Persons
Terms:Persons
List of persons names (and their functions) used in AWR-Articles
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| Name | Function |
|---|---|
| Benjamin I (Pope) |
Pope |
| Benjamin Netanyahu (Prime Minister of Israel) |
Prime minister of Israel (1996-1999; Since 2009) |
| Benny Gantz |
Israeli soldier and politician and leader of Blue and White party |
| Benoît Forget | |
| Benyāmīn (Bishop of Cyprus) |
Excommunicated bishop of St. Bula Monastery, Bishop of Cyprus. |
| Berge Traboulsi (Prof., Dr.) |
Haigazian University, Beirut |
| Bernard Lewis (Dr.) |
U.S. historian; Orientalist; Political commentator; Professor at Princeton University (1974-1986) |
| Bernard Verlhac (Tignous) |
Staff-member of the French satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo, he was killed in a shooting on January 7 in 2015 along with several of his colleagues. Two terrorists who affiliated themselves to al-Qaeda in Yemen commited the attack. |
| Bernd Erbel (Amb.) | |
| Bernd van der Meulen (Prof., Dr.) | |
| Bernhard Reitsma |
Head of the research center Open Doors (2008), professor by special appointment for research of the Church in the context of Islam at the Free University of Amsterdam |
| Bert Dorenbos (Dutch television presenter) |
director of the Evangelische Omroep (Evangelical Broadcasting company) from 1974 to 1987 |
| Bert van Voorden |
former SGP mayor of Rijssen |
| Berta Koolstra |
Mother Koolstra Family, kidnapped in Yemen by tribe, 1999. |
| Betty Atherton | |
| Beyza Bilgin (Prof.) | |
| Bidīr ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz | |
| Bigul Nājī (Bishop) |
Bishop of the Church of the Great Martyr in Nāṣir in Bani Swaif |
| Bījīmī al-Anbā Būlā (Father) |
Two martyrs church |
| Bilāl (first mūʾadhin in Islam) | |
| Bilāl al-Ḍāwī |
Author; Journalist |
| Bilāl Faḍl [Belal Fadl] |
Egyptian author |
| Bill Cotterell | |
| Bill Fryda (Father) |
Catholic medical doctor and priest working in Kenya |
| Billy Graham (Reverend) |
American Christian evangelist and an evangelical; spiritual adviser to twelve United States presidents |
| Bīmin Muftāḥ (Priest) | |
| Bīmin [Bimen] (Bishop) | |
| Bimwā (Bishop) |
Abbot of the Monastry of Saint George in al Khatatba/ al-Sādāt/ Monufia |
| Bin Bāz (Shaykh) | |
| Bin Yamin (Patriarch) | |
| Birit Nasmar |
(-1966) President of Eritrean Jewish Communitiy for over 40 years |
| Bisāda Zakī (Father) |
Former priest in Arḍ al-Liwā' / Giza; Defrocked on charges of corruption |
| Bīsantī (Bishop of Ḥilwān [Helwan] and al-Maʿṣarah) |
Coptic Orthodox bishop of Helwan and al-Maʿṣarah (Since 1990); Secretary of Pope Shenouda III (1980 -1990) |
| Bishop Aghabius | |
| Bishop Demetrious Ordains | |
| Bishop Yoannes | |
| Bishop AnmābƯūs | |
| Bishop Armiyā [Secretary of Pope Shinūda III] | |
| Bishop Athanasius of Bani Mazar and al-Banasa | |
| Bishop Bakhoum | |
| Bishop Demetrius | |
| Bishop Marcos | |
| Bishop Marqus | |
| Bishop Mūsá | |
| Bishop Pachomius | |
| Bishop Samy Fawzy Shehata [Sāmī Fawzī Shiḥāta] (Anglican) | |
| Bishop Serabamun | |
| Bishop Wissa | |
| Bishop Yu'annis | |
| Bishop Zacharias of Sakhā |
Medieval bishop to whom a number of Holy Family traditions have been attributed |
| Bishopric of Beba and El Fashn | |
| bishops Samuel | |
| Bīshūy Armiyā Būlus [Bishoy Armia Boulos] |
Muhammad Hijāzī, born in Port Said in 1982, converted to Christianity in 1998 and changed his name to Bishoy Armia Boulos |
| Bīshūy Bahīj al-ʿīd |
10 years old murdered in Kushh in Sohag |
| Bīshūy Kāmil (Father) |
Late Coptic Orthodox Priest |
| Bīshūy Tāmrī (Bishoy Tamri) |
Head of Political Communications of the Maspero Youth Union (MYU) |
| Bishūy Zāriʾ ʿAbd al-Ḥannūn (Coptic Student) | |
| Bīshūy [Bishoy] Saint) | |
| Bīshūy [Monastery of Virgin Mary in Jabal Asyūṭ] (Father) |
Father Bīshūy - Monastery of Virgin Mary in Jabal Asyūt (2000) |
| Bīshūy (late Metropolitan Bishop of Kafr al-Shaykh and Damietta and former Secretary of the Holy Synod) | |
