Sally Bishai
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Sally Bishai is a young Egyptian American writer who focuses on Middle Eastern culture, Americanization/assimilation issues, and Coptic issues from a conservative perspective. Her activism concerns the perception of Arabs, Arab Americans, and Muslims after September 11, as well as the plight of the Copts; she is founder and president of the Copt X Fellowship.
She is author of two self published books Mid-East Meets West and Date Like An Egyptian, as well as founder and editor of the electronic and print self published X Culture Magazine.
Bishai holds a MA in Communication Art from the West Florida University and is currently a doctoral student at Florida State University. Her research interests are in communications theory.
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- Mid-East Meets West—Covers the assimilation of Arabs and Egyptians into American culture.
- Date Like An Egyptian—A guide for dating, which is often considered taboo, for Egyptian women and girls.
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- Quest for Kemet.(Documentary, 121 minutes. Also titled "Children of Kemet II.")
- Sally Bishai's 30 Minutes With... (Weekly Online Program)
- Children of Kemet: The Copts, Culture, and Democracy of Egypt (Documentary, 72 minutes)
- Back To Square One? Fifty Years After Emmett Till (Documentary, 52 minutes)
- Strange Behaviour: How Westerners Feel About Gender Roles in the Middle East (Documentary, 30 minutes)
