The Copts represent a living link to the region’s ancient history and its religious diversity, which is now under systematic threat.

There are about 200,000 members. Most Egyptians are adherents to Islam, and Orthodox Coptic Christians [distinct from Catholic Copts] constitute roughly 10% of the country’s 95 million people.

and it was here that Africa's first Christian church – the Coptic Church of Egypt – thrived. To learn more about Coptic Cairo's rich history, check out neighborhood attractions like the Coptic ...