2019 Collective Articles Archives - Dr. Hossam Badrawi

Dr. Badrawi participates in the celebration of the silver jubilee of the Association of Women and Society

Dr. Hossam Badrawi — Sun, 29 Dec 2019 18:36:03 +0000

Dr. Badrawi participates in the celebration of the silver jubilee of the Association of Women and Society

Today, Prof. Dr. Hossam Badrawi, the political and enlightening thinker, participated in the silver jubilee ceremony of the Association of Women and Society, at the Center for Education and Development in Zamalek, where he inaugurated the exhibition of productive families for the association and then gave a speech in which he spoke about the role of Egyptian women in spreading positive energy in society and their unique ability to bear responsibility Taking care of the family, Dr. Badrawi said: Women are protected by family cohesion or the functional and social status that comes through education or all of them, but the best of all is education.
It was announced by Dr. Badrawi for his absolute support for women
It is worth noting that the Women and Society Association highlights its activities in several areas, including family empowerment, child care, literacy, economic empowerment of families, combating dropouts from education and supporting participation.
The community and rooting its concept and programs to empower children and youth in the fields of technology and vocational and craft training.
The meeting was attended by many public figures and civil society pioneers, led by Dr. Hoda Badran
President of the Specific Women’s Union, Dr. Ashour Ghamri, Head of the Literacy and Adult Education Commission, Mr. Kamal Abu Aita, the former Minister of Manpower, Mr. Jamal Fahmy, a journalist, Mrs. Abla Dajani, President of the Palestinian Women’s Association

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Dad Badrawi gives the keynote speech during a workshop entitled “The Digital World and the Culture of the Arab Child”

Dr. Hossam Badrawi — Sat, 28 Dec 2019 18:38:09 +0000

Dad Badrawi gives the keynote speech during a workshop entitled “The Digital World and the Culture of the Arab Child”

At the invitation of the Arab Council for Childhood and Development (1), Prof. Hossam Badrawi participated today in an important workshop organized by the Council entitled “The Digital World and the Culture of the Arab Child” by giving the keynote speech at the workshop in the presence of a large number of public figures and education experts in Egypt and the Arab world
Dr. Badrawi indicated during his inspiring speech that digital transformation and the rapid spread of information and communication technology has become a reality, casting a shadow on children in all their different age stages and on their upbringing culturally, educationally and socially, which requires all educational institutions, preparation and preparation to enable Arab children to be able to deal with This transformation, according to the requirements of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
This workshop is organized by the Council in partnership with the Arab Organization for Education, Culture and Science (ALECSO) (2) and the Arab Gulf Program for Development “AGFUND” (3)
Dr. said. Badrawi: What is our philosophy in dealing with this matter!
Will we resist and reject as our Arab culture is, or will we be among the future makers and participants in its formation?
The void in children and youth will be filled by future technologies, and our fear of declining human communication will be filled by artificial intelligence, educational game makers and digital art.
Ladies and gentlemen, watch out. Either we are or we are not in this new and renewed world
If we want our values to merge with digital, we must discuss them first, agree on positive values, and protect our heritage from what does not fit modernity, reason and science.
The workshop will last for two days in Cairo
The workshop was inaugurated by Dr. Hassan Al-Bilawi, Secretary-General of the Arab Council for Childhood and Development, and was attended by a group of thinkers and experts in the fields of childhood and digital technology, representatives of relevant organizations nationally, regionally and internationally, as well as the media and children.
In his paper, Dr. Hossam Badrawi also revealed that there are 3.5 million children added annually to the Arab world, of whom 2.5 million are children in Egypt, and that our children are digital, whether we like it or not. Economy to culture, and it was characterized by dissolving differences.. Virtual reality broke the cultural barrier and class distinction between groups, and expanded the reception circles to include all human beings, considering that this is a dangerous role achieved with the “digital boom”.
He added that the data of the United Nations Children’s Fund “UNICEF” (4) indicated that children who use the Internet amount to one out of every three in the world.

(1) The Arab Council for Childhood and Development is an Arab non-governmental organization with a legal personality working in the field of childhood. The council was established in 1987 at the initiative of Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz, may God have mercy on him, based on the recommendation issued by the Conference on Childhood and Development held in Tunisia in 1986, which was held under the auspices of The League of Arab States, and the Council is based in the city of Cairo, and the relationship of the Council with the headquarters country is regulated by a special agreement for this purpose that defines its personality and legal status with the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

(2) The Arab Organization for Education, Culture and Science is one of the organizations of the League of Arab States, which as a body concerned with the preservation of Arab culture.

