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  • Thursday ,23 August 2012
العربية

Egypt's Morsi appoints Christian, 2 women as advisors

by AGI News

Copts and Poliltical Islam

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Thursday ,23 August 2012

Egypt's Morsi appoints Christian, 2 women as advisors

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has appointed a Coptic Christian and two women to his staff of senior advisors.

 Mohamed Morsi, who is a member of the Muslim Bortherhood, appointed a Coptic Christian and two women to his staff of senior advisors, as promised before the presidential elections.
 
It was announced by a spokesman for the Egyptian President's office, Yassir Ali. The appointees are Samir Morcos, a Coptic intellectual (Copts are a Christian minority in Egypt accounting for 10% of the population), Pakinam el-Sharkawi and writer Sukaina Fuad