Stickers Produce Unique Battle in Egypt

(AP/Washington Post) Maggie Michael First came the fish bumper stickers, imported from the U.S. and pasted on cars by members of Egypt's 10% Coptic minority as a symbol of their Christianity. Before long, some Muslims responded with their own bumper stickers: fish-hungry sharks, a tiny reminder of the tensions between Egypt's Copts and majority Muslims.


2003-12-02 00:00:00

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