(3) The Arab Gulf Program for Development (AGFUND), a regional organization, was established in 1980 at the initiative of His Royal Highness Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz, may God have mercy on him, and with the support of the leaders of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf. It directs its strategy to the roots of human development problems, targeting all segments of society without discrimination.

(4) The United Nations Children’s Fund was established in December 1946 thanks to a unanimous vote at the first session of the United Nations General Assembly. It was then decided that the United Nations International Children’s Fund, as it was then known, would provide short-term relief to children in post-World War II Europe.

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Dr. Badrawi writes: When and how is democracy implemented in Egypt?

Dr. Hossam Badrawi — Thu, 26 Dec 2019 18:36:54 +0000

When and how to apply democracy in Egypt?
Hossam Badrawi

The young man said: When and how can democracy be implemented in Egypt?

I said: There is no doubt that free and fair elections are the essence of democracy, and a necessary condition for it. However, they may produce governments that are incompetent and short-sighted, dominated by special interests, whether ideological or economic, and they may produce governments that are unable to adopt policies that advance society… But that is all. It may make them inefficient governments, not make them undemocratic.

So we have to realize the dangers of implementing democracy in an unstable climate or in the absence of the ability to choose, as a result of ignorance or poverty and ignorance at the same time.

Here your question becomes: when and how, more than important.

His colleague said: Does this mean that democracy is for the educated only?!

I said: Of course not, and the People’s Representation Council may be of two chambers, more important in Egypt than we think, provided that there are specific functions for each of them, the first is used to represent everyone, and the second is used to represent wisdom and knowledge and to establish legislative controls that prevent legislation or legislation from swinging The rush to satisfy the public, regardless of the country’s interest and its future, for the benefit of the beneficiaries from the status quo, or the electoral interest only.

Also, we must realize that what precedes the elections in terms of directing public opinion, especially if it is not immunized with science and knowledge, and attracting, intimidating or threatening it, affects the results of the elections. Added to this is the power of using political money to determine the course of choices in a society where the poverty rate is more than 30%.

As for what follows the election box, the elected’s respect for freedoms, the constitution, the law, the balance between powers, and being accountable, are essential in the implementation of democracy. The issue is not only an election box.

Perhaps the experience of the elections of Mr. Mohamed Morsi, representing the Muslim Brotherhood as president of Egypt, was a practical application of a democratic form that preceded and was followed by all the circumstances that you mentioned that kill democracy.

Perhaps, as I recall this, I should point out that everyone who attains power in a country that is not accustomed to democracy prepares for him that his presence is the only guarantor of the country’s safety and stability, and lives in the illusion that he is the only one with whom the state is cohesive, and the state agencies surrounding him and the media directed to deepen that compete. The feeling is for him and for a large section of the masses.

I saw that when I was a young man when President Gamal Abdel Nasser died, I lived it when President Anwar Sadat was assassinated, and I heard it with my own ears in my dialogue with President Mubarak, who told me that his exit from power would mean either the rule of the Brotherhood or the army taking over all powers. For the truth, I do not question the patriotism of any of them, but staying in power without a clear term deepens this idea and proves it in the conscience.

Another young man said: Is this a special situation for Egypt only?

I said: No, it is a general situation, and that in this situation that has occurred and is possible to repeat in Egypt and in other countries that have recently moved to democratic systems, the most important question is raised: Where lies the protective deterrent that ensures the righteousness, stability and sustainability of democracy? How can it be applied in our country?

In the West, deep-rooted traditions have taken root in protecting the autonomy of the individual, his rights and his dignity from coercion, whatever its source, whether by the state, the church, or even the majority of society, within a framework that protects the rights and liberties of minorities, because it is based on a marriage between democracy, freedom and order.

As for us, these axioms are still unstable within the framework of an educational and cultural system that does not develop this trend, nor does it make it stable in the societal conscience.

In our country, there is no clear institutional framework that prevents those who sit on the throne of power, even if they come with a free and fair popular will, or any government that comes within the framework of a real parliamentary majority, from crossing the bridge using the election box, and then to staying in power, under the pretext of public interest and stability, within the framework of an ideological view Especially, or fear of chaos, or a grouping of local, regional or international interests, or a religious framework that imposes on society a specific culture and prevents pluralism and citizenship.

