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NUMBERS AND FATE OF THE COPTS IN SUDAN IN THE EVE OF THE MAHDIST REVOLUTION...
Map of the Mahdist State, showing the location of the principal towns where Copts were to be found (taken from P. M. Holt, A Modern History of Sudan, 2nd impression, 1972, p. 216) Following the...
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COPTIC DEMONS: TWO MONKS FROM ALZAWYYA VILLAGE NEAR ASYUT INVOLVED IN THE...
THE COPTS WERE RARELY INVOLVED IN THE GHASTLY BUISNESS OF SLAVERY BUT BAD APPLES DID GET INVOLVED – AND IT’S RIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THAT. HOWEVER, THEIR INVOLVEMENT WAS PERSONAL, AND THE COPTS AND THEIR...
View ArticleTHE COPTIC POPULATION OF KHARTOUM IN 1842 ACCORDING TO THE ITALIAN MISSIONARY...
Many Copts emigrated to Sudan after Muhammad Ali, Egypt’s ruler (1805 – 1848) annexed large lands south of Aswan, establishing Khartoum in the 1820s. There he needed, as in Egypt, Coptic accountants...
View ArticleTHE COPTIC POPULATION OF KHARTOUM IN 1863 ACCORDING TO THE SCOTTISH EXPLORER...
In 1863, the great Scottish explorer James Augustus Grant (1827 – 1892) visited Khartoum in his way from the Great Nile Basin in what is now Uganda, and stayed in in two weeks from 30 March to 15 April...
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THE SCOTTISH EXPLORER JAMES GRANT MEETS GABRIEL, “A HANDSOME OLD MAN” … THAT...
The Scottish explorer James Augustus Grant (1827 – 1892) In previous posts,[1] I talked about the Coptic bishops of Nubia and Khartoum that were sent by the Coptic Patriarchate in Cairo to Khartoum to...
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SORRY, THE INHABITANTS OF GURNA ARE NOT RELATED TO THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS –...
Old Gurna Many in the world claim to be the direct descendants of the Pharaonic race. I have heard this claim from people in West Africa (Senegalese), Sudan, America (Afro-Americans) and even in UK...
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WHY CAN’T RESERARCHERS STUDY THE GENETIC STRUCTURE OF THE COPTS AS A DISTINCT...
A Copt and non-Copt in Egypt (Picture, AFP) The Copts link themselves to Ancient Egypt – they claim that they are the direct descendants of the Pharaonic race. And there is a lot to credit them with...
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WHERE IS THE SECOND VOLUME OF TAWFIQ ISKAROS’ BOOK, نوابغ الأقباط ومشاهيرهم...
Tawfiq Iskaros (1871 – 1942) Volume 1 of Tawfiq Iskaros’ celebrated book on Coptic history in the 19th century Tawfiq Iskaros (1871 – 1942) was a great Coptic historian and activist. He is known for...
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COPTIC PATRIARCH CYRIL V SAW THE COPTS AS A NATION
Patriarch Cyril V (1874 – 1927). Portrait at the Old Coptic Patriarchate in Azbakiyya Since the coup d’état in 1952 by the Arabist Nasser (1952 – 1970) the Copts have been forbidden to refer to...
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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC GENOGRAPHIC PROJECT ON THE EGYPTIAN GENETIC MAKE-UP –...
In January 2017, Egyptian papers and digital media were inundated with news about the Egyptian genomic makeup discovered by the American-based National Geographic Genographic Project (NGGP). Egypt...
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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC GENOGRAPHIC PROJECT ON THE EGYPTIAN GENETIC MAKE-UP –...
IN THE NEXT PART, PART III, I SHALL TALK ABOUT THE EGYPTIAN RESULTS AND PRESENT A CRITIQUE Map showing the male migration routes based on the Y chromosome study of 10,000 indigenous individuals from...
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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC GENOGRAPHIC PROJECT ON THE EGYPTIAN GENETIC MAKE-UP –...
IN THE NEXT PART, PART IV, I SHALL PRESENT A CRITIQUE ABOUT THE GP’S FINDINGS ON EGYPT YOU ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO READ PART I AND PART II OF THIS SERIES In Part I and Part II of this series, I spoke...
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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC GENOGRAPHIC PROJECT ON THE EGYPTIAN GENETIC MAKE-UP –...
YOU ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO READ PART I, PART II AND PART III OF THIS SERIES Coptic woman (fragment of Coptic woollen tapestry, 3rd-4th c.) In Part I, Part II and Part III of this series, I talked...
View ArticleTHE TERMS IN DESRCRIBING THE TWO SETS OF BOHAIRIC COPTIC PRONUNCIATION SHOULD...
The terminology used to describe the two contested Bohairic Coptic pronunciation is bewildering. In 1858, Patriarch Cyril/Kyrillos IV (1854 – 1861) introduced a new pronunciation of some of the Coptic...
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THE PATHETIC RESEARCH ON THE COPTIC GENOME – AN INDICTMENT OF THE POPULATION...
In a previous article, Why Can’t Researchers Study the Genetic Structure of the Copts as a Distinct Racial and Ethnic Group in Egypt? (July 31, 2020), I expressed the Copts’ frustration at the...
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LINKS TO THE IMPORTANT BOOK BY RAMZI TADRUS: THE COPTS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Ramzi Tadrus was a Coptic historian. Unfortunately, I could not find a sufficient biography for him. In 1910-1911 he published an important book in Arabic, الأقباط في القرن العشرين (The Copts in the...
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RAMZI TADRUS’ COPTIC ENCYCLOPAEDIA
In a previous article, Links to the important book by Ramzi Tadrus: The Copts in the twentieth century (August 9, 2020), I talked about the monumental four-volume (if not five) book of the Coptic...
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THE SORRY STATE OF COPTIC BOOK PRODUCTION
An example of a professionally produced Coptic book Book production in Egypt is in a sorry state, and this applies to books by the Arabs of Egypt or the Copts. Unfortunately, Copts are bound to be...
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THE CURRENT COPTIC CUSTOM OF MALE CIRCUMCISION MUST STOP
A Turkish boy circumcised without use of anaesthetic[1] In a series of articles, I have proven that male circumcision was not a Coptic custom from the beginning and that it was introduced into Coptic...
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A STUDY IN A COPTIC PHOTO: IBRAHIM EFFENDI KHALIL, DESCENDENT OF THE FAMOUS...
Ibrahim Effendi and two of his sons, from Collection Anthropologique Du Prince Roland Bonaparte: Types Du Soudan I have recently been doing a study on the modern history of the Copts in Sudan and came...
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