Do these projects help rebuild the citizen\u2014or replace him?<\/em><\/p>\nThe Psychological Foundation of the Project State<\/h3>\n
The first psychological rule for understanding the project state is this:
\nA power that does not trust society does not negotiate with it\u2014it manages it.<\/p>\n
Politics, in this mindset, is not dialogue, negotiation, or representation, but risk, chaos, and potential loss of control.<\/p>\n
Thus begins the psychological journey.<\/p>\n
The psychological structure of authority in the project state is that of the administrative savior<\/strong>.<\/p>\nAuthority sees itself as:<\/p>\n
\n- \n
Smarter<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
- \n
More capable<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
- \n
More aware of the public interest<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
It forms a self-image that says:
\n\u201cIf things were left to the people, they would ruin everything.\u201d<\/p>\n
This is not necessarily individual narcissism, but institutional narcissism.<\/p>\n
Collective self-importance is inflated, while societal capacity is devalued, accompanied by a permanent sense of functional superiority.<\/p>\n
Even while appearing strong, authority in the project state lives in a state of internal tension, existential anxiety, and chronic fear of collapse.<\/p>\n
As a result:<\/p>\n
\n- \n
It accelerates execution<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
- \n
Declares that there is no time for feasibility studies<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
- \n
Accumulates projects<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
- \n
Cannot tolerate criticism<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
In its consciousness, criticism is not correction\u2014it is a threat.<\/p>\n
The Psychological Relationship Between Authority and the Project<\/h3>\n
This relationship can be summarized in three points:<\/p>\n
\n- \n
Justification of control<\/strong>
\u201cWe are not controlling\u2014you should be grateful that we are building.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Compensation for lack of legitimacy<\/strong>
When participation is absent, achievement is summoned.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Suppression of internal anxiety<\/strong>
Each new project acts as a temporary psychological sedative.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nThat is why projects never stop\u2014even when the economy cannot bear them or when they lack real feasibility.<\/p>\n
The project state hates transparency for a deep psychological reason: transparency means acknowledging the possibility of error.<\/p>\n
The project state does not see itself as \u201cmaking mistakes,\u201d but as \u201cbeing accused.\u201d<\/p>\n
Therefore, it prefers ambiguity, leans toward mobilizing rhetoric, and confuses criticism with attack.<\/p>\n
In the psychological analysis of the project state:<\/p>\n
\n- \n
Politics equals conflict<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
- \n
Economics is just numbers<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
- \n
Numbers are managed, controlled, and presented without debate<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Political disagreement is reframed as sabotage.
Objection becomes an implementation problem.
Crises are blamed on lack of resources\u2014\u201cwe are a poor country.\u201d<\/p>\n
This provides a sense of control\u2014even if it is illusory.<\/p>\n
Over time, the project-state mentality spreads through the bureaucracy:<\/p>\n
\n- \n
The employee does not ask, \u201cIs this fair?\u201d but \u201cIs this required?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
- \n
The official does not ask, \u201cDoes this serve people?\u201d but \u201cDoes this satisfy those above?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The real psychological crisis begins when the state\u2019s ability to deliver weakens, projects stall, or the economy falters.<\/p>\n
At that point, authority loses its source of legitimacy and its psychological shield, and resorts to tightening control and blaming society through a discourse of discipline and reproach.<\/p>\n
The likely end is mutual exhaustion.<\/p>\n
The project state does not collapse suddenly; it exhausts itself and drains society until it loses both.<\/p>\n
Authority does not trust the citizen, and the citizen does not feel belonging\u2014and nothing is more dangerous than a state without mutual trust.<\/p>\n
The Deep Psychological Conclusion<\/h3>\n
The project state is not an economic choice, but an expression of:<\/p>\n
\n- \n
Fear of society<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
- \n
Weak legitimacy<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
- \n
Addiction to control<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
- \n
Institutional narcissism<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
It is a state that psychologically says:
\n\u201cI work instead of you\u2014so do not question me.\u201d<\/p>\n
But history says:
\nA state that works instead of<\/strong> its citizens