I remind everyone that the constitution “the father of laws” was created to organize life in the state, and its role as a reference that society agreed upon grows when conflict occurs between factions. In moments of disagreement and revolutions, during which the most organized, the strongest financed, and the loudest are riding, the constitutional reference is greater and more important. However, when we are going through this moment, we are accustomed to dropping the reference and canceling the constitution, and the fate of the nation is in the hands of the owner of matters in this historical snapshot.

When I tried to achieve this in 2011 by demanding respect for the constitution, and the fulfillment of the people’s demands within the framework of constitutional legitimacy by the president’s abdication of power, and early free elections for a new government.. I did not succeed.. Institutions, Brotherhood rule, investment flight and starting over, as if we were an emerging state or not.

What do we do to make our call for democracy a call also for freedom, protection of the rights of individuals, and the non-collapse of institutions at the moment of change? .. And how do we guide the effects of free and fair elections if they bring about a new dictatorial rule or a complete chaos in which interests conflict – which is what we see now unfortunately on multiple levels in every elected assembly, Starting with building councils, neighborhoods, local councils, professional unions, departments in universities, or even parliament..a recurring model in Egypt that gives a clear and explicit indication at the highest level in the country, which is the sum of what happens at the lower levels?!. Everyone is in conflict, a sense of inalienable rights, intolerance and controversy, inability to make decisions, chaos, and then the loss of rights.

It is true that freedom is the guarantee, but it is not represented by chaos, but rather by order. Freedom needs guidelines and sometimes restrictions.. The real security of freedom depends on the strength of some protective walls that protect it.. This is what produced modern liberal democracy through the accumulation of years in the West.. It is

This is something we cannot wait for in our country for long.

We must restore the balance between democracy, freedom and the need for order, as democratic societies need new equipment and accompanying guiding features to address the problems and conditions of the current era.

This begins, without hesitation, with justice and the firm application of the law without selectivity, and to think of the law as the wise ruling restrictions that make citizens free within the framework of the freedom of the whole society, stemming from a constitution that is actually respected by the ruler and the ruled.

The young man said: The situation, then, is confusing. Democracy in its traditional form is not able to benefit from it, as we think.

I said: Our country needs a strong rule. Otherwise, state institutions will collapse and development will stop. The presidential system may be the closest to the culture of Egyptian society and to Egypt’s needs. A system that gives the president broad powers to achieve goals he has set and adhere to.

The educated young woman said: What guarantees that dictatorship will not occur if this happens?

I said: One important thing is to ensure the peaceful transfer of power. This ensures the sustainability of development and the accumulation of experience.

And I think, as I see it, this is the model that President Sisi is clearly seeking, and what I fear is that this is not what some of those who gain power indirectly seek for their presence next to the president. Therefore, the president’s moves to change the leaders around him is a method that indicates his knowledge of souls and his respectful political understanding.

The young man said: The question remains: When?

I said: Every historical moment has its own men, and just as the president was a hero in ridding the country of a religious dictatorship that could have lasted for a century, his heroism that history will truly remember is the gradual transfer of the country in a sustainable institutional manner to the transfer of power with civil and military cooperation that allows development and prevents chaos. This will make his achievements continuity and accumulation and protect the future of Egypt.

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An announced policy for youth, Dr. Hossam Badrawi

Dr. Hossam Badrawi — Thu, 26 Dec 2019 12:57:47 +0000

Public policy for youth
Dr. Hossam Badrawi

The naughty young man said: In continuation to last Wednesday’s talk, is there any importance for setting youth policies?

I said: Yes, there is a necessity for a holistic vision for dealing with youth, based on an ideology and a well-defined content of how to create the modern civil state that was approved by the country’s constitution after two revolutions, in which young people enjoy equal opportunities and equality, regardless of their political, religious or intellectual affiliations.

It is important to generalize the country’s vision and policies, from which programs that serve the segments of society and allow for a fair distribution of expenditures are produced. This is an important and vital matter.

His colleague said: Who are the young men you mean, Doctor?

I said: with you a thousand right in your question, my daughter, we determine the age group which Nqsdha youth, The stage of secondary education and higher education, ie the age of 14 class years to 23 years, the stage of her privacy, because young people exist in education institutions framework, it is possible to access In an easy way. They are two different stages as well.. From the age of 14 to 16, a stage in which boys and girls move from childhood to youth, and from 16 to 23 has characteristics related to biological growth, emotional rush, and the desire to experience everything and dream. It is necessary for this stage of thought, in which the Ministry of Education is the main partner with the family, directly or through the media.

