Michel Cuypers

Michel Cuypers (born 1941) is a Belgian scholar of Qurānic studies, a friar, and a member of the Fraternity of the Little Brothers of Jesus.

He is a research fellow at the Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies in Cairo.

[1][2] Born in Belgium in 1941, Michel Cuypers spent twelve years in Iran.

[2] He also helped establish Luqmān, a journal dedicated to Iranology.

After leaving Iran in 1986, Cuypers studied Arabic and, in 1991, became a researcher at the Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies in Cairo.