The Copts flee Egypt
3/5/13 Rumours of a Coptic exodus from Egypt have been circulating by word of mouth and on the Internet, but the truth may be less dramatic than the reports have made it appear, writes Michael Adel The exodus of the Copts from Egypt is revisited every time there is political or sectarian turmoil in the country. The first wave of emigration to the US, Europe and Australia occurred after the nationalisations and land seizures that took place under the agricultural reform law after the 1952 Revolution. Thousands more Copts left during the regimes of former presidents Anwar Al-Sadat and Hosni Mubarak, and there was a wave of Coptic emigration before the 25 January Revolution after the events in Kosheh, at the All Saints Church in Alexandria, and in Omraniya.
3/5/13 Rumours of a Coptic exodus from Egypt have been circulating by word of mouth and on the Internet, but the truth may be less dramatic than the reports have made it appear, writes Michael Adel The exodus of the Copts from Egypt is revisited every time there is political or sectarian turmoil in the country. The first wave of emigration to the US, Europe and Australia occurred after the nationalisations and land seizures that took place under the agricultural reform law after the 1952 Revolution. Thousands more Copts left during the regimes of former presidents Anwar Al-Sadat and Hosni Mubarak, and there was a wave of Coptic emigration before the 25 January Revolution after the events in Kosheh, at the All Saints Church in Alexandria, and in Omraniya.
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The Copts flee Egypt
