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Hossam Badrawi writes for Al-Hurriya: The Other Side of Egypt’s North Coast

Hossam Badrawi writes for Al-Hurriya: The Other Side of Egypt’s North Coast

Every summer, as the North Coast fills with vacationers, social media, in turn, fills with images of mockery and criticism.…
Hossam Badrawi writes for Al-Hurriya: Private Education in Egypt: Where Should the Focus Be?

Hossam Badrawi writes for Al-Hurriya: Private Education in Egypt: Where Should the Focus Be?

Understanding the educational landscape is essential for understanding reality and planning for the future. I searched for a single, recent,…
King Lear on the National Theatre Stage By Hossam Badrawi

King Lear on the National Theatre Stage By Hossam Badrawi

Today, I attended the magnificent production of King Lear at the National Theatre, starring the legendary Yehia El-Fakharany and the…
The Sneeze: Between the Nose, the Brain, Pleasure, and Emotion By Hossam Badrawi

The Sneeze: Between the Nose, the Brain, Pleasure, and Emotion By Hossam Badrawi

Sneezing is an act we have performed almost since birth without ever thinking about it. We feel a small tickle…
If the Moral Reference Point Disappears… Who Kills the Human Conscience? By Dr. Hossam Badrawi

If the Moral Reference Point Disappears… Who Kills the Human Conscience? By Dr. Hossam Badrawi

Reflections on The Brothers Karamazov There are novels we read, and there are novels that read us. The Brothers Karamazov…
Dr. Hossam Badrawi writes for Al-Masry Al-Youm: Moral Responsibility for Our Actions

Dr. Hossam Badrawi writes for Al-Masry Al-Youm: Moral Responsibility for Our Actions

Reflections on Genes, Human Agency, and Moral Accountability The more science advances, the more convinced I become that the most…
Hossam Badrawi writes for Al-Hurriya: When Form Becomes Substance

Hossam Badrawi writes for Al-Hurriya: When Form Becomes Substance

In the second half of the nineteenth century, at the height of Khedive Ismail’s efforts to present Egypt as a…
Hossam Badrawi writes for Al-Hurriya: First in His Class… Where Is He Now?

Hossam Badrawi writes for Al-Hurriya: First in His Class… Where Is He Now?

Every year, photographs of Egypt’s top high-school students fill the newspapers: confident smiles, certificates held proudly in their hands, as…
Dr. Hossam Badrawi Writes for Al-Shorouk: Exams: A Tool for Assessment or a Mechanism for Sorting?

Dr. Hossam Badrawi Writes for Al-Shorouk: Exams: A Tool for Assessment or a Mechanism for Sorting?

I recently read a translation of the French sociologists Pierre Bourdieu and Jean-Claude Passeron’s Reproduction: In Education, Society and Culture…
Hossam Badrawi writes for Al-Hurriya: What Do the Economic Terms People Complain About Actually Mean?

Hossam Badrawi writes for Al-Hurriya: What Do the Economic Terms People Complain About Actually Mean?

We often hear terms such as inflation, recession, depression, and stagflation. We repeat them in our conversations and hold them…
Hossam Badrawi writes for Al-Hurriya: Between the Title and the Person: A Philosophy of Collective Attributes

Hossam Badrawi writes for Al-Hurriya: Between the Title and the Person: A Philosophy of Collective Attributes

“His Eminence”… “Your Excellency”… “His Excellency the Minister”… “Your Holiness”… These words do not describe a body, nor do they…
Dr. Hossam Badrawi writes for Al-Masry Al-Youm … The Entropy of Nations

Dr. Hossam Badrawi writes for Al-Masry Al-Youm … The Entropy of Nations

In physics, there is a merciless law: every closed system, no matter how precise or beautiful it may be at…
Hossam Badrawi writes for Al-Hurriya: Is Reducing Admissions to Humanities Colleges What Egyptian Education Needs?

Hossam Badrawi writes for Al-Hurriya: Is Reducing Admissions to Humanities Colleges What Egyptian Education Needs?

Thinker Dr. Hossam Badrawi warned against reducing university-admission policies to simply responding to the current needs of the labor market.…
Dr. Hossam Badrawi Writes for Al-Ahram: When machines produce enough, what will humans do?

Dr. Hossam Badrawi Writes for Al-Ahram: When machines produce enough, what will humans do?

A future in which machines produce more than people need could free humanity from work as a condition for survival,…
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