The BA Launches a Program for Coptic Studies
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The BA has recently launched a program for Coptic studies, concerned with publishing different studies and research, in addition to holding awareness and specialized courses in the field of Coptic heritage.
The Program deals with Coptic studies in a wider sense, including Coptic culture and heritage as an issue of Egyptian public concern. Coptic heritage had been an important bridge between the Pharaonic and Islamic eras. Coptic culture did not fade away by the introduction of Islam to Egypt in the year 641; on the contrary it mingled and interacted with the new culture producing a unique Egyptian mix for all Egyptians, both Muslims and Christians.
The idea of launching a Coptic Studies Program was nurtured by the success of the First International Coptic Studies Conference held in September 2010.
For more information, please contact Mr. Loaay Mahmoud, the Program Coordinator: loaay.mahmoud@bibalex.org