The age group from 24 years to 35 years they stage have different characteristics, where the search begins for work and independence from the family and the creation of a new family, and goes up hopes or frustrate .. this age very dangerous, Valfrag the Sیmlah definitely something, and reach It becomes more difficult because it will depend on attracting them to civil organizations, whether they are civil associations, political parties, or attracting extremist groupings.

This age group must include policies and projects, training and equipping, creating job opportunities, and preparing and financing them to start entrepreneurial businesses that will achieve a decent living for them. In this age group, public transportation, dignified interaction with state agencies, housing, the possibility of marriage and the creation of a new family, affect them. Taking into account all of the above, it is necessary to identify the main areas in which it is necessary to take measures to empower these young people according to the characteristics of their age.

A third young man said: What do you think of that?

I said: From my point of view, the vision should include enabling the country’s youth to reach their full mental, physical and spiritual potential, and through them enabling Egypt to achieve its development vision and find its rightful place among the peoples of the world. In order to achieve this vision, I identify five general goals to achieve them, identify specific priorities within each goal, the policies that must be presented and implemented in each priority, and goals and priorities within each goal can be put forward.

The enthusiasm of the “dreamers” increased. One of them said: What are these goals?

I said:

The first: creating productive forces capable of sustainable addition to the Egyptian economy.

Second: To develop a strong, healthy, technology-enabled generation that is proud of itself and the history of its country, responsible, respectful of citizenship, creative and enlightened, and capable of regional and global competition.

Third: Implanting a set of positive values specific to the youth’s conscience and belonging to the Egyptian homeland.

Fourth: Facilitating youth participation in voluntary civil work and civil associations at all levels of the country’s administration.

Fifth: Supporting young people with disabilities or those who are at risk of health risks in integrating into society and ensuring that they are not marginalized.

In each of the goals, and in each policy of each ministry, we must set the following eleven priorities:

1- Belonging to Egypt and its modern civil identity.

2- Education from childhood to higher education and lifelong learning.

3- Promote positive social, religious and cultural values.

4- Creation of employment opportunities and skills development.

5- Capacity building and readiness for entrepreneurship.

6- Attention to health and a healthy lifestyle.

7- Sports (exercise and fun).

8- Community participation and volunteer work.

9- Inclusion and involvement of youth in politics and governance.

10- Respect the principles of equal opportunities, based on competence, merit and positive work values.

11- Communicating with the outside world and increasing competitiveness.

The young philosopher said: So, Your Honor, you say that the most important stage available to the state in influencing young people is while they are in school and university, because after that they get lost in a larger and broader society.

I said yes

She said: Why not join the Ministry of Youth and the Ministry of Education under one umbrella so that they can work with young people with one philosophy?

The first young man said: It may be political that includes all education, and youth is logical.

I said: Well thought.

The philosopher said: How can we affect the conscience of students and youth without entertainment, art, music and competitions… and schools lack stadiums, theaters and tools for making conscience?

Her colleague replied to her, saying: Why not include cultural palaces in education as well, aren’t they all tools in our hands, or is each ministry working in isolation from the other?

Then he rushed, saying: But, Doctor, teachers and many faculty members are not qualified to play this role.

His colleague said – and I looked at them with amazement and happiness -:

Doctor, graduates from the faculties of education, which are entrusted with the education and preparation of teachers, 70,000 teachers annually. I mean, within five years, these can change the face of teaching in schools, and the state has the right to prepare them with the standards of modern science and empower them with the expertise of the teachers who are trained from the most experienced.

And her colleague said: Even the new faculty members had preparation programs before they taught, which are not taken seriously

necessary.

I told them, smiling: You have excused me from responding, for your words are all true, and your suggestions are the way to achieve the vision and policies of the youth that we talked about at the beginning of this talk.

The young philosopher smiled and said: I wish, Doctor Hossam, to add to the umbrella of influence on youth the Ministry of Information, so that education, youth, culture, and media speak one language, and achieve the goals you mentioned, with initiatives and programs openly presented, and indicators of measuring their success so that the community can follow them.

