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Dr. Badrawi attends the Egyptian Lebanese Writing Ceremony at the Cairo Library

Yesterday at the Cairo Library in Zamalek, and on the occasion of the announcement of the prizes for the art of fiction writing competition launched by the Egyptian Lebanese Publishing House with an open mind, Dr. Hossam Badrawi and the former Ministers of Culture, Farouk Hosni, Gaber Asfour, Shaker Abdel Hamid, Dr. Mustafa El-Feki, as well as Professor Salah Fadl, attended the discussion of this initiative adopted by the professor’s family Mohamed Rashad esteemed publisher in support and support. The winner’s novel is published and others are recognized for their talent. The jury and discussion workshops enriched the culture and knowledge led by the beautiful artist and writer Tarek Emam and Ms. Nora Rashad, Executive Director of the Egyptian Lebanese House, Dr. Jaber Asfour and Professor Salah Fadl, with deep philosophical, culturally interesting and intellectually expansive words that impressed the attendees. The attendees praised Farouk Hosni’s role in preserving the magnificent archaeological building of the Cairo Library to serve the culture, and we are all sitting now in its spaciousness on the Nile, serving the idea of ​​spreading knowledge and supporting young novelists. Saber is from Alexandria and the title of his novel is The Life of a Dead Man

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