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Dr Nabil Sabry Isshak: CV

Profession: Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, UK, Egypt, UAE. Retired
Degrees MB.ChB (Alexandria University), DO (London), FRCS(Glasgow), FRCOPH (England)

Coptic Language Positions
• Coptic language teacher in Coptic churches in Egypt and the UK since 1964
• Member and Coordinator of ‘Coptic language Speakers Society’, in Egypt since 2010
• President of ‘Coptic Culture Society UK’ (since 2005)
• Member of Coptic Language teaching staff, ‘On-line European Academy for Coptic Heritage.’ London 2020

Published books
• ‘Nofri Lessons in Coptic Language’ Book I (First Ed. 2010, Second Ed. 2019) & Book II (2014), in English and Arabic
• ‘History of Coptic Language: Emergence, Decline, and Revival & Cyrillic Pronunciation’, in Arabic. (2012)
• ‘Coptic Neologism’, in Arabic and partly in English. (2018)

International Conference Contributions
• ‘Coptic Studies: Future Aspirations’. Institute of Coptic Studies, Cairo. 5-7 Dec 2014
• ‘Coptic Heritage between Originality and Contemporaneity’. Institute of Coptic Studies, Cairo. 22-24 Mar 2019
• ‘Coptic Culture: Past, Present, and Future I’ Coptic Orthodox Centre. Stevenage, UK. 15-17 May 2008
• ‘Coptic Culture: Past, Present, and Future II’ Coptic Orthodox Centre. Stevenage, UK. 22-24 May 2013 • 10th International Congress of Coptic Studies in Rome, (17-22 September 2012).

Other Activities
• Organizer of two Coptic liturgies conducted wholly in Coptic, including readings and sermons
1. Nottingham. UK. 21 Sept 2013
2. N Wales, GB. 19 Sept 2015
• Recent ‘Zoom Meetings’ for Coptic Language practice
• Talks in various societies about Coptic language and its history