Cornelis Hulsman was impressed by two articles of Maged Atiya [Mājid ʿAṭiyya], a Coptic Orthodox American who was born and raised in Egypt before migrating to the USA. Maged Atiya writes about the impact of Coptic migrants to the USA on Egypt. They remained politically involved but often with an intense critique on Egyptian political authorities and Islam. Their focus was not dialogue but political activism which made that they often did not care much about reporting facts. Instead they exaggerated if they believed this was needed to convince US authorities to put pressure on Egyptian authorities for the issues they deemed important. The Coptic Orthodox Church, in particular under the leadership of Pope Shenouda [Shīnūda] when this political activism was felt strongest, was Janus headed; at the one hand trying to placate Coptic political activists and at the other hand building a relationship with the Government of Egypt that was at time dialogue focused and at times using activism to push its own agenda. Maged Atiya and Cornelis Hulsman have both lived through this period. Cornelis Hulsman found Maged Atiya’s description of these activists excellent and for this reason wrote an introduction reflecting his own experiences with Coptic political activists in the USA.