The conversation continued, and I invite you to continue it with us on this link:

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Dr. Badrawi Participates in the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Celebration of Republishing the Book “A Message on Ancient Alexandria”

Dr. Hossam Badrawi — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 14:26:13 +0000

Dr. Badrawi Participates in the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Celebration of Republishing the Book “A Message on Ancient Alexandria”

In the celebration of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina for the re-publishing of the book “A Message on Ancient Alexandria” written by Mahmoud Bey El-Falaki, the distinguished Egyptian astronomer and translated by his son Mahmoud Saleh El-Falaki, where his granddaughter, Mrs. Mostafa Elfeki Director of the Library

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Dr. Badrawi participates as an arbitrator in the “Egypt Debating Club” competition

Dr. Hossam Badrawi — Sun, 22 Dec 2019 18:00:58 +0000

Dr. Badrawi participates as an arbitrator in the “Egypt Debating Club” competition

At the invitation of the Tahrir Lounge of the Goethe-Institut in Cairo, Dr. Hossam Badrawi participated as an arbitrator in launching the new competition for the Egypt Debating Club as part of the club’s program that started last year. Youth to participate supported by all tools of knowledge and creativity to enhance the concepts of interaction and develop expertise in this field.
The media debates were moderated by Suzan Harfi, and the topics of this year’s Egypt Debating Club competition vary to include the role of universities and qualifying students for the labor market, privatization of universities, unemployment between citizens and public policies, and progressive taxes that impede attracting foreign investment in Egypt. For equality or a kind of discrimination. Will equality in women’s inheritance lead to their economic prosperity or increase the burdens on them? The culture of profitability spoiled creativity, renewing religious discourse is the best way to eliminate extremism, the problem of public debt in Egypt? The best war on terrorism is development.
After the sessions are over, the jury, consisting of several public figures and specialized academics, evaluates the participating teams and announces the results over the three days, leading to the final stage of the debate. Medhat Al-Adl, Counselor Dalia Abdel-Ghani, Anas Al-Wujoud Radwan, Dr. Suhair Al-Masada, Dr. Muhammad Abu Al-Ghar, Ibrahim Al-Manasterly, Dr. Hoda Abaza, and journalist Hussein Al-Zanati.
The debate program in liberating the Goethe Lounge has started since 2018 with various activities, including training workshops and panel discussions, in addition to a number of public debates on some important events in the history of Egypt, the last of which was held at the end of last June, as part of the celebration of the liberation of the Goethe Lounge on the occasion of the passage of 100th Anniversary of the 1919 Revolution.

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Dr. Hossam Badrawi, founder and chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Union Party, participates in the expert session to discuss the human rights situation in Egypt

Dr. Hossam Badrawi — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 22:15:46 +0000

Maat Foundation begins procedures for preparing a strategic framework for improving and protecting human rights conditions.