| Bissintī (Bishop) | |
| Boallam Ṣanṣāl (Algerian author) | |
| Bob Carr (Austrialian Minister of Foreign Affairs) | |
| Brent Hamoud |
Programs Coordinator of the Institute of Middle East Studies (IMES) at the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary (ABTS) |
| Brian Grim |
President of the Religious Freedom & Business Foundation (USA) |
| Brian Whitaker |
Journalist for the British newspaper The Guardian (since 1987) and its Middle East editor (2000-2007) |
| Bruno Musarò (Bishop) |
Roman Catholic archbishop and nuncio of the Vatican to Egypt [2017] |
| Bukharest (folkloric figure) | |
| Būla Anwar (Reverend) |
Spokesman of the Mallawī Archbishopric |
| Būla Fuʾād Nakhlah (Father) |
Defrocked Coptic Orthodox priest in al-Bilyanā |
| Būla [Bola] (Bishop of Ṭanṭā) |
Bishop of Ṭanṭā (Since 1989); Head of the Clerical Council for Personal Status issues; General bishop (1980-1989) |
| Būla [Bola] (Father) |
Coptic Orthodox priest in Shubrā al-Khaymah / Cairo |
| Būlūs al-Riyānī | |
| Būlus Bāsīlī [Paulis Basili] (Father) |
President of the Coptic Karama Charity Society; Former member of parliament; Member of the Journalists' Syndicate and the Egyptian Book Union; Priest |
| Būlus Faraj Raḥū [Paulos Faraj Rahho] (Archbishop) |
Archbishop Mar Paulos Faraj Rahho was the Chaldean Catholic Archeparch of Mosul, in the northern part of Iraq. |
| Būlus Ḥalīm (Father) (Spokesman of the Coptic Orthodox Church) |
Spokesperson Coptic Orthodox Church appointed by Pope Tawadros II |
| Būlus Ramzī | |
| Būlus Surūr (Father) |
representative of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the parliamentary committee for social solidarity |
| Būlus `Uwaydah | |
| Būlus ʿAwaḍ (Father) |
bishop of St. Mary Church and the co-head of Bayt al- ʿ Āʾilah in Alexandria |
| Būlus ʿUwayḍa [Bulus Awidha] (Father) |
Coptic Orthodox priest in Zahra al-Maadi, Cairo. He became known in 2011 for taking off his priestly dress in Grand Hayat, Cairo, because of a security check he objected to. Security wanted to check him but did not request him to take off his clothing. |
| Bush | |
| Bushrā Ḥannā Bey |
He was "a wealthy Christian who owned a vast estate, and purchased his title from the dynasty of Muhammad Ali for a sum of 5,000 to 10,000 pounds" [ see Arab-West Papers Nr.21] |
| Buthayna Kamāl [Bothaina Kamel] (TV Anchor) | |
| Buthayna Shaʿabān (Dr.) |
Author |
| Buṭrus (Bishop) |
Coptic Orthodox General Bishop (Since 1985); Member of the Board of Advisors of AWR (Since 2002); Supervisor of the Patmos Convent; Chairman of Agape channel |
| Butrus Al Bustani | |
| Buṭrus al-Bustānī | |
| Buṭrus Buṭrus Ghālī [Boutros Boutros-Ghali] (Dr., 6th General Secretary of the U.N.) |
President of NCHR (since 2003); Secretary - General of La Francophone (2003-2006); Secretary-General of UN (1992-1997); Egyptian minister of state for Foreign Affairs (1977-1991) |
| Buṭrus Buṭrus Jayid (Rev. Fr.) |
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| Buṭrus Fahīm (Bishop) |
Deputy Patriarch of the Coptic Catholic |
| Buṭrus Faltāʾūs ʿAbd al-Shahīd (Reverend) |
Head of the First Bible Baptist Denomination in Egypt |
| Buṭrus Ghālī (Egypt’s Prime Minister 1908-1910) |
Prime minister of Egypt (1908-1910) |
| Buṭrus Ḥannā Manṣūr |
Former ʿumda/village head of the predominantly Christian village al-Saraqnā, elected in 1911 |
| Buṭrus Tādrus [Peter Tadros] |
reporter |
| Buṭrus VII [Abba Boutros El-Gawly] (Pope) |
Coptic Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark (1809-1852) |
| Buṭrus ʿIzzat Ḥannā |
Photographer for the Middle East Christians Association (Canada) |
| cAlā' Hassānayn | |
| Calvin O. Butts III (Pastor, Dr.) |
Pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in the City of New York; President of the the State University of New York College at Old Westbury |
| Camilla Ainley |
British naturopath and nutritionist living in Siwa, http://camillainsiwa.com/ |
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