eventually becomes incapable of working with<\/strong> them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cState of the Project or State of the Citizen?\u201d is not a slogan; it is a key to understanding what is happening in many contemporary states, including Egypt. I researched this question in an attempt to understand calmly and with intellectual depth. The State of the Citizen The \u201cstate of the citizen\u201d is the classical …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12724,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[208,269,103,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2025-collective-articles","category-al-hurriya-website","category-all-articles","category-articles-by-dr-badrawi"],"yoast_head":"\n
Hossam Badrawi writes for Al-Hurriya: State of the Project or State of the Citizen? - Dr. Hossam Badrawi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/hossam-badrawi-writes-for-al-hurriya-state-of-the-project-or-state-of-the-citizen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hossam Badrawi writes for Al-Hurriya: State of the Project or State of the Citizen? - Dr. Hossam Badrawi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cState of the Project or State of the Citizen?\u201d is not a slogan; it is a key to understanding what is happening in many contemporary states, including Egypt. I researched this question in an attempt to understand calmly and with intellectual depth. The State of the Citizen The \u201cstate of the citizen\u201d is the classical …\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/hossam-badrawi-writes-for-al-hurriya-state-of-the-project-or-state-of-the-citizen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dr. Hossam Badrawi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hossambadrawi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hossambadrawi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-21T18:30:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-22T18:58:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/alhorianews.com-hossam-badrawy-hossam-badrawy.jpg.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"398\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"262\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dr. Hossam Badrawi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@HossamBadrawi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@HossamBadrawi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dr. Hossam Badrawi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hossambadrawi.com\\\/en\\\/hossam-badrawi-writes-for-al-hurriya-state-of-the-project-or-state-of-the-citizen\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hossambadrawi.com\\\/en\\\/hossam-badrawi-writes-for-al-hurriya-state-of-the-project-or-state-of-the-citizen\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dr. Hossam Badrawi\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hossambadrawi.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/71dac15488abcc9dd96527db12aee32a\"},\"headline\":\"Hossam Badrawi writes for Al-Hurriya: State of the Project or State of the Citizen?\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-21T18:30:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-22T18:58:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hossambadrawi.com\\\/en\\\/hossam-badrawi-writes-for-al-hurriya-state-of-the-project-or-state-of-the-citizen\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1212,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hossambadrawi.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/71dac15488abcc9dd96527db12aee32a\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hossambadrawi.com\\\/en\\\/hossam-badrawi-writes-for-al-hurriya-state-of-the-project-or-state-of-the-citizen\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hossambadrawi.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/alhorianews.com-hossam-badrawy-hossam-badrawy.jpg.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"2025 Collective Activities & Articles\",\"Al-Hurriya Website\",\"All Articles\",\"By Dr Badrawi\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hossambadrawi.com\\\/en\\\/hossam-badrawi-writes-for-al-hurriya-state-of-the-project-or-state-of-the-citizen\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hossambadrawi.com\\\/en\\\/hossam-badrawi-writes-for-al-hurriya-state-of-the-project-or-state-of-the-citizen\\\/\",\"name\":\"Hossam Badrawi writes for Al-Hurriya: State of the Project or State of the Citizen? - Dr. Hossam Badrawi\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hossambadrawi.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hossambadrawi.com\\\/en\\\/hossam-badrawi-writes-for-al-hurriya-state-of-the-project-or-state-of-the-citizen\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hossambadrawi.com\\\/en\\\/hossam-badrawi-writes-for-al-hurriya-state-of-the-project-or-state-of-the-citizen\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hossambadrawi.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/alhorianews.com-hossam-badrawy-hossam-badrawy.jpg.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-21T18:30:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-22T18:58:01+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hossambadrawi.com\\\/en\\\/hossam-badrawi-writes-for-al-hurriya-state-of-the