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Dr. Hossam Badrawi Participates in the Closing Ceremony of the Summer Activities at the Future Library for 2025

 

The Future Library, established nearly two decades ago by the Takatof Association under the leadership of Dr. Hossam Badrawi, continues its role as a cultural beacon for children and youth. It remains open year-round, offering educational, artistic, and developmental activities that nurture creativity, build character, and promote a spirit of volunteerism.

On September 3rd, Dr. Hossam Badrawi, accompanied by Mrs. Mireille Nassim—the spirit of the association—together with the wonderful working team, children, and youth of the library, attended the closing ceremony of the 2025 summer activities. The event was held in the main hall of the association’s central student activities center in Agouza, with the participation of more than 150 children from the library’s community, along with their parents.

The celebration crowned a summer filled with cultural and artistic activities. The children presented their handicrafts and artworks, which reflected great talent and refined taste. The program featured a variety of performances, including singing, acting, and dance. Children performed classics of both old and modern art, staged short plays about human values such as cooperation and acceptance of others, and presented sketches about happiness, awareness, and supporting girls. The event also included folkloric performances and a remarkable show inspired by different civilizations—from Greece to South Africa to ancient Egypt—which captivated and engaged the audience.

The children excelled in their performances, even designing some segments themselves, reflecting their self-confidence and joy in participating. Smiles and delight filled the faces of parents and guests as they watched their children shine on stage in an atmosphere that blended art, culture, and patriotism.

At the invitation of Mrs. Mireille and Dr. Badrawi, the event was attended by the Ambassadors of Greece, H.E. Nikolaos Papageorgiou, and Romania, H.E. Olivia Toderean; Deputy Governor of Giza, Dr. Hend Abdel Halim; Ambassador Dr. Laila Baha El Din, CEO of Kemet Foundation; Mrs. Laila Iskandar, former Minister of Environment; Dr. Iman Hassan, Head of the Central Administration for Student Activities; and Dr. Hanem Omar, Director-General of the Childhood Administration at the Ministry of Social Solidarity.

It was a joyful celebration filled with happiness, with parents actively participating. Certificates of appreciation were presented to the children of the association and the library who contributed to the activities through supervision and training.

 

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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