num_pages: 160
description: On 1 January 2011 a bomb blast outside a Coptic church in the Egyptian city of Alexandria kills dozens of Copts attending New Year services. Media outlets from around the world replay footage of the carnage. Threats are made against Copts worldwide. Angered anguished and defiant Egypt's besieged Copts flood the streets and clash with police in Alexandria and Cairo. Twenty-five days later on 25 January 2011 Egypts revolution begins and the events once again capture the international community's attention. But this time the world watches with inspiration as the Egyptian people seek to topple a dictatorship. FREE THE COPTS provides a fresh perspective on Egypt's Copts their culture and their struggle against discrimination and persecution. Various politicians journalists academics clergy and activists from around the globe have contributed a range of articles to make this compilation a valuable resource about the Copts and their future in a changing Egypt.
language: English
title: Free the Copts: From Ancient Glory to Modern Oppression
publisher: Australian Coptic Movement Association Ltd