The concept of social justice, which politicians and revolutionaries are talking about these days, is vague and undefined in seeing how to distribute the income that is advocated in the media, including an implicit accusation of dishonesty or at least greed for those who make profits, and this coincides with …
Read More »Dr.. Hossam Badrawi writes in Al-Masry Al-Youm “Identity, Citizenship and Language”
We should not separate between identity and citizenship, which in its basic sense is the relationship of the individual to the homeland to which he belongs, which imposes constitutional rights and stipulated duties and more. Positive citizenship is not limited to the citizen’s awareness of his rights and duties only, …
Read More »Dr. Hossam Badrawi writes in Al-Masry Al-Youm, the priority of education..a new education system
Dr. Hossam Badrawi writes in Al-Masry Al-Youm Education priority..a new education system I must admit that the transition from vision and policy to implementation always faces new challenges, and that we must stand before these challenges today, confront them, and discuss them with reason and objectivity. Our belief in the …
Read More »Dr. Badrawi writes in Al-Masry Al-Youm: The Man and the City
Dr. Badrawi writes in Al-Masry Al-Youm: The Man and the City The more you delve into the knowledge of the human body (its anatomy and physiology), you will find that the greatness of God in His creation is the basis of our life philosophy, which we think of as material …
Read More »The modern civil state referred to in the constitution
The modern civil state referred to in the constitution It is a state that preserves, protects and develops all members of society regardless of their national, religious or intellectual affiliations. There are several principles that should be available in the civil state, and if one of them is missing, the …
Read More »THE MOMENT THE PLANE FELL
The plane fell from altitude due to a deep turbulence. On time span, it lasted for a second or two, but as a feeling, it lasted for a day or two. How do all these events, memories and ideas flash in a second? Passengers screamed, some cried out of fear …
Read More »DEAR NEWTON, DOCUMENTING THE EVENTS IS NOT FOR HISTORY, BUT FOR THE FUTURE
Where does the documentation of an event recorded by history come from? Sometimes the same event is narrated by the people who experience it in different aspects and they may differ sharply in narrating it. Who was responsible for the defeat in 1967, the origin of all suffering experienced by …
Read More »HOSSAM BADRAWI IN AL-MASRY AL-YOUM: Half DICTATORSHIP, HALF DEMOCRACY
Since I like learning all the time, and I analyze the past and the present to see the future, I am sharing you the Philosophy of Half in ruling the country. Every regime has advantages and disadvantages that we see and know. Despite we do not support dictatorship, it has …
Read More »THIS IS MY CHOICE, BY DR. HOSSAM BADRAWI
After the conclusion of the sessions of today’s conference in which I was a member, I was surrounded by a number of youth that included worriers, opposers and supporters of the current government and president’s performance. They asked me about the major national projects and its feasibility. Some raised concerns …
Read More »BADRAWI: EXAMS LEAKAGE AND MASS CHEATING ARE A MAJOR DISASTER
Badrawi: Exams leakage and mass cheating are a major disaster. Secondary school system in its current form must be changed; keeping it the same is catastrophic. Everyone asks about my opinion in the leakage of General Secondary Exams (GSE), which determine the academic future path of our children, based on …
Read More »MY STORY WITH ILLNESS AND EGYPTIAN DOCTORS IN GERMANY
I should share you my pride of and appreciation to the beautiful youth of Egypt in Germany. When pain increased, complications got worse and the heartbeats of my lifetime mate became irregular, randomly screamed, we had to resort to tough solutions that concluded with 3 electric shocks within 10 days. …
Read More »UNIVERSITIES, CIVILIZATION BUILDERS OR EDUCATIONAL SERVICE PROVIDERS?
By Dr. Hossam Badrawi, 22 Feb. 2016 What are the objectives expected from higher education in any nation? What do we seek of it and for it? We may imagine that things are clear in everyone’s mind, but they are not, even in the minds of some specialists. The simplest …
Read More »INDIAN PARLIAMENT VS EGYPTIAN PARLIAMENT
I am preoccupied that the parliament of India, a 1.2 billion people country, has 543 members, while the parliament of Egypt, a 90 million people country, has +600 members. With the large number of parliament members in Egypt, most of us do not know the candidates. That is the question …
Read More »AL-TAHRIR – THE ABSENCE OF ELECTED PARLIAMENT IS A POLITICAL IMPASSE
Citizens ask me wherever I go about the upcoming parliamentary elections. The question is usually when will elections take place? How the next parliament will be and what is its impact on the political situation? Since I believe it is important to have balance between the three powers, executive, legislative …
Read More »MANY CRIMES IN EGYPT ARE COMMITTED IN THE NAME OF SOCIAL JUSTICE!
Al-Tahrir Newspaper, June 18, 2015 Caste is a concept that strongly appeared in Marxism literature, which went to deny its existence as a normal human interaction at theorization level and called to eliminate the inequality among people at application level. It considered this stratification calls for a conflict at individual …
Read More »AL-MASRY AL-YOUM – BEAUTY AND EDUCATION
By Dr. Hossam Badrawi on 05/05/2015 Al-Masry Al-Youm Beauty is a distinctive feature of life manifested everywhere. It is a kind of order, harmony and consistency, with innumerable manifestations and appearances. The accuracy, tenderness, consistency, balance, coherence and the sense of happiness that beauty inspires in one’s self which man …
Read More »WISDOM AND BALANCE IN HUMAN RELATIONS
By Dr. Fatima Al Mazrouei and Dr. Hossam Badrawi. Every day we hear stories about some people who change their morals and principles, who had a strong friendship that lasted for some time and then collapsed in front of the first challenge, or marriages that began with love and passion …
Read More »The Arab Spring, Fiction vs. Reality (Monaco Mediterranean Foundation)
The Arab Spring, Fiction vs. Reality (Monaco Mediterranean Foundation) Monaco, March 2015 By Prof. Hossam Badrawi Most people assume that if you can touch an object, taste it, smell it, or hit something with it, it must be real, and their knowledge of its reality is based on the …
Read More »INDIA’S PARLIAMENT AND EGYPT’S PARLIAMENT
I am concerned that India with a population of one billion and 200 million has a parliament of 543 MPs, while Egypt with a population of 90 million has a parliament with more than 600 MPs. Most of us don’t know the candidates and wherever I go people usually ask …
Read More »Part of the story of Egypt in 3years – By Hossam Badrawi
Part of the story of Egypt in 3years By Hossam Badrawi February 2014 When i received an invitation from 3 different anchors of popular talk shows in the last 2 weeks to share my views about what is currently happening in Egypt and the prospects of the future, i found …
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