June 2017.
This quarter, 81 people were killed in sectarian violence compared to 15 deaths the previous quarter; the highest recorded during any quarter since Eshhad began documenting.
Read more for other notable trends.
Eshhad Quarterly Trend Report: April - June 2017 - Eshhad إشهد