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If the Moral Reference Point Disappears… Who Kills the Human Conscience? By Dr. Hossam Badrawi
September 2, 2026
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
September 2, 2026
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
August 30, 2026
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?
August 28, 2026
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?
August 27, 2026
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…
Dr. Hossam Badrawi writes for Al-Masry Al-Youm: On the Prophet’s Birthday, I Wrote and Reflected
August 27, 2026
Dr. Hossam Badrawi writes for Al-Masry Al-Youm: On the Prophet’s Birthday, I Wrote and Reflected
Amid the madness of extremism and violence carried out in the name of Islam on one side, and the absurdity…
Hossam Badrawi writes for Al-Hurriya: What Do the Economic Terms People Complain About Actually Mean?
August 23, 2026
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
August 21, 2026
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
August 19, 2026
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?
August 19, 2026
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?
August 17, 2026
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,…
The Colors of Evil and the Genes of Anger: Whom Do We Put on Trial… the Son or the Father? By Hossam Badrawi
August 15, 2026
The Colors of Evil and the Genes of Anger: Whom Do We Put on Trial… the Son or the Father? By Hossam Badrawi
I wrote a short story titled “The Genes of Evil,” and afterward I read the novel The Colors of Evil:…
Hossam Badrawi writes for Al-Hurriya: When Politics Enters the Laboratory of Great Minds… Who Gets to Decide What Science Says?
August 15, 2026
Hossam Badrawi writes for Al-Hurriya: When Politics Enters the Laboratory of Great Minds… Who Gets to Decide What Science Says?
On August 10, 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order that caused widespread controversy in American medical and…
Hossam Badrawi writes for Al-Hurriya: Egypt’s Position… What Do Mutual Defense Agreements Really Mean?
August 13, 2026
Hossam Badrawi writes for Al-Hurriya: Egypt’s Position… What Do Mutual Defense Agreements Really Mean?
When I read about the new mutual defense agreement between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan, I found myself asking: “Where…
“Come, Let’s Live”: Reflections on the Threshold of Seventy-Five By Hossam Badrawi
August 12, 2026
“Come, Let’s Live”: Reflections on the Threshold of Seventy-Five By Hossam Badrawi
The feeling that life has no purpose may be the hardest thing a person faces in old age. I thought…
Dr. Hossam Badrawi Writes for Al-Ahram: At 75, the real challenge is keeping tomorrow alive
August 12, 2026
Dr. Hossam Badrawi Writes for Al-Ahram: At 75, the real challenge is keeping tomorrow alive
Approaching 75, Hossam Badrawi reflects on ageing, purpose, curiosity, and the need to keep pursuing dreams, loving others, and finding…
Hossam Badrawi writes for Al-Hurriya: The Culture of Hunting for Mistakes: Why Do We Look for the Negative in Our Children’s Success?
August 10, 2026
Hossam Badrawi writes for Al-Hurriya: The Culture of Hunting for Mistakes: Why Do We Look for the Negative in Our Children’s Success?
Over the past few days, I have been following the debate surrounding Abdelrahman El-Sayed, an American of Egyptian origin, and…
The Human Being, Geography, and Cosmic Existence From the Dust of Earth to the Consciousness of the Stars By Hossam Badrawi
August 9, 2026
The Human Being, Geography, and Cosmic Existence From the Dust of Earth to the Consciousness of the Stars By Hossam Badrawi
— Egyptian Geographic Magazine When the Earth Reshapes Its Inhabitants The human form changes according to the geography of one’s…
The Astonishing Balance of the Human Body: When the Jaw Speaks in the Language of Letters By Hossam Badrawi
August 7, 2026
The Astonishing Balance of the Human Body: When the Jaw Speaks in the Language of Letters By Hossam Badrawi
My dentist fitted a single molar in my lower jaw. It was only a few millimeters in size, yet a…
The Loss of Value in an Age of Abundance By Hossam Badrawi
August 6, 2026
The Loss of Value in an Age of Abundance By Hossam Badrawi
Sometimes I open WhatsApp and find dozens of forwarded messages piling up every day in groups I can no longer…