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THE PERNICIOUS JOKE OF NATIONL UNITY
In two previous articles, The Epistle of Pope Shenouda III to the Coptic People on the Rightful Resistance to Injustice (following the massacre of the Copts in Suez 1952): Introduction and Text, I...
View ArticleWHAT THE COPTS LACK IS A LEADER LIKE MARTIN LUTHER KING, Jr
The BBC: Face to Face, 1961| Martin Luther King, Jr The Copts face injustice like what the Negro (and I use this term as Martin Luther King, Jr, a hero of mine, uses) in the US had faced in the period...
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LAWRENCE DURRELL PLAGIARISM I: THE GAFFE OF DAVID MOUNTOLIVE AND THE OUTBURST...
LAWRENCE DURRELL HAS PLAGIARISED HIS FELLOW ENGLISHMAN, S. H. LEEDER, AND PUT LEEDER’S VIEWS AND WORDS IN THE MOUTH OF THE COPT, FALTHAUS HOSNANI Mountolive, which was published in 1958, is the most...
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THE ENGLISH ARCHAEOLOGIST, ARTHUR WEIGALL, AND HIS ANGLO-COPTIC ROMANTIC...
The English Egyptologist and author, Arthur Weigall in 1923 Arthur Weigall (1880 – 1934) was an English Egyptologist and prolific writer. His fascination with ancient Egypt started from early age. In...
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II. THE ENGLISH ARCHAEOLOGIST, ARTHUR WEIGALL, AND HIS ANGLO-COPTIC ROMANTIC...
Arthur Weigall with his wife, Hortense, outside the entrance to the tomb (KV2) of Ramesses IV In Part I, I gave a general biography of the Egyptologist, Arthur Weigall, and I promised to analyse his...
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S. H. LEEDER’S ACCOUNT OF THE COPTIC WEDDING CEREMONY AND CELEBRATIONS IN...
One of the most gorgeous Coptic weddings of recent years. Which united the prominent families of Wissa and Fanous. The photograph shows the magnificent Egyptian pavilion used on ceremonial occasions,...
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III. THE ENGLISH ARCHAEOLOGIST, ARTHUR WEIGALL, AND HIS ANGLO-COPTIC ROMANTIC...
I have promised the reader to read, and write about, the novel, The Way of the East, by the English Egyptologist, Arthur Weigall. He wrote it in 1924. It was published in the same year in Toronto,...
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COPTIC WEDDING AS DESCRIBED BY THE ENGLISH WRITER, MRS E. L. BUTCHER, IN 1910
Edith Louisa Butcher (1854 – 1933), the English author of the famous “The Story of the Church of Egypt”, has an interesting book, Things Seen in Egypt, which was published in 1910. In it, Mrs Butcher...
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OUR SUBSERVIENCE AND OUR VICES
A book by H. P. Rev. Fr. Shenouda Hanna, Chief Priest of El-Moallaka Church, Old Cairo, has recently fallen in my hands. The book is titled, Who Are the Copts?, and it is its fourth edition (1965). It...
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LET SUDAN TEACH EGYPT ONE OR TWO THINGS
Dr. Nasri Morqos, Member of Sudan’s Sovereign Council The Egyptians generally look down on Sudan – they think they are more civilised, more advanced. But the Sudanese have often proven the opposite....
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UPDATE: LET SUDAN TEACH EGYPT A THING OR TWO AND SHAME HER
Mrs Rajaa Nicola Abdel Massih, Coptic member of the Sudanese Sovereign Council In a previous article, Let Sudan Teach Egypt a Thing or Two, I wrote about the selection of a Coptic member, as one of...
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THE COPTS MUST SEEK ECUMENICAL UNION WITH THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH BEFORE...
There are religious, social and political reasons for why we should seek unity with other churches for as long as that ecumenical movement does not compromise the theology or teachings of the Coptic...
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A STUDY OF BOHAIRIC COPTIC BY NABIL MATTAR
A Study of Bohairic Coptic by Nabil Mattar, published in 1990 by Hope Publishing House, is an excellent book in the study of Coptic Bohairic, and together with that by Sameh Younan, So, You Want to...
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[1] THOUGHTS ON THE MODERNISATION OF THE COPTIC LANGUAGE: THE SO-CALLED...
The Coptic letters in Bohairic are 31: 24 Greek letters (starting with the alpha and ending with the omega) and 7 from Demotic added at to the end of the Greek letters (after the omega [which in some...
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[2] THOUGHTS ON THE MODERNISATION OF THE COPTIC LANGUAGE: THE COPTIC...
I. INTRODUCTION Coptic numerals are inadequate for our modern age. This is pretty clear, and something must be done about it if we are to revive the Coptic language and make it fit for use in today’s...
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IF THE COPTS DO NOT DEVELOP THEIR OWN SONGS, DANCE AND MUSIC, OTHER PEOPLES’...
Figure 1: A Copt from old Coptic textiles Culture as I previously explained in, What Is Culture?, culture is what makes us, what shapes our mind, and what determines our civilisation. Culture includes...
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[3] THOUGHTS ON THE MODERNISATION OF THE COPTIC LANGUAGE: THE COPTS MUST FIND...
I have argued in a previous article, The Coptic Numerical Notation System Must Change, that we should abandon our old alphabetical numerical system and replace it by the Hindu-Arabic system because our...
View ArticleTHE COPTS MUST NEVER LOSE THE BELIEF THAT EGYPT COULD BECOME A DEMOCRATIC...
We should have faith that democracy is possible in Egypt; and we should have faith that in no other political system will the Coptic problem be solved. We must work with other civilians in Egypt who...
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WE HAVE SAINTS AND MARTYRS, BUT DO WE HAVE HEROES?
Figure 1: The Battle of Vučji Do in 1876 fought between the combined forces of Montenegrin and Eastern Herzegovinian tribes against the Ottoman Army by the Serbian artist, Petar Lubarda (1907-1974)...
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CAN THE DEVELOPERS OF ‘COPTIC READER’ MAKE THE ENTIRE HOLY BIBLE AVAILABLE IN...
The Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United States, headed by its energetic Bishop Youssef, has developed a great mobile application supported on Android 7.0+ and iOS 8.0+ devices (iPhone and...
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