In conjunction with the International Human Rights Day, and against the background of the end of the presentation of Egypt’s file before the Universal Periodic Review in November 2019, the Maat Foundation for Peace, Development and Human Rights hosted the “first high-level expert meeting” to discuss and launch the strategic framework for improving the human rights situation in Egypt in light of the review’s recommendations Universal League (2020-2024).
This comes in implementation of what the Maat Foundation pledged during its symposium held on the sidelines of the meetings of the Universal Periodic Review Mechanism in Geneva, through the symposium held at United Nations Headquarters on November 14, 2019.
A selected group of thinkers, public figures, human rights experts, union leaders and parliamentarians participated in the meeting with the aim of reviewing and discussing the recommendations made to Egypt during the universal periodic review session held at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva on November 13, 2019, and discussing the draft strategic framework for improving and protecting human rights conditions, which is based on To the recommendations made to Egypt, and takes into account the opportunities, challenges and constitutional, cultural, economic and social contexts.
The participants emphasized that the consensus on preparing and implementing a national strategy to improve and protect the human rights situation in Egypt during the current stage is the responsibility not only of the government, but that the forces of civil society, thought and opinion leaders, and parliament must play a pivotal role in this. Therefore, the Maat Foundation for Peace and Development Human Rights seeks to contribute to this by providing a participatory platform for all these parties, regardless of their political and ideological affiliations, in the context of a positive and constructive national dialogue process that adheres to realism, is ambitious and is open to all concerned national institutions.
It is worth mentioning that the meeting ended with the formation of a founding committee comprising a group of legal experts, parliamentarians and public figures.
In conjunction with the International Human Rights Day, and against the background of the end of the presentation of Egypt’s file before the Universal Periodic Review in November 2019, the Maat Foundation for Peace, Development and Human Rights hosted the “first high-level expert meeting” to discuss and launch the strategic framework for improving the human rights situation in Egypt in light of the review’s recommendations Universal League (2020-2024).
This comes in implementation of what the Maat Foundation pledged during its symposium held on the sidelines of the meetings of the Universal Periodic Review Mechanism in Geneva, through the symposium held at United Nations Headquarters on November 14, 2019.
A selected group of thinkers, public figures, human rights experts, union leaders and parliamentarians participated in the meeting with the aim of reviewing and discussing the recommendations made to Egypt during the universal periodic review session held at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva on November 13, 2019, and discussing the draft strategic framework for improving and protecting human rights conditions, which is based on To the recommendations made to Egypt, and takes into account the opportunities, challenges and constitutional, cultural, economic and social contexts.
The participants emphasized that the consensus on preparing and implementing a national strategy to improve and protect the human rights situation in Egypt during the current stage is the responsibility not only of the government, but that the forces of civil society, thought and opinion leaders, and parliament must play a pivotal role in this. Therefore, the Maat Foundation for Peace and Development Human Rights seeks to contribute to this by providing a participatory platform for all these parties, regardless of their political and ideological affiliations, in the context of a positive and constructive national dialogue process that adheres to realism, is ambitious and is open to all concerned national institutions.
It is worth mentioning that the meeting ended with the formation of a founding committee comprising a group of legal experts, parliamentarians and public figures, they are (Dr. Hossam Badrawi, professor at the Faculty of Medicine and former member of the Human Rights Council, Dr. Mushira Khattab, the legal expert and former Secretary-General of the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood, and Professor Mohamed Anwar El-Sadat, President of the Sadat Association For Development, Mr. Gamal El-Sharif, Parliamentary Representative and Lawyer in Cassation, Mr. Hani Helal, lawyer and expert in childhood issues, Dr. Walaa Gad El-Karim, expert in social participation and head of Partners for Transparency, Dr. Imad Gad, parliamentary representative and expert at Al-Ahram Center for Strategic Studies, Dr. Abdel Hamid Kabesh, expert in the rights of people with disabilities, and Ms. Nahed Yousry, Gender and Development Expert, Parliamentary Representative and Development Expert, Manal Maher El-Gamil, and Professor Magdy Helmy, journalistic writer and human rights expert
Engineer Hussein Mansour, deputy head of the Wafd Party, and Mr. Ayman Aqil, attorney at cassation and head of the Maat Peace Foundation.
The committee is currently working on preparing the initial draft of the strategic framework, which will be put up for discussion through several consultative meetings, and it is expected that the strategic framework will be issued in early January 2020.
Dr. Moshira Khattab, a legal expert and former Secretary-General of the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood, and Mr. Mohamed Anwar El-Sadat, President of the Sadat Association for Development
Mr. Jamal El-Sharif, a parliamentary representative and a lawyer in cassation, Mr. Hani Hilal, a lawyer and expert in childhood issues, Dr. Walaa Gad El-Karim, an expert on social participation and head of the Partners for Transparency Foundation, Dr. Emad Gad, a parliamentarian and an expert at Al-Ahram Center for Strategic Studies, Dr. Abdel Hamid Kabesh, an expert in the rights of people with disabilities, and Professor Nahid Yousry The expert on gender and development, the parliamentary representative and the development expert, Manal Maher Al-Gamil, and Professor Magdy Helmy, the journalist writer and legal expert
Engineer Hussein Mansour, deputy head of the Wafd Party, and Mr. Ayman Aqq

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Dr. Badrawi writes in Al-Masry Al-Youm..the modern civil state

Dr. Hossam Badrawi — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 14:27:04 +0000

The young follower said: We have agreed to a dialogue on twelve foundations for building the country’s future, and we have started with education and human development, and building the positive personality of the Egyptian citizen, capable of creating a bright future for our country. We talked about young people and the development of policies that accommodate their energies and direct them according to the different age stages. We also discussed the economic approach that increases wealth and eliminates poverty, and our dialogue extended to our fear of the religious Salafist tide, which may develop in Egypt and increase as a result of the beginning of its downfall in Saudi Arabia and the country’s failure to take a clear approach towards confronting it, and we believe, Doctor, that this leads us to a dialogue about the nature of The modern civil state you are talking about, its foundations, and the consolidation of its concept among the new generations.

I said: I am not the one who calls for a modern civil state, but all the people have agreed on a constitution that begins with this phrase: “We are now writing a constitution to complete the construction of a modern democratic state with a civil government.” Separation of powers, balancing them, correlating responsibility with authority, and respecting human rights and freedoms, in the manner set out in the Constitution. This is the premise of the constitution, and its fifth article, which was approved by the Egyptian people by an overwhelming majority in 2014, and neither this introduction nor the fifth article were subject to amendments in 2019 as happened to others. The constitution is our reference in managing and preserving Egypt.

