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Daring to think by Ahmed Abu Shadi

Daring to think by Ahmed Abu Shadi
I have closely befriended and experienced the struggle of Dr. Saeed Al-Najjar, Dr. Ibrahim Shehata, and Dr. Rushdi Saeed, and it pains me deeply that their struggle, which you know well, has become a thing of the past.
Dr. Hossam Badrawi has a clear and visible imprint in public work, known and respected by everyone, and what is required is its establishment in order for it to remain, endure and achieve the reform we all aspire to.
As you said the day before yesterday, in your dialogue with Professor Hala Sarhan at the signing ceremony of your latest books, you called for the right of Egyptians to education, health care, decent housing, and remunerative work… which represents a complete party program that no one has opposed, and no one can oppose.
The second part of the institutional work you promised yourself in your book “Dare to Think,” which you kindly gifted to me, p. 180:
“I will try to collect the names, and research the performance and academic standing in all countries of the world, to find dozens of Tamer Owais… until the end of the paragraph.
Indeed, it is a vital and existential aspect for the renaissance of Egypt, not only because its national wealth, scientifically and practically, includes its children abroad, but also more dangerous because its best citizens and future leaders,
They are forced to leave in search of a decent living…leaving the country’s capabilities in the hands of the less fortunate and the more privileged.
I hope that I will be fortunate enough to see and hear, along with millions of Egyptians, what warms the heart and gives hope for the return of the Egypt that you have in mind.
With my sincere love and appreciation
Ahmed Abu Shadi

About Dr. Hossam Badrawi

Dr. Hossam Badrawi
He is a politician, intellect, and prominent physician. He is the former head of the Gynecology Department, Faculty of Medicine Cairo University. He conducted his post graduate studies from 1979 till 1981 in the United States. He was elected as a member of the Egyptian Parliament and chairman of the Education and Scientific Research Committee in the Parliament from 2000 till 2005. As a politician, Dr. Hossam Badrawi was known for his independent stances. His integrity won the consensus of all people from various political trends. During the era of former president Hosni Mubarak he was called The Rationalist in the National Democratic Party NDP because his political calls and demands were consistent to a great extent with calls for political and democratic reform in Egypt. He was against extending the state of emergency and objected to the National Democratic Party's unilateral constitutional amendments during the January 25, 2011 revolution. He played a very important political role when he defended, from the very first beginning of the revolution, the demonstrators' right to call for their demands. He called on the government to listen and respond to their demands. Consequently and due to Dr. Badrawi's popularity, Mubarak appointed him as the NDP Secretary General thus replacing the members of the Bureau of the Commission. During that time, Dr. Badrawi expressed his political opinion to Mubarak that he had to step down. He had to resign from the party after 5 days of his appointment on February 10 when he declared his political disagreement with the political leadership in dealing with the demonstrators who called for handing the power to the Muslim Brotherhood. Therefore, from the very first moment his stance was clear by rejecting a religion-based state which he considered as aiming to limit the Egyptians down to one trend. He considered deposed president Mohamed Morsi's decision to bring back the People's Assembly as a reinforcement of the US-supported dictatorship. He was among the first to denounce the incursion of Morsi's authority over the judicial authority, condemning the Brotherhood militias' blockade of the Supreme Constitutional Court. Dr. Hossam supported the Tamarod movement in its beginning and he declared that toppling the Brotherhood was a must and a pressing risk that had to be taken few months prior to the June 30 revolution and confirmed that the army would support the legitimacy given by the people