In this article historian Mājid Kāmil, Senior Researcher at the Egyptian National Library and Archives, speaks about Dr. Bāhūr Labīb as one of the world leaders in Coptology.

Dr. Pahor Labib [Bāhūr Labīb], one of the most famous scholars of Coptic Studies in Egypt and the world, was born on September 19, 1905, in ʿAyn Shams and had a passion for the Coptic language since his childhood.  He had inherited a love of Coptic studies and archeology in general from his father, Professor Claudius Labib [Aqlādyūs Labīb].  One of his family traditions prohibited speaking any non-Coptic language inside the home until they were properly trained to master it.