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Deities, Saints, and Allegories: Late Antique and Coptic Textiles. Through March 6. Includes tapestries of full-length images and busts of Classical deities, saints and allegoric figures...
Deities, Saints, and Allegories: Late Antique and Coptic Textiles. Through March 6. Includes tapestries of full-length images and busts of Classical deities, saints and allegoric figures...
...from the final phases of the Renaissance through the apogee of Baroque. In and Out of Place: Contemporary Art and the American Social Landscape. Through Jan. 23. Explores representations of people, from the homeless to the wealthy, and the places they inhabit. Deities, Saints, and Allegories: Late Antique and Coptic Textiles. Through March 6. Includes tapestries of full-length images and busts of Classical deities, saints and allegoric figures...
...want to see everyone who isn't a Muslim killed." He also claimed that a shop owner had been harassed after he criticized the mosque in a television interview following the Kahane murder. "They made his life difficult and even fire bombed the store," he said. But a young Coptic Christian, who runs a bakery near the mosque, dismisses such reports. "In Egypt the problems are between the Muslims and Copts," he says. "Here, we live in peace...
...result is a vicious standoff. Islamic groups, of which Sheik Omar's is just one of many, have accelerated their attacks on security forces and Coptic Christians, as well as tourist sites. Last year 80 people were killed and 130 wounded. Al Jama'a, which is believed to operate in small cells, has claimed responsibility for most of the 20 tourist attacks. In addition to the cafe attack, one Briton has been killed and five Germans wounded. Revenues from tourism, which were expected to total $4 billion this year, have been cut in half...