Bashir Issa Copti ( بشير عيسى قبطي) was a

Palestinian Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...

– Lebanese teacher, poet, writer and publisher.

Biography

Early life

He was born in

Jaffa Jaffa, in Hebrew Yafo ( he, יָפוֹ, ) and in Arabic Yafa ( ar, يَافَا) and also called Japho or Joppa, the southern and oldest part of Tel Aviv-Yafo, is an ancient port city in Israel. Jaffa is known for its association with the b ...

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on August 11, 1929, in a family of six boys and three girls. His father was a professor of

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...

and mathematics at the Jaffa Governmental School, while his mother was a well-educated woman knowledgeable of three languages including German. He studied at Bishop Gobat's School in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

until 1948, when the war in

escalated, and due to continuous aggression, he emigrated with his family to

Amman Amman (; ar, عَمَّان, ' ; Ammonite language, Ammonite: 𐤓𐤁𐤕 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ''Rabat ʻAmān'') is the capital and largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of 4,061,150 a ...

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

, 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 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 Mr. Ralph Boustany 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

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classes until 1998, when he retired. According to his student "Bashir Copti was a great teacher" and "gave meaning and purpose to us all"

Family

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

Bibliography

Poetry

* Rebel Flame (اللهب الثائر) * Frost Under the Sun ( صقيع تحت الشمس) * Booklet of Spiritual Songs (كتاب ترانيم روحية) * The Story of Creation ( قصة الخلق)

Books

* Philosophical Research (أبحاث فلسفية) * History of Science of the Arabs (تاريخ العلوم عند العرب) * Dictionary of Arabic Grammar & Parsing ( القاموس في الصرف والنحو والاعراب) * Introduction to the History of Palestine Before Christ * Christianity in the Pre-Islamic Poetry ( المسيحية في الشعر الجاهلي) * Booklet for Devotional Prayers (كتاب صلوات تعبديّة)

Unpublished works

* Greek Philosophy(الفلسفة اليونانية) * Collection of poetry (ديوان شعر)

References

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