Nariman El-Mofty

Photojournalist

Egypt's main Coptic Christian cathedral attack

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A damaged clock and Coptic cle...ous minority in recent memory.

A damaged clock and Coptic clergyman at the scene inside the St. Mark Cathedral in central Cairo, following a bombing on Dec. 11, 2016. The blast at Egypt's main Coptic Christian cathedral killed dozens of people and wounded many others, making it one of the deadliest attacks carried out against the religious minority in recent memory.

A Coptic nun weeps as she look...inside the St. Mark Cathedral.

A Coptic nun weeps as she looks at damages inside the St. Mark Cathedral.

Damages at St. Mark Cathedral.

Security forces examine the scene inside the St. Mark Cathedral.

Damages at the scene inside the St. Mark Cathedral.

Bloodstains on a bench at the ...inside the St. Mark Cathedral.

Bloodstains on a bench at the scene inside the St. Mark Cathedral.

Investigators examine the aftermath at St. Mark Cathedral.

Security forces investigate the scene inside St. Mark Cathedral.

Coptic Christians chant slogan...utside the St. Mark Cathedral.

Coptic Christians chant slogans during a protest outside the St. Mark Cathedral.

Protest outside St. Mark Cathedral condemning the attack.

Protests on a street after a f...of a Sunday cathedral bombing.

Protests on a street after a funeral service for victims of a Sunday cathedral bombing.

Protests after a funeral servi...Sunday Mass at a Cairo chapel.

Protests after a funeral service for victims of a Sunday cathedral bombing.A suicide bomber caused the explosion that killed over two dozen Christians during Sunday Mass at a Cairo chapel.

Funeral coverage

Photographs were taken with an iPhone because Egyptian security refused press access and reporting during the funeral service.
Press freedom has dramatically shrunk in Egypt. Authorities have set up media watchdogs to monitor journalists’ work, making it a crime to report “false news,” and have arrested a number of reporters.

Flags are draped on coffins of... Virgin Mary Church, in Cairo.

Flags are draped on coffins of victims of a Sunday cathedral bombing after a funeral service, at the Virgin Mary Church, in Cairo.

Spiritual leader of Egypt&...ng, at the Virgin Mary Church.

Spiritual leader of Egypt's Orthodox Christians, Pope Tawadros II, leads the funeral service for victims of a Sunday cathedral bombing, at the Virgin Mary Church.