Event
Copts and Christian-Muslim Mediation: National Unity and Sectarian Exclusion in Egypt
Dr. Angie Heo, Assistant Professor of the Anthropology and Sociology of Religion, University of Chicago
Sponsored by
Middle East Center, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Pennsylvania
In the wake of the Arab Uprisings and the military coup, Egypt's Copts encounter promises of national unity and perils of sectarian exclusion. Based on fieldwork, this lecture analyzes how religious practices of mediation shape Christian-Muslim belonging under the post-1952 Egyptian state.