Sameh Egyptson
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Sameh Egyptson (born 1966 as Sameh Nabeh Basely Khalil) is an Egyptian-born Swedish writer and academic in the field of interreligious relations at the Humanities and Theology Faculties at Lund University.[1]
Biography
[edit]Sameh Nabeh Basely Khalil was born on September 8, 1966, in Aswan, Egypt but grew up in Cairo in a Coptic Christian family. After high school, he studied Middle Eastern and Egyptian history at Ain Shams University, while also studying at the Coptic Institute in Cairo.[2]
Khalil moved to Sweden as a political refugee in 1990 and took the name "Egyptson" in 2001.[2][3] In Sweden, he studied language, Islamic studies, and religious studies at Uppsala and Lund Universities.[citation needed]
In media
[edit]On February 23, 2023, a seminar was held in Sweden's Riksdag (Sweden's Parliament) where Egyptson was invited by member of parliament Robert Hannah from the Liberals to present his PhD thesis.[4] There, Egyptson criticized the Swedish politicians who he claimed have given power to an ultra-conservative group to represent Muslims in Sweden.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Larsson, Lars (2023-02-23). ""Politiken har gjort muslimer en björntjänst"". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-12-26.
- ^ a b Wärn, Daniel (2004-05-17). "Kristna släpps in på imamutbildning". Dagen. Archived from the original on 2004-05-17. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
- ^ "Storbråk väntas kring avhandling om Muslimska brödraskapet i Sverige". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 2023-04-24. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
- ^ Larsson/Tt, Lars (23 February 2023). ""Politiken har gjort muslimer en björntjänst"". Svenska Dagbladet.
- ^ ""Politiken har gjort muslimer en björntjänst"". 23 February 2023. Archived from the original on 2023-02-23.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- "Sameh Egyptson (Former)". Lund University Publications. Retrieved 2023-12-26.