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Citizenship is not an administrative status, nor a rigid legal description. It is a moral relationship between the individual and…

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

We welcome a new year while still weighed down by what the departing year has left behind.2025 was harsh on…

Nations do not disappear suddenly, nor are they erased from maps overnight. What usually happens is something quieter—and far more…

Some mothers—patients of mine and members of civil society organizations I support—contacted me, deeply upset about the date of a…

Like many others, I receive WhatsApp messages every Friday—sometimes greetings for occasions, sometimes prayers. When you have a large number…

In Egyptian colloquial language, there is a special kind of genius. We say, “So-and-so is doing fine,” meaning he is…

Turtles are older than dinosaurs.The earliest known ancestors of turtles appeared about 220–240 million years ago (late Triassic period), roughly…

The earliest known ancestors of turtles appeared about 220–240 million years ago (in the late Triassic period), roughly the same…

In a mother’s womb, there were two unborn babies. One asked the other:“Do you believe in life after birth?” The…

The civil state is not built only by laws and institutions; it is built first by knowledge, and by the…

“State of the Project or State of the Citizen?” is not a slogan; it is a key to understanding what…

I am happy about the victory of Ibrahim Zaher and about half of his slate, and I am also happy…

Who Is Evelyne Porret? Evelyne Porret is a Swiss ceramic artist who came to Egypt in the 1960s and settled…

I follow with great interest—and with some concern—the intensity of the debate surrounding the gas deal between Egypt and Israel.…

“Where do I start?”—this is a dialogue with oneself that may lead every reader of this article to turn inward,…

In our current era, the term “conspiracy theory” has become a common weapon to dismiss any narrative that challenges the…

Our society today faces a real crisis in managing disagreement. Many people believe that merely discussing what they consider “non-negotiables”…

In the ancient East, where most of the great questions about creation and destiny were born, religions emerged whose effects…

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