Clik here to view.
IS COPTIC FIT FOR BROADCASTING A NEWS BULLETIN?
I was prompted to write this article when I read in the BBC the news that Finnish radio has dropped Latin news after 30 years. The ‘Nuntii Latini’ (News in Latin) was a five-minute weekly bulletin in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A COPTIC HAZVI NEWSPAPER?
First (24 October 1884) and last (31 July 1914) issues of HaZvi In 1884, Eliezer Ben Yehuda, Father of Hebrew Language Revival, published his newspaper, HaZvi (The Gazelle) in Hebrew. It is now 2019,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
HILDA FLINDERS PETRIE ON COPTIC VILLAGES
Hilda Petrie (1871 – 1957) with her husband Flinders Petrie (1853 – 1942) Hilda Petrie (1871 – 1957) was an English Egyptologist and artist, and wife of the great Egyptologist, Flinders Petrie. She...
View ArticleClik here to view.
EGYPT’S RUDE INTERVENTION IN GREECE’S WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
When the minds are ready, the circumstances are ripe, and the time is opportune, national changes happen; and what had been considered in the past impossible becomes possible. Bishop Germanos blessing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
THE BEAUTIFUL MEANING OF THE GREEK FLAG
Many countries and nations have beautiful flags but there is nothing like the Greek in its symbolism and meaning. The current national flag of Greece was adopted in 1979 but its history goes to the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
THE EGYPTIAN FLAG AND THE ALIENATION OF THE COPTS
Egypt’s flag was not made with any consideration for the Copts. In fact it alienates them from the Egyptian state. It refers to Arab identity, and in this sense it is difficult to accept that it...
View ArticleClik here to view.
THE COPTS HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO SIDE WITH THE MUSLIMS OF EGYPT AGAINST THE...
‘No Choice’, a painting by Michael Lang (2013) In a previous article, I asked, “Was the participation of the Copts in the 1919 Revolution a matter of astuteness or stupidity?”; and I declined to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
RESEARCHERS HAVE OFTEN IGNORED THE OPINION OF THE COPTS: THE RECENT BBC...
BBC News Arabic has recently published a survey it says is “the largest and most in-depth survey undertaken of the Middle East and North Africa”, and is published also on the BBC News website on 24...
View ArticleTHE COPTS ARE A DISTINCT NATION NOT JUST A RELIGIOUS GROUP
Many tend to ignore the fact that the Copts are a distinct nation different from other Egyptians, and find it more convenient to think of the Copts as a simple religious group, even looking at them...
View ArticleTHE FIVE FACTORS THAT HINDER THE EFFORTS FOR THE REVIVAL OF THE COPTIC LANGUAGE
The efforts for the revival of Coptic are hindered by five factors: First, the Egyptian dictatorial and military governments are opposed to the revival of Coptic; Second, we do not have a collective...
View ArticleWE DO NOT FIGHT FOR JUST RELIGIOUS FREEDOM BUT FOR OUR INDIVIDUAL AND...
In a previous article, I have spoken about the fact often ignored by many that the Copts are not a religious group but a distinct nation that is different from the other peoples of Egypt. In this...
View ArticleClik here to view.
THE EGYPTIAN CATASTROPHE IN A STREET
There is a street[1] in Cairo called the Street of the Leader Gamal Abdel Nassir. In the street sign, and under the name of the street, is written, “Previously, Street of Liberty”. Nothing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A RARE PHOTO OF CLAUDIUS LABIB
In previously published an article by Michael Collins Dunn about the great Coptic revivalist, Claudius Labib (1868 – 1918), titled, “Claudius Labib: A would-be Ben-Yehuda”. In the article, I published...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NEGLECT BY WESTERN LINGUISTS AND LIBERALS OF COPTIC EFFORTS TO REVIVE COPTIC
Coptic woman, 200 AD (Musée du Louvre) There are over 7,000 languages in the world at the present; and it is estimated that almost 50% of them will be extinct by the end of the century. Currently,...
View ArticleLORD CROMER ON THE COPTS III: ON THE “ATTITUDE OF THE COPTS TOWARDS THE...
After Cromer has assailed the Coptic religion, manners and character, which I have talked about in Part I and Part II of this series, he goes on to continue his anti-Coptic tripe. In this article I...
View ArticleTHE URGENT NEED FOR A COPTIC POLITICAL LEXICON
Many concepts and inventions have been introduced after the demise of Coptic and it ceasing to be a spoken language, and naturally Coptic has consequently been deficient in words expressing them. In no...
View ArticleClik here to view.
WHAT INSULTING PHRASE DID KING FAROUK OF EGYPT ADDRESS TO THE COPTIC...
King Farouk on the left and the Coptic politician Salib Pasha Sami on the right Salib Pasha Sami (1885 – 1958) was a Coptic politician who occupied several ministerial posts in the 1930s, 1940s and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
THE FOLLY OF REFERRING THE WORD ḤNṬŪR (حَنْطُوُر) TO COPTIC ORIGIN
Ḥnṭūr in Luxor I have written before in an article, “Our Present Day Lingual Follies”, and again in, “The Delirious Copt: A Short Story”, about the almost syndromic condition of the Copts trying to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Clik here to view.