“Hossam Badrawy’s ideas” – By Muhammad Salamawy

“Hossam Badrawy’s ideas”
January 17, 2024
Written by Muhammad Salamawy
Dr. Ziad Bahaa El-Din was right when he described Dr. Hossam Badrawi as a social liberal. He is, in his words, always searching for this critical point where liberalism meets social justice, that justice that is achieved through education first and foremost. This came in Dr. Ziad’s presentation of the latest publications. Dr. Hossam, whose title is “The Egypt on My Mind: In Politics We Said…And We Say,” is his 12th book on politics, culture, and society apart from his books and scientific research in the medical field. In the third part of his new book, which is divided into three parts, the author returns to a topic that was of interest to him. It is education and how to improve it. Dr. Hossam has written a lot on this topic over the years and fought battles for it, but here he offers very important additions to what he presented before. He believes that education must be viewed through a developmental concept that links the future of this topic. The nation is fundamentally linked to the development of the Egyptian person to be a builder of civilization and a developer of culture. He says that this priority is the result of scientific and historical studies and research that confirm that Egypt is a gift to the Egyptians, and that the development of the human being and his abilities has a main gateway, which is education. This speech may seem out of context, tending to slogans. Enthusiasm stemming from love for the homeland, but reading the book indicates that the author’s vision is linked to practical steps. He links that vision with the challenges of implementation. He also presents proposed policies for financing education. It is an extremely important book, especially at this time, as we look forward to completing the major development and construction projects that In the recent period, it has undertaken national projects to build humanity, and here education is our first weapon and our effective means. Since the rules for any book presentation must include the name of the publisher, I asked Dr. Hossam about the publisher of the book whose name I did not find on the book. He told me what I regretted, which is that… No publisher in Egypt accepted the risk of publishing this book, as they were apparently wary of the unconventional ideas and proposals it contained, and thus the author was forced to publish his book himself… outside Egypt.