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Dr. Hossam Badrawi’s speech during the opening of the third session of the International University Youth Theater Forum

Dr. Hossam Badrawi’s speech during the opening of the third session of the International University Youth Theater Forum
In October 2018, the first session of the Cairo International Forum for University Theater was launched, under the auspices of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, President of the Republic, as the first event of its kind in Egypt that sheds light on a strong artistic sector that is an essential tributary of art and culture in any society, which is the university theater, in order to provide the opportunity For many Egyptian and international university students, artists and researchers in the field of university theater to shine, discuss, train, and develop their artistic abilities through exposure to different cultures and getting to know the artistic creations of others.
The third session of the Cairo International Forum for University Theater, which will be held from 24 to 30 October 2021, under the slogan “A New Egypt.. A New Future,” with the support of the Ministries of Culture and Youth and Sports, and the Tourism Promotion Authority, and with the participation of many universities Egyptian.
The Higher Committee of the Forum is chaired by Prof. Dr. Hossam Badrawi, and this session bears the name of the great artist Samir Ghanem.
For the first time, the current session is witnessing the formation of a higher committee to develop policies and strategies for the forum, consisting of Dr. Hossam Badrawi as Chairman, and the membership of: the able artist Samira Abdel Aziz, Dr. Ayman Al-Shewi, the writer Doha Assi, and Dr. Dina Amin, Head of the Theater Department at the American University Dr. Samar Said, Vice Dean of the Higher Institute of Folklore, Secretary General of the Forum, and Director Amr Kabil, Head of the Forum.
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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