Most of them are going to the tattoo parlour owned by the Razzouk family who has been tattooing from father to son for no less than 700 years. Sabrina Myre reports from Jerusalem's old city.

CAIRO — Tattoos have become commonplace in most of the Western world, with one in five American adults, for instance, supposedly sporting one. Yet for Egypt’s embattled Coptic Christian minori ...

During centuries of persecution, Coptic Christians found bold and enduring ways to show their dedication to Christ. Tattoos have become commonplace in modern American culture. According to a 2006 ...

Christian pilgrimage tattoos date back to the early 7th century, to the spread of Islam into Egypt, which at the time was a mainly Coptic Christian society. After being conquered by Muslim armies ...

My family originated from Egypt. They were Coptic Christians, and Copts have a tradition of having a tattoo of a small cross on their right wrist to identify themselves from others and to display ...

06/26/2018 June 26, 2018 A family of Coptic Christians has been providing tattoos for Christian pilgrims for 500 years. Among their customers have been members of the British royal family. Will ...

For her first 60 years, Ann Ronaldson never wanted a tattoo. But the accountant from Milton Keynes, England, changed her mind last week while visiting Jerusalem for the first time. Together with ...

Working from his studio on MacCurtain Street, Rob Sexton is combining tattooing with traditional wood carving. After learning from the Razuk family of Jerusalem, Coptic Christian tattooists tracing ...

A family of Coptic Christians has been providing tattoos for Christian pilgrims for 500 years. Among their customers have been members of the British royal family.