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The Tomb of Ibrahim and Girgis al-Guhari (OLD CAIRO)

The Tomb of Ibrahim and Girgis al-Guhari (OLD CAIRO) The Tomb of Ibrahim and Girgis al-Guhari, newly renovated by the Supreme Council of Antiquities under the direction of Dr. Zahi Hawass, is located near the Coptic Church of St. George in Old Cairo. Ibrahim al-Guhari (d. 1795) is one of the most significant Coptic personalities. …

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The Franciscan Church of the Assumption (MUSKI)

Places / By Armia FAYEZ

The Franciscan Church of the Assumption (MUSKI) THE CHURCH IS SITUATED at the end of Darb al-Barabra off Port Said Street in Muski. The history of this church begins in 1632 when Franciscan monks acquired a piece of land outside the ‘Embassy of the Venetians.’ This ‘French Church/ as it came to be known, was …

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Yusuf Al-Qibti (17th C.)

Eminent / By Armia FAYEZ

YUSUF AL-QIBTI (17th c.) A Copt and one of the few Egyptians who had cultural contacts with Europe in modern times before Napoleon Bonaparte’s expedition and the reign of Mohammed Ali (1805-1848). He expressed his wish to Pope Urban III (1623-1644) to join the Vatican Library as a scriptor to correct the proofs printed in …

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Uhanna Sheftishi

Eminent / By Armia FAYEZ

YUHANNA SHEFTISHI An 18th-19th-century priest and scholar. He was born in Cairo. He served as an interpreter, adjudicator for tax collection, and main recorder at the Tribunal of Commerce under the French administration following the Campaign of Napoleon Bonaparte in Egypt (1798-1801). He was appointed a colonel in the Coptic legion, which General Ya‘qub had …

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