The educated young woman said: What is the civil state that you and the constitution mean? And her colleague said: Why do we want a civil state in the first place, and why do we call it this name, which makes it in contrast to the religious state or the military state, which raises sensitivities without meaning?

I said: The modern civil state has a government that preserves and protects all members of society regardless of their national, religious or intellectual affiliations. The other and equality in rights and duties, as it guarantees the rights of all citizens, not as a gift from the ruler, but as a right of his duty to preserve it. The authority of the state is through law-enforced mechanisms that individuals resort to when their rights are violated or threatened with violation. The state is the one who applies the law and prevents the parties from applying forms of punishment themselves.

One of the principles of the civil state is trust in the various processes of contracting and exchange. The civil state has no arbitrariness or breach of contracts in favor of one group over another. The civil state is characterized by equal opportunities between citizens and institutions on declared bases, as well as faith and the application of the principle of citizenship, which means that an individual is not known by his profession, religion, territory, money or authority, but is defined by a social legal definition as a citizen, meaning that he is a member of society with rights and duties . It is equal to all citizens.

Among the most important principles of the civil state is that it is not established by mixing religion with politics, nor does it antagonize or reject religion. Rather, religion remains in the civil state a factor in building morals and creating energy for work, achievement and progress. What the civil state rejects is the use of religion to achieve political goals, as this is inconsistent with the principle of pluralism upon which the civil state is based, and this matter may be considered one of the most important factors that transform religion into a controversial and controversial subject and interpretations that may distance it from the world of holiness and enter it into the world of interests narrow mundane.

The civil state is also characterized by the principle of respect for the law and democracy, which in essence prevents the state from being forcibly taken by an individual, an elite, a family, or an ideological tendency, and power is transferred in it within a framework of individual freedom of expression, candidacy and election, and all its institutions are placed within the scope of accountability, and a balance The executive, supervisory and judicial authorities in it, so no authority penetrates over another. As for why we want civil government with the definition I mentioned, this is because the alternation of power, the oversight of state institutions, and the balance between powers, is the protector of individuals and their rights mentioned in the constitution. The possibility of devolving power puts every ruler before the moment when he leaves the government and the account of the masses. Yes, there are dictatorial regimes that have achieved developmental breakthroughs, but they are the exception, and the utopia of the just dictator, who, despite his perpetual rule, is not consumed by the intoxication of power and does not think that he is above the law, is unstable.

Their colleague said: So, which system of government that achieves this is a good system of government?

I said yes.

Another said: What is the opposite of the modern civil state?

I said: The opposite of civil rule is religious rule, which uses religion and belief to achieve political powers, and does not recognize citizenship except for those who owe their religion. It is a dictatorship armed with religion.

The other opposite is the dictatorial regime, which is armed with a humane ideology imposed on the people, as was the communist regime, which failed and collapsed and fell.

And the third opposite is any dictatorial regime that armed with intimidation of the people to impose the will of a group of them to rule.

The three have one thing in common, which is that power is not transferred peacefully in this country except through revolutions, coups, demolitions and assassinations.

The educated young woman said: Do you avoid talking about the military state, Doctor?

I said: No, my daughter, the definition of military rule is not of my own making. It is the rule in which the military take over all powers, and stop the civil laws or subject them to their control. It is an exceptional system that countries resort to in the event of emergency crises and disruption of security, and in which a state of emergency is decided permanently until the danger is removed from the country, and in which the executive authority is granted broad powers until security and stability return to the country.

But there is another definition of military rule, which is wrapped in civilian clothes, and that is rule

Which prevents civilians directly or indirectly from reaching power, and aborts partisan and political work so that the civil forces have no value in the elections, and interferes with civilian rule by controlling civil institutions, so that the affairs of the country do not run or a decision is taken without his approval, and the balance between authorities, and all state institutions are marginalized.

The danger is that over time, the argument for staying in power and stopping the transfer of power becomes linked to the absence or inefficiency of an alternative, which is the natural result of the marginalization of civil state institutions.

Society often loses confidence in civil institutions, and a feeling and certainty is generated that civil society is lax without a system, and is not fit to run the country.

All or some of this may happen in a country, and events may lead to it, but history says that all dictatorial regimes, no matter how accomplished in moments – as someone who builds a sand castle on the beach – often ends in violations of freedoms, coups, wars, revolutions or assassinations. It destroys what has been accomplished, and brings the country back to zero again.

The first young man said: What about Egypt?

