Dr. Ashraf Ramelah

About Dr. Ashraf Ramelah

Dr. Ashraf Ramelah is the founder and president of Voice of the Copts, a human rights nonprofit organization 501 (c) (3). The organization has offices in Italy and the United States. Dr. Ramelah is dedicated to the Coptic cause and believes that his life’s mission is to speak up for the oppressed Copts who cannot speak up for themselves. When he is not meeting with political figures and policy makers, Dr. Ramelah spends his time travelling throughout the country giving talks about the Coptic issue and explaining to the West the oppression against the Copts in Egypt. Dr. Ramelah was invited to address the European Parliament (2010) and to be the keynote speaker in the Italian Parliament (2011) on the issue of Coptic persecution in Egypt. He has done various interviews with Italian newspapers and appears frequently in the Italian and Arab Media. Dr. Ramelah is a featured author at Arutz Sheva, American Thinker, Family Security Matters.com, Canada Free Press and others. Dr. Ramelah is well known to the Egyptian government due to his advocacy for the Egyptian Copts as well as for Voice of the Copts’ lawsuit against them on behalf of Muslim convert to Christianity Mr. Hegazy and his family in 2009-2010. Ashraf Ramelah also appears as an entry in the Coptic History Encyclopedia (http://www.coptichistory.org/new_page_5260.htm). Dr. Ramelah, himself a Copt, was born in Cairo, Egypt. At the age of 17, he travelled to Italy to study architecture. He graduated with a doctorate in architecture from La Sapienza – Universita’ Degli Studi di Roma,Italy. His special study is restoration of old monuments and history of architecture. His career as an architect took him to work and live in Italy, Saudi Arabia, Gabon and the USA. His personal interests are Egyptology and Coptic history in the period after the Arab invasion of Egypt in 651 AD. Voice of the Copts is dedicated to bringing fair, correct and balanced information to the entire world regarding Copts and Christians in countries with an Arab-Muslim majority.

“Palestine”:History and Geography Can Unblock Deadlock

By | 2014-02-17T14:23:49-04:00 February 17th, 2014|Op-Eds|

It is a pity the US State Department chooses to focus on the remarks of Israeli Ministers, such as the private aside of the Minister of Defence labelling US Secretary of State John Kerry as being delusional and messianic - rather than concentrating on PLO Chairman Abbas's very public remarks that go to the heart

Nasrallah: Israel Benefits from Lebanon Turmoil

By | 2014-02-17T13:59:11-04:00 February 17th, 2014|News|

Israel and the United States are benefitting from the turmoil in Lebanon, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah claimed on Sunday, according to the Lebanese Daily Star.   Speaking during a televised speech, Nasrallah declared that Hezbollah would continue fighting in Syria despite the wave of car bombings targeting predominantly Shiite areas in Lebanon controlled by the

Two States for Two Peoples – And Don’t You Dare Say Otherwise

By | 2014-02-17T13:29:48-04:00 February 17th, 2014|News|

More than 300 Israeli university students and dozens of journalists crowded the Palestinian Authority's Ramallah headquarters Sunday, for a unique event advocating a "Two-State Solution". In a packed room at the Muqata compound, PA President Mahmoud Abbas outlined his opinion, his complaints and his demands concerning the ongoing negotiations between the PA and Israel.  

Sinai Attack – the First to Target Tourists in 6 Years

By | 2014-02-17T12:46:27-04:00 February 17th, 2014|News|

A bomb ripped through a tourist bus in Egypt's Sinai peninsula near the Israel border Sunday, killing three South Korean tourists and their Egyptian driver and reportedly wounding 33 others.   The attack was the first on tourists since a wave of unrest blamed on Islamists erupted across the country after the army overthrew president

It’s Time to Cut US Aid to the Palestinian Authority

By | 2014-02-17T00:26:44-04:00 February 17th, 2014|Op-Eds|

Last week, the Palestinian Authority's Chairman and Terrorist-Paymaster Mahmoud Abbas inked a 1 billion dollar deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to extract gas and oil from the Gaza Strip's economic exclusion zone.   Apart from all the other issues, with this money from Russia, it's now time to cut all US aid to the

Mohammed Morsi Stands Trial in Egypt for Conspiracy

By | 2014-02-16T23:49:31-04:00 February 16th, 2014|News|

Former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi stood trial in Cairo for the third time since he was toppled Sunday - this time, on terror and spying charges, according to BBC News.    Morsi is on trial with 35 others accused of working with Lebanese and Palestinian Arab groups to carry out terror attacks in Egypt. The

Iran: We’ve Developed a Missile ‘Better than S-300’

By | 2014-02-16T22:14:52-04:00 February 16th, 2014|News|

Iran continues to present technological achievements in the field of military industry. The Commander of the country's Air Defense Forces, Farzad Ismail, said that the missile "Bawer " (Faith) made in Iran, has reached the operational phase of development and that it features more advanced capabilities than the S-300 Russian-made missile.   The S-300 is

Taba Terror: Egypt Refuses Entry to Israeli Ambulances

By | 2014-02-16T22:09:19-04:00 February 16th, 2014|News|

Egypt has refused to allow Israeli Magen David Adom ambulances and emergency teams to Taba, where four people are dead and 33 injured after a terror bombing Sunday. Three of the dead are tourists from Korea and one is a bus driver.   An Egyptian security official told Egyptian newspaper Al-Youm a-Saba that Egypt is