Michel Cuypers (born 1941) is a Belgian scholar of QurÃÂnic 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.
Born in Belgium in 1941, Michel Cuypers spent twelve years in Iran. There, he earned a PhD in Persian literature from the University of Tehran in 1982 and was employed at the University Press of Iran. He also helped establish LuqmÃÂn, 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.