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Politics, at its core, is the management of possibilities—not of fears. Yet when societies pass through moments of severe turmoil,…

Each time I enter a hotel, an airport, or even stop at a highway checkpoint in our beloved Egypt, I…

Neoliberalism, Socialism, and Social Liberalism: A Critical Reading in Light of the Egyptian Experience Since the end of the twentieth…

On the anniversary of her birth – January 26, 1943 It is not easy to write about Soad Hosny, and…

Is obedience a virtue, or is it a form of submission that excludes reason? Do we raise our children to…

I wrote a eulogy for Dr. Mourad Wahba, and I received more than twenty thousand beautiful and refined comments. But…

Why does everything move and rotate? If we contemplate the universe deeply, we will discover a truth that neither the…

Life may be long in the number of days, but it is not measured by length—rather, by depth. How many…

In our present era, we find that the culture of triviality has asserted itself in an unprecedented way across various…

At a moment when parliamentary elections are supposed to symbolize freedom of choice and political pluralism, the electoral process in…

When I was a student in school and university, we were influenced by Egypt’s regional and African role, dreaming of…