Thinking global, living local: Voices in a globalized world

  • Will There Be A Rollback On Democracy In Egypt ?

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    Egypt is currently under official Islamist rule. Following a proud revolution that promoted ideals of human rights, democracy, opportunity, and better living for all, the Egyptian society across the spectrum seems to be at the behest of a ruling force that accommodates human rights in their lexicon only when it […]

  • Freedom of Expression and Protest in Peace and War

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    Al Salam Alaykoum (Peace be with you!) The greeting above, used among Muslims across the globe, calls for peace. Over a billion people say the word, Al-Salam or Peace countless times a day. By inviting us to greet others with the word Peace, religion, knowing our tendency to opt for conflict, […]

  • Egyptian boys reading Photo taken by Ben Barber on Wikimedia Commons,

    Egypt: The myth of free education

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    Ever since Gamal Abdul Nasser first laid the cornerstone for granting every Egyptian the right to free education, we have enjoyed the “liberty” of so-called “free” education. Nasser had some ideals he wanted to achieve, and he did a lot for the poor and the oppressed – who have turned […]

  • Education is igniting a brain to find and make its own knowledge. Image adapted by the author (CC-by 2.0)

    Egypt: In Knowledge We Trust

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    Loads of bits and gallons of ink have been spilled over the Arab Spring, the advent of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, the Arab Winter, etc. Yet not much attention has been paid to education although it all boils down to education, as the general idea goes. Of course, you […]