I said: The only way to sustain the success of any system of government is clarity of vision, allowing the accumulation of experiences, and the transfer of power. As for Egypt, now entering the phase after the transitional years, and we are in a new constitutional presidential period, during which the election of Parliament will be renewed, and procedures for the transition to decentralization are applied. During which local councils are elected for the first time after more than ten years, I am optimistically see a commendable political, economic and social trend for openness and raising the ceiling of freedoms. Which we support, we put to the test within the framework of legality and the law, and I am almost sure that we will notice in 2020 more clearly. My children, I am a man of optimistic genetics, and I see in people the best of them, and our youth and our people have a lot that can build the future, and they have accumulated experiences that can make construction sustainable.

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Badrawi signs a cooperation protocol with the Egyptian House of Knowledge

Dr. Hossam Badrawi — Tue, 17 Dec 2019 22:14:31 +0000

In the context of the interest in the dissemination of knowledge and culture, Dr. Hossam Badrawi, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Egyptian Association for the Dissemination of Knowledge and World Culture, signed a joint cooperation protocol with Mr. Said Abdo, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Egyptian House of Knowledge.
Under this protocol, cooperation will be carried out together in the fields of translation, publishing, distribution, holding cultural seminars and training courses.
This protocol comes within the cultural activities of the Egyptian Association (formerly Franklin), which had previously also announced the announcement of the first cultural salon on January 1, 2020 to interact with the audience, as well as the direct electronic broadcast that ensures the largest group of young people and intellectuals to participate in the intellectual dialogue that aims To support the cultural process and the dissemination of knowledge.

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Badrawi is the guest of honor for the annual festival to celebrate the International Day of the Arabic Language at the Young Muslim School in Benha.

Dr. Hossam Badrawi — Tue, 17 Dec 2019 22:11:07 +0000

Dr. Hossam Badrawi witnessed today, December 18, a wonderful celebration of the Arabic language holiday. The children and youth of the Muslim Youth School in the city of Benha presented before him the first simulation model of the House of Representatives to demand raising the level of the Arabic language in Egyptian schools under the auspices of Major General Abdel Hamid Al-Hagan, Governor of Qalyubia, and the supervision of the Directorate of Education Counselor Hamdi Abu El-Enein, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Muslim Youth Association, Mustafa Farag, the legal representative of the schools and association, Atef Salama, deputy director of the Education Directorate, Abdel Rahman Fath Al-Bab, Director General of the Benha Educational Administration, Dr. Ibrahim Rajeh, representing Benha University, and a number of professors and experts of the Arabic language at the university.

The model, which included representatives of the Parliament, the government and the relevant ministries, discussed a request for briefing from the student, Alla Taher, about “the decline and decline in the performance of the Arabic language and the impact of this on the identity of society and citizenship.” Speaking colloquial in schools, the media, and universities has become a general phenomenon, in addition to the use of foreign names on shops and institutions, the absence of theatrical performances in the classical language, the reluctance to refuse to use them in teaching applied and pure sciences in universities, and the low general level among young people, which affected the Egyptian identity, demanding the enactment of legislation criminalizing the abuse of the Arabic language.

While the representative of the government and the ministers concerned in the model pledged to place the new legislation, if issued, within the pillars of Egypt’s Vision 2030, and to stress that the Arabic language should be the mother tongue in speaking and studying in schools through the use of classical.

Dr. Hossam Badrawi commended the model, stressing that the model’s activities are comparable to the real sessions of the House of Representatives and reveal the presence of a promising new generation, and children and youth insisted on photographing with him after he sat on his knees among them.

Badrawi said that what happened in front of me sends an unparalleled positive energy, stressing that the pillars of Egypt’s Vision 2030 must include what guarantees the activation of the Arabic language, its advancement and its return to its glory. Egypt and the Arabic language for sophistication, transcendence and creativity.

Mustafa Abdel Hamid Farag, the legal representative of the Muslim Youth Association and Schools, said that the Arabic language is one of the Semitic languages because it is the first language in the world and possesses an impregnable cultural arsenal.

It is noteworthy that this festival is held annually by the Youth School on this date, and it has achieved an unparalleled success, which was praised by the Arabic Language Department at the College of Education and the leaders of education as the most important event in the mission and performance in the past two years.

Mr. Abdel Hamid El-Hagan, Governor of Qalyubia, Dr. Hossam Badrawi, received before the activities of the conference, and they exchanged dialogue about the conditions of education in the governorate and the importance of paying attention to the Arabic language.

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