A few weeks ago during a dinner conversation with my wife, we contemplated what our 2 year old toddler would think of herself as she grows up. Would she think of herself culturally as an American,…
As a psychotherapist who has practiced for the better part of a decade, I’ve seen and worked with a wide variety of patients. Working in Southern California (especially around the LA area) has given me the…
When I told people that I was going to take on Female Genital Mutilation for the Coptic Voice, I got one of two responses: “What’s that?” and: “That’s not a problem for Copts; we don’t have that.”
How the Supreme Court’s Ruling that undocumented immigrants, legal immigrants, and immigrants seeking asylum can be held indefinitely may end up hurting Copts. Source Martin Niemoller, an anti-Nazi Lutheran Pastor living in Germany during Hitler’s reign,…
My life journey started from the day I was born…I was beautifully made by him, inside and out. But to say it has been an easy journey would be a lie. Instead, my journey has been…
For many born and raised in America, it’s sometimes difficult to fully understand the rigid societal structure of oppression that goes on in Egypt. Although America has its fair share of systemic racism, this oppression has…
It may or may not come as a surprise to some people to find out that Egypt ranks in the bottom ten worldwide in gender equity. This means that, culturally, Egyptian women have “significantly lower participation in…
An interview with an African American Coptic Convert Regina, who prefers to go by her baptized name Monica, is a Coptic convert with a kind voice and wise eyes. She works in the public health field…
St. Patrick’s Cathedral is considered by many to be the heart of New York City. For me, that Cathedral is the embodiment of the current state of the Church, and of true Christianity entirely. Its…
For the month of December, several Copts joined together to form a team to participate in “Dressember,” a yearly challenge where women pledge to wear a dress every day for the month of December (and men pledged to…