Bashir Copti

Bashir Copti
بشير قبطي
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Born (1929-08-11)August 11, 1929
Jaffa, Palestine
Died March 20, 2016(2016-03-20)
Beirut, Lebanon
Occupation Teacher, poet, writer, publisher
Nationality Palestinian, Lebanese

Bashir Issa Copti (بشير عيسى قبطي) is a PalestinianLebanese teacher, poet, writer and publisher.

Biography

Early life

He was born in Jaffa, Palestine on August 8, 1929, in a family of six boys and three girls. His father was a professor of Arabic and mathematics at the Jaffa Governmental School, while his mother was well educated.

He studied at Bishop Gobat's School in Jerusalem until 1948, when the war in Palestine escalated, and due to continuous aggression, he emigrated with his family to Amman, Jordan, where he was employed with the United Nations and then joined the Ministry of Finance. Due to financial and political inconvenience he emigrated again to Beirut in 1961 where he was employed at the National School of Choueifat[1] now International School of Choueifat – Lebanon.

University studies and professional career

During his employment at the Choueifat School, he got the permission of the Director to continue his higher education, and successfully enrolled in Saint-Joseph's University by mid-1961. He continued his studies and earned his Diploma in Literature by 1964.

He tutored at the School of Choueifat Arabic language, Literature, Philosophy and History of Sciences of the Arabs to graduate classes for a period of fifteen years as he also tutored Mathematics to Intermediate Classes. He then moved to International College (IC) in 1977 to teach Philosophy and History of Science of the Arabs to Baccalauréat classes until 1998, when he retired. According to his student "Bashir Copti was a great teacher" and "gave meaning and purpose to us all"[2]

Family

Copti is married to Violet Jureidini from the village Majdalouna, El Chouf, Lebanon and has three daughters, a son, and ten grandchildren. [2]

Bibliography

Poetry

Books

Unpublished Works

References

  1. Awad, Adib (November 2010). Awad, Adib, ed. "A Flag from my Country" [علم من بلادي]. Alnashra Magazine. 11 (in Arabic) (Beirut: National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon) 124: 1133.
  2. 1 2 "Mr. Bashir Copti, The philosopher in our Midst". IC Newsletter (Beirut: International School) (Winter): 9. 2005.
  3. Copti, Bashir (1970). صقيع تحت الشمس. Beirut. p. 86.
  4. Copti, Bashir (2010). قصة الخلق. Beirut: دار عشتروت. p. 207.
  5. Copti, Bashir (1995). القاموس في الصرف والنحو والاعراب. Beirut: Bashir Copti. p. 505.
  6. Copti, Bashir (2008). المسيحية في الشعر الجاهلي. Beirut: الرعاة للدراسات والنشر. p. 180.
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