"I'm totally depressed. I was approved over a year ago for resettlement, just passed my medical exam last week and was hoping to see family living in Iowa. But instead I'll be stuck here worried about my physical safety," said Ibrahim, who like many Sudanese refugees has no travel documents and thus cannot leave Egypt.

Pope Francis came to Egypt on Friday for a historic two-day visit aimed at presenting a united Christian-Muslim front to repudiate violence committed in God's name.

Egypt's Coptic Christians have become the preferred target of the Islamic State group, an apocalyptic cult seeking religious war.

Women wailed as caskets marked with the word "martyr" were brought into the St. Mina monastery in Alexandria.

"They're thirsty for the blood of any Christian," Wafaa Fawzy said.

"It's clear that when you speak about social rights and workers' rights in Egypt you are implicitly denouncing the lack of freedom."