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The Copts and the Egyptian Revolution My Speech at Saint Egidio Meeting Munich 2011 Panel 5 - 12 Sept. 2011 Ladies and Gentlemen, I’m much honored to be here with you today. I came from Egypt as a Copt to say how we feel as Copts and as a minority towards our great Egyptian revolution that stunted the world. First let me say something about my experience with the religious and cultural diversity, I'm a Coptic Orthodox, I was of a protestant mother and an orthodox father, and now I'm a lecturer at the Anglican school of Theology. So I know exactly what it means to live in culture of diversity and I know how and what it means to accept and co-exist with different ideas. I'm also a Freelance journalist. Now back to the revolution. I can assure you that every single Egyptian despite of his/her religion is very happy that the revolution occurred, it should have happened long time ago. Starting from 1923 Egypt was a liberal country until the military coup of July 1953 which en...