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Dr. Hossam Badrawi Delivers the Commencement Speech for the 2024 Graduating Class of the Faculty of Medicine, New Giza University

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Dr. Hossam Badrawi Delivers the Commencement Speech for the 2024 Graduating Class of the Faculty of Medicine, New Giza University

By invitation from Dr. Ahmed Sameh Farid, President of New Giza University, Dr. Hossam Badrawi was the guest of honor and delivered the commencement speech for the new graduating class on Saturday, February 22, 2025.

Dr. Badrawi began his speech by congratulating the parents on their children’s graduation, emphasizing that this milestone is merely the beginning of a long journey of learning and knowledge.

He pointed out that today’s patients are more informed than ever, placing a great challenge on doctors to use all their knowledge and energy to enhance their skills. He stressed the importance of continuous learning, keeping up with advancements, and expanding one’s expertise daily.

Dr. Badrawi shared his own experience studying medicine, discussing his choices during that phase, including how he selected his specialization and ultimately decided to return to Egypt to serve his beloved homeland—despite having job opportunities in the United States, where he worked, conducted research, and lectured passionately between Detroit, Chicago, and later Boston.

He emphasized the necessity of questioning and seeking knowledge, both in medicine and in life in general. Dr. Badrawi then outlined a set of professional values essential for practicing medicine, including:

  • Humanity and compassion
  • Integrity and honesty
  • Respect for privacy and confidentiality
  • Justice and equality
  • Respect for patient autonomy
  • Commitment to lifelong learning and knowledge in various fields
  • Responsibility and dedication
  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Preserving patient dignity

Dr. Badrawi concluded his speech by affirming that Egypt possesses abundant resources that make it a great nation, with its greatest asset being its youth—who are the architects of the future.

The ceremony was attended by several distinguished figures, including:

  • Dr. Ibrahim Mahlab, former Prime Minister
  • Dr. Awad Tag El-Din, Presidential Advisor and former Minister of Health
  • Dr. Ashraf Hatem, former Minister of Health and Chairman of the Health Committee in the House of Representatives
  • Dr. Adel El-Adawy, former Minister of Health
  • Dr. Osama Abdel Hai, President of the Medical Syndicate

The event concluded with the awarding of Bachelor’s degrees to the graduates of New Giza University’s Faculty of Medicine, amid great joy and celebration from their parents, relatives, and friends.

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
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