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How Egypt’s Coptic Christians put down roots around the world, but remained grounded in their culture

  • After decades of oppression and adversity, Copts — the ‘original Egyptians’ — are finding hope in Egypt’s ‘new republic’
  • Those raised overseas, like British-born Egyptian artist and iconographer Fadi Mikhail, have remained true to their roots
By Jonathan Gornall ·