We welcome a new year while still weighed down by what the departing year has left behind.
2025 was harsh on humanity everywhere:
wars, killing, injustice, the absence of fairness, and a painful exposure of how fragile values become when wisdom retreats and the voice of force rises.
It was a year that led many to lose trust—not only in politics, but in humanity itself.
And yet, I believe that years are not to be condemned; they are loaded with what we place inside them.
The future is not built through pessimism, but through a collective, conscious, humane, and sincere energy.
That is why I want to think about 2026 differently.
Not as a year that “rescues” us, but as a year in which we ourselves participate in rescuing meaning.
I want it to be a year of greater happiness and peace—
for me, for my family, for my country, and for the whole world.
On the personal level:
This year, I intend to learn something new, and to acquire a new skill.
I aim to deepen my understanding and use of artificial intelligence—not merely as a technical tool, but as a cognitive partner that I integrate into my research and writing, to produce thought that is deeper and broader.
I intend to continue documenting my ideas in new books and weekly articles. In 2025, I published 120 articles and released five books.
I will continue painting new artworks—because some of what we feel cannot be said in words, but must be seen.
I want to live with greater awareness, not greater speed.
To choose what nourishes, not what merely consumes.
On the family and close human level:
I want to restore the value of genuine communication with friends, and to make a conscious effort to strengthen the bonds of my small and extended family.
Family is not something to be taken for granted; it is a responsibility renewed every day.
On the level of work and service:
I will continue, as I have for the past twelve years, to provide professional healthcare to all my patients free of charge—because medicine, to me, is not merely a profession, but a human covenant.
And through my civil work with Takaful Association and Education First, we aim to:
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Establish 8 new nurseries
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Build 2 schools
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Train 400 teachers
Because education is not a luxury, but a right, a condition for survival, and a path to salvation.
On the intellectual and national level:
I will continue to express my independent views on television and social media—not in search of noise, but out of belief that free speech is part of societal healing, and that nations are not built by fear, but by dialogue, reason, and moral courage.
I will continue to push for improving the quality of education in Egypt, and to publish the fourth volume of “Education… The Opportunity for Salvation”, because I still believe—despite everything—that education is the greatest national project.
On the broader human level:
I will continue to spread optimism—
not naïve optimism, but one grounded in knowledge, experience, and a deep belief that:
Egypt is a country worthy of greatness—
by its resources, its beauty, its youth, and its children.
And that the world—despite its noise—is still capable of healing, if awareness triumphs over hatred, values over self-interest, and humanity over violence.
My wishes for 2026 are not an escape from reality, but resistance to it through meaning.
And I believe that a new year does not begin when the date changes, but when we decide to be better… more honest… and braver in our ability to love, give, and hope.
This is what I wish for myself, for my country,
and for all humanity.
