Worked for coexistence, led a joint trip to Poland: Father Emil Shophani died at the age of 76. He believed that "cooperation between the Arab-Christians who have lived here for two thousand years and the Jews, can succeed and sweep the entire Arab world after it - Christians and Muslims" Shoufani received the blessing of Arab leaders for the trip to the extermination camps, including the then president of Egypt Hosni Mubarak and the then chairman of the Palestinian Authority, Yasser Arafat.