Dr. Hossam Badrawi Official Website
At the invitation of Dr. Mounir Hanna and the Christian-Islamic Center for Understanding and Partnership in cooperation with the Bridges Cultural Center, Dr. Hossam Badrawi gave an interesting lecture today, Friday, December 13, 2024, at the All Saints Cathedral in Zamalek, entitled “Egypt in My Mind.” The lecture was attended by a group of educated youth and prominent figures in society. Dr. Badrawi began his lecture with an interesting presentation of the cycles of development since the beginning of the universe and the time it took, and from there to the civilizational development since man became capable of imagination. This imagination, which Dr. Badrawi considers to be the beginning of human development, and how the cycle of civilization that used to take thousands of years has now become less than three years, stressing the need to realize the amazing speed that takes us towards the future. Then, Dr. Badrawi asked the attendees about how they see Egypt and listened to their answers attentively. Then, Dr. Badrawi stated that Egypt in the past was considered by some to represent soft power from artists, writers, and intellectuals, and some see it from the perspective of greatness from the pharaohs in different eras, the pyramids, and history. Some will say without thinking, the mother of the world, because it is a beacon of knowledge that illuminated the entire world. Everyone sees it from different angles, an image that calls for pride that we belong to this country. Today, Egypt is in people’s minds negative, weak, helpless, and hopeless, and everyone wants to change it to be in the position it deserves. Then, from Egypt of the past and the present, Dr. Badrawi moved to Egypt of the future, stressing that Egypt’s future is in our hands, and Egypt can be a great country with merit. Egypt’s future will be affected by the future of the world. Will our choice be to participate in making this future, or will we be mere spectators? Then, Dr. Badrawi answered that those who do not have dreams and imagination will not be able to make the future, explaining that dreams have no limits and differ from feasibility studies. We should not listen to those who say, “Dream within the limits of what can be achieved.” Rather, dream as you wish without restrictions, as dreams are the first step to change. Then, Dr. Badrawi expressed that Egypt has many riches that only need efficiency in management, and the most important of these riches are Egypt’s youth. Egypt has 60% youth, and this is Egypt’s greatest wealth. If these youth are well prepared, they will… They can revive Egypt and create a new future that suits it. What we need today is greater efficiency in managing the state, efficiency that should not be compromised, choosing the best, periodically renewing blood, respecting science and scientists, and raising the ceiling of dreams. We need boldness in thinking, sustainability in application, setting priorities and announcing them, and accountability for spending, as Egypt is a great country and deserves it. Dr. Badrawi concluded his lecture, which was more than wonderful, with applause and approval from all the attendees who came to him to sign his book, Egypt in My Mind, and exchange memorial photos with him after the end of the discussion session in which they discussed all aspects of the current situation in Egypt, which Dr. Badrawi listened to and answered all of them. Dr. Badrawi was accompanied on the platform by Dr. Mounir Hanna, who gave Dr. Badrawi an interesting and distinctive presentation, and Counselor Adly Hussein, former Governor of Qalyubia, who entertained us with his interventions and narration of the situations he faced during his work as governor.
