Friday Prayers for Egypt are an effort to place before God the major events of the previous week and ask his favor for the nation living through them. The prayers are offered on behalf of all who care for Egypt, and are meant to be prayed by both Muslims and Christians, Islamists, secularists and all in between.
To do so requires searching for the principles honored by all, however different their desired application might be. Apologies are offered whenever my own biases appear, but in general I pray for peace, justice, transparency, consensus, and the sovereignty of the people.
How God sorts this out is his business, amid cooperation and obstruction by multiple actors, perhaps simultaneously. It is a messy world, but God inhabits it. Please join me in praying that in and through the messiness of Egypt, God will bless the people and establish his principles, from which all our approximations derive.
May 25, 2018 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Fasting
May 18, 2018 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Gaza Again
May 11, 2018 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Uber, Iran
May 4, 2018 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Return to Roots
April 27, 2018 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Internet, Puddles
April 21, 2018 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Education Reform
April 13, 2018 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Russia, Air and Chemical
April 6, 2018 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Re-Election
March 23, 2018 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: How Many and Why
March 16, 2018 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Citizens, Foreign
March 9, 2018 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Crown Prince Visit
March 2, 2018 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: BBC, Insurance
February 23, 2018 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Energy Hub
February 16, 2018 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Documents, Deals
February 9, 2018 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Operation Sinai
February 2, 2018 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Candidates Set
January 26, 2018 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Settling the Field
January 19, 2018 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Nation, City, River
January 12, 2018 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Slow Boil
January 5, 2018 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Crimes and Executions
December 29, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Churches
December 22, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: National Health
December 15, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Candidates Pending
December 9, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Jerusalem Recognition
December 1, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Utmost Force
November 24, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Fish, Rice, Water, Vice
November 17, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Princes, Churches
November 10, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: World Youth
November 3, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Accountable
October 27, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Death and Dishonor
October 20, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Starts and Fits
October 14, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Competition, Good and Evil
October 6, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Palestine, Parliament
September 29, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Mashrou3
September 22, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: United Nations
September 15, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Militant Human Rights
September 9, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Rohingya
September 1, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Eid Precaution
August 25, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Trump Trial
August 18, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: New Proposals
August 11, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Ag, HR
August 4, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: More Reform
July 28, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Base, Council
July 14, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Death and Cancelation
July 7, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Supervision, Security
June 30, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Fuel Subsidy
June 23, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Qatar Continues
June 16, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Saudi Islands
June 9, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Qatar
June 2, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Continuation
May 20, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Old Things
May 12, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Azhar Blasphemy
May 5, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Judges, Tribes
April 28, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Pope
April 22, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Aya, Easter
April 14, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Palm Sunday
March 10, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Bread and Entry
March 3, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Sadat, Mubarak, and Sinai
February 24, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Blind Threat
February 17, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Divorce and Authority
February 10, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Falling Short
January 27, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Quiet Revolution
January 20, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Red Sea Verdict
January 13, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Law, Left and Letter
January 7, 2017 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Christmas, Safe and Suicide
December 30, 2016 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Corruption, Resolution
December 23, 2016 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: More Money
December 16, 2016 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Cathedral Bombing
December 9, 2016 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Internal Organs
December 3, 2016 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: NGO Medicine
November 25, 2016 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Turf
November 18, 2016 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Pardon
November 11, 2016 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Trumping Protest
November 4, 2016 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: November Float
October 28, 2016 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Youth
October 21, 2016 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Prices
September 30, 2016 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Assassination, Funeral
September 25, 2016 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Drowning
August 12, 2016 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Church and Loan
July 15, 2016 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Normalizing Ties?
July 1, 2016 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Exam Leaks
June 17, 2016 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Black Box Blasphemy
June 3, 2016 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Dogs, Slaves, and FGM
May 28, 2016 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Naked Sectarianism
May 13, 2016 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Fire in Cairo
May 6, 2016 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Journalists vs Police
April 29, 2016 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Demonstration Denied
April 23, 2016 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Reuters 25
April 16, 2016 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Two Islands
April 8, 2016 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Coming King
April 2, 2016 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Program Hijacked
March 26, 2016 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Italy, NGOs
March 19, 2016 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Depreciation, Again
March 4, 2016 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Okasha, Colleagues
February 27, 2016 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Reform 2030
February 19, 2016 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: State and Men
February 6, 2016 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Maadi, Murder
January 29, 2016 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Revolution Blasphemy
January 22, 2016 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Finding Balance
January 15, 2016 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Review and Oversight
January 9, 2016 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Christmas, Terror
January 1, 2016 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Consensus and Ideal
December 11, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Coalition
December 5, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Exceptions
November 27, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Roadmap Concluding
November 20, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Russia, Give and Take
November 13, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Media Mayhem
November 6, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Probable Cause
October 31, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Russia, Floods
October 24, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Election, Exchange
October 16, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Election, Debt
October 9, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Regional Balance
October 2, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Statements Abroad
September 25, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Hajj Stampede
September 19, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Dead Tourists
September 11, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Corruption and Economy
September 4, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Natural Gas
August 28, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Police vs State
August 22, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Borders, Bombs
August 15, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Remembering Rabaa
August 8, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: New Suez Canal
July 31, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Health, Meds, and Water
July 24, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: New Face in Terrorism
July 17, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Nervous Eid
July 10, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Anti-Terrorism Law
July 4, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: A Bad Week
June 27, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Journalism, Minus
June 20, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Former Heroes
June 12, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Police Accountability
June 6, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Europe
May 30, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Party Dynamics
May 15, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Tribe
May 9, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Police Blotter
April 24, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Brotherhood Twisting
April 18, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Books, Hijabs
April 11, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Declaring Reform
April 4, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Remaking, Resistance, Reflection
March 27, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Regional Agreements
March 20, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Neighbors
March 13, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Economic Execution
March 7, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Parliament, Police
February 21, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Beheadings
February 13, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Russia, Gulf, Zamalek
February 7, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Adjusting Justice
January 31, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: More Deaths
January 24, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: National List
January 16, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Atheism and Insults
January 9, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Visions of Religion
January 3, 2015 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: A New Year
December 26, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: China, Elections
December 19, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Tidying House
December 13, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Threat and Rumor
December 5, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Mubarak Verdict
November 29, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Blame and Impose
November 21, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Deep Wounds
November 14, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Allegiances
November 7, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Journalism, Rights Review
October 31, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Military Missions
October 24, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Travel Bans and Protest Law
October 17, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Open, Closed, and Outlawed
October 11, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Remembering Maspero
October 4, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Eid Threats
September 26, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Narratives
July 18, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Gaza Again
July 12, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Subsidies Lifting
July 4, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Demons and the Double Anniversary
June 27, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Tahya Masr
June 20, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Early to Rise
June 13, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Sexual Harassment
June 7, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Nearing Normal
May 31, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Election Turnout
May 24, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Reality before Results?
May 17, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Voting Options far from Home
May 10, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Getting to Know You
May 2, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: April 683
April 25, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Easter Visits
April 18, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Building, Barring Opposition
April 11, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Absolute Peacefulness
April 4, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Coal and Lead
March 28, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Candidate Sisi, 529
March 21, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Judicial Independence
March 14, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Prison Conditions
March 9, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Rabaa and the Gulf
February 28, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Old and New
February 21, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Targeting Tourism
February 14, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Russia, Rebellion, and Relevance
February 7, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Jazeera Journalism
January 31, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Waiting on Sisi
January 24, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Is it a Celebration?
January 17, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Arguing the Referendum
January 11, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Ratifying the Transition
January 3, 2014 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Protest Deaths, First Evidence
December 27, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Terrorist, Bombing
December 20, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Doctors, Deaths, and Dreams
December 13, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Universities
December 6, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Constitution Open
November 29, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Protest Law
November 22, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Tragedy Tripled
November 15, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Morsi Speaks, Protests Diversify?
November 8, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Delayed Constitutional Conflict
November 1, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Trial, Satire
October 25, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Wedding Terror
October 18, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Eid Disappointment, and Disappointment
October 11, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: US Aid
October 4, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Defining 6 October
September 27, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Dissolving the Brotherhood
September 20, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Authority and Margin
September 13, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Preaching, Sinai
September 6, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Attempted Assassination, Syria
August 31, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Wither the Brotherhood?
August 24, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Enforcing a Calm
August 17, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Violence Spreads
August 11, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Foreign Complications
August 2, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Murky Standoff
July 27, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Syria Shades
July 21, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: New Government, Again
July 12, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Deja Vu, Reversed
July 5, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Victory and Defeat
June 28, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Rebellion, Legitimacy and Fire
June 21, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Confronting the Rebellion
June 15, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Rebel Positioning
June 7, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Culture
May 31, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Dam, Servicemen Voting
May 25, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Release
May 17, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Sinai, Rebellion
May 10, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Activists, Shuffle
May 3, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Easter Greetings
April 28, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Upper Egypt
April 21, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: A Call to Purge
April 12, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Cathedral Violence
April 4, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Poisoning the Azhar
March 29, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Intelligence and the Public Prosecutor
March 23, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Protesting Brotherhood
March 15, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Community Policing
March 8, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Police, Protest
March 1, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Election Boycott
February 21, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Election Law
February 15, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: A New Mufti
February 9, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Assassination
February 1, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Fire and Rain
January 25, 2011 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Second Anniversary
January 18, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Derailing
January 11, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Devaluation, Further?
January 4, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Egyptian Jews and Salafi Splits
December 21, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Referendum, Part Two
December 14, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Referendum
December 7, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Presidential Palace Clashes
November 30, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Constitution Presented
November 23, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Morsi’s Inviolability
November 16, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Gaza
November 9, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Bishop Tawadros
November 2, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Terrorist Cell?
October 26, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Eid Sacrifices
October 20, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: An FJP Ezba?
October 12, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Camel Recall
October 5, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Blasphemy
September 21, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Protest Pause
September 14, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: The Innocence of Muslims
September 7, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Appointments
August 31, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: IMF, Sinai, China, Iran
August 24, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Anti-MB Protests
August 17, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Consolidation
August 11, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Rafah
August 3, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Dahshur and Cabinet
July 27, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Prime Minister
July 20, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Running in Place with One Shoe
July 13, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Parliament’s Brief Return
July 6, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Reconciliation
June 22, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Counting Votes
June 15, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Parliament Dissolution and Presidential Run-Off
June 10, 2012 — Missing Prayers for Egypt
June 1, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Pending Trials
May 25, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Presidential Elections
May 18, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Base vs. Center
May 11, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Endorsement
May 4, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Abbasiyya
April 28, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Ripples
April 20, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Tahrir Return
April 13, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Eligibility
April 6, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Candidacy
March 30, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Constituent Assembly and Power Struggles
March 23, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Pope Shenouda and the Constitution
March 17, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Copts
March 9, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Wrangling
March 2, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: NGO Confusion
February 24, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Presidential Musings
February 17, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: NGO Crisis
February 11, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Civil Disobedience
February 2, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Soccer
January 28, 2012 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: Anniversary
January 20, 2013 — Friday Prayers for Egypt: January 25
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