Persons

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List of persons names (and their functions) used in AWR-Articles

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Name Function
Būla [Bola] (Bishop of Ṭanṭā)

Bishop of Ṭanṭā (Since 1989); Head of the Clerical Council for Personal Status issues; General bishop (1980-1989)

Būla [Bola] (Father)

Coptic Orthodox priest in Shubrā al-Khaymah / Cairo

Būlūs al-Riyānī
Būlus Bāsīlī [Paulis Basili] (Father)

President of the Coptic Karama Charity Society; Former member of parliament; Member of the Journalists' Syndicate and the Egyptian Book Union; Priest

Būlus Faraj Raḥū [Paulos Faraj Rahho] (Archbishop)

Archbishop Mar Paulos Faraj Rahho was the Chaldean Catholic Archeparch of Mosul, in the northern part of Iraq. 

Būlus Ḥalīm (Father) (Spokesman of the Coptic Orthodox Church)

Spokesperson Coptic Orthodox Church appointed by Pope Tawadros II

Būlus Ramzī
Būlus Surūr (Father)

representative of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the parliamentary committee for social solidarity

Būlus `Uwaydah‎
Būlus ʿAwaḍ (Father)

bishop of St. Mary Church and the co-head of Bayt al- ʿ Āʾilah in Alexandria

Būlus ʿUwayḍa [Bulus Awidha] (Father)

Coptic Orthodox priest in Zahra al-Maadi, Cairo. He became known in 2011 for taking off his priestly dress in Grand Hayat, Cairo, because of a security check he objected to. Security wanted to check him but did not request him to take off his clothing. 

Bush
Bushrā Ḥannā Bey

He was "a wealthy Christian who owned a vast estate, and purchased his title from the dynasty of Muhammad Ali for a sum of 5,000 to 10,000 pounds" [ see Arab-West Papers Nr.21]

Buthayna Kamāl [Bothaina Kamel] (TV Anchor)
Buthayna Shaʿabān (Dr.)

Author

Buṭrus (Bishop)

Coptic Orthodox General Bishop (Since 1985); Member of the Board of Advisors of AWR (Since 2002); Supervisor of the Patmos Convent; Chairman of Agape channel

Biography

Butrus Al Bustani
Buṭrus al-Bustānī
Buṭrus Buṭrus Ghālī [Boutros Boutros-Ghali] (Dr., 6th General Secretary of the U.N.)

President of NCHR (since 2003); Secretary - General of La Francophone (2003-2006); Secretary-General of UN (1992-1997); Egyptian minister of state for Foreign Affairs (1977-1991)

Buṭrus Buṭrus Jayid (Rev. Fr.)

 

Buṭrus Fahīm (Bishop)

Deputy Patriarch of the Coptic Catholic

Buṭrus Faltāʾūs ʿAbd al-Shahīd (Reverend)

Head of the First Bible Baptist Denomination in Egypt

Buṭrus Ghālī (Egypt’s Prime Minister 1908-1910)

Prime minister of Egypt (1908-1910)

Buṭrus Ḥannā Manṣūr

Former ʿumda/village head of the predominantly Christian village al-Saraqnā, elected in 1911

Buṭrus Tādrus [Peter Tadros]

reporter

Buṭrus VII [Abba Boutros El-Gawly] (Pope)

Coptic Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark (1809-1852)

Buṭrus ʿIzzat Ḥannā

Photographer for the Middle East Christians Association (Canada)

cAlā' Hassānayn
Calvin O. Butts III (Pastor, Dr.)

Pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in the City of New York; President of the the State University of New York College at Old Westbury

Camilla Ainley

British naturopath and nutritionist living in Siwa, http://camillainsiwa.com/

Camillo Ballin (Bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia)

An Italian Roman Catholic Bishop.

Caravaggio (Italian painter from the 17th century)
Cardinal Kurt Koch
Carl A. Moeller (Dr.)

President/CEO of Open Doors USA

Carl F. Meinhof
Carl Sagan (Astrophysicist)
Carl Schmitt (Dr.jur., Dr.habil.)

German Nazi minded philosopher

Carlos (Bishop)
Carlos the Jackal (Ilyich Ramírez Sánchez)

Ilich Ramírez Sánchez – leftist radical who became Muslim

Carmen Weinstein

President of the Jewish Community in Egypt (Since 2005)

Carmichael
Carol Turoff
Caroline Zakaria Marcos

writes for Watani International on art and spirituality.

Carsten Juste

Danish Journalist; Editor-in-chief of Jyllands-Posten newspaper (2003-2008)

Caspar Detlef Gustav Müller

prominent German Coptologist, 1927-2003

Cassandra Chambliss

She is a florklorist. 

Cat Stevens [Yusuf Islam]

British musician; Converted to Islam at the height of his fame (1979)

Catherine II [Catherine the Great] (Empress of Russia)
Catherine Volkmann
Catholicos Aram I

head of the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia

Charles Fouad; Abu-Louli [Samir Abu Lu'Lu']
Charles (Prince of Wales)

Prince of Wales; Crown Prince of the United Kingdom

Charles Clarke

British politician; Home Secretary (2004-2006); Member of the Labour Party

Charles Darwin

19th Century English naturalist; Author of "On the Origin of Species"

Charles Fūʾād al-Misrī

Author

Charles Libois (Fr.)
Charles Napoleon (Prince)

great-great grandnephew of the Bonaparte line

Charles Perrault‎ (French writer from the early 18th century)
Charlesworth Edwards (Rev.)
Chiang Kai-shek [Jiang Jieshi] (Chairman)

Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kaishek) (1887-1975) – leader of the Republic of China from 1928 until 1975. As the head of the Guomindang, Jiang led China through the war against Japan, but eventually lost the civil war against the communists and was forced to flee with his government to Taiwan. 

Chimamanda Adichie
Chitham
Chris Patten
Chris Pfeiffer
Chris Smith

from the House of Representatives

Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje [Abdul Ghaffar] (Orientalist)

Defended a thesis about the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca (1880),  spent some time in Mecca (1884-1885) to build up his knowledge. Adopted the Muslim name Abdul Ghaffaar.

Christiaan van Nispen, S.J. (Father) (Professor of Islam and Philosophy)

Professor of Philosophy and Islam at the Coptic Catholic Seminary in Macādī (1964-2009); Jesuit priest; AWR Board Member (since 1997).

Biography

Christian Fastenrath
Christian Fastenrath
Christian Julien Robin

French scholar specialized in pre-Islamic Arabic.

Christina Lamb

Journalist; Foreign Correspondent for The Sunday Times

Christine Nādir Kamāl

Egyptian Coptic girl who converted to Islam and married a Muslim man

Christoph Luxenberg

Christoph Luxenberg is the pseudonym of the author of  the book  "The Syro-Aramaic Reading of the Koran: A Contribution to the Decoding of the Language of the Qur'an" (2000, 2007).

Christoph Luxenberg

German-Lebanese scholar who tried to find sense for passages in the Qur’an that remained for many centuries obscure by explaining Qur’anic words with the help of Aramaic.

Christoph Sauer (Prof., Dr.)
Christophe Magdy Saber [Christophe Majdī Ṣābir]

A filmmaker. Born in Cairo/Egypt, in 1991. Egyptian/Swiss nationality. He released his first documentary feature film, THE VALLEY OF SALT, which premiered at Thessaloniki and Hot Docs Film festival in Toronto.

Christopher A. Lamb (Dr.)
Christopher Charles Lamb (Reverend, Dr.)

Member of the Interfaith Commission of the Anglican Communion

Christopher Frattina
Cicero (Roman Orator)
Cindy Lee Garcia (actor)
Clare Turner
Clark Benner Lombardi

A professor of Islamic, constitutional and comparitative law at the school of law of Washington University

Claude Guibal

French author. 

Claudia Yvonne Wiens

German author; Writer and photographer for the Daily Standard

Claudio Lurati

Metropolitan of the Latin Catholic Church in Egypt

Clinton
Colin Powell
Colin Powell (Secretary of State)

U.S. Secretary of State (2001-2005)

Condoleezza Rice (Secretary of State)

U.S. Secretary of State (2005-2009); National Security Advisor (2001-2005)

Constantine I [Constantine the Great] (Roman Emperor)

Emperor of the Roman Empire (324-337 AD)

Constantine the Great (272– 337)
Corin Kazanjian
Cornelio Sommaruga (Dr.)
Cornelis Hulsman (كورنيلس هولسمان)

Editor in Chief AWR (Former RNSAW); Director of CIDT; Secretary-General of CAWU; Secretary-General of the Foreign Press Association in Cairo; Author

Biography

Corry-Anne van der Tang (Mrs.)
Cosmas II ‎(Pope)

During the ministry of the Coptic Orthodox Pope Cosmas II, the second period of Iconoclasm emerged (814–842‎). The Iconoclasm is the period during which religious and imperial authorities within the Eastern Church opposed the use of religious images or icons.

Cosmas III (Pope of Alexandria)
Pope Cosmas III of Alexandria was the Coptic Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark.
Died: February 27, 932 AD
Counselor Mahed Abdel Wahed
Counselor Maḥmūd al-Khudayrī [Legislative Committee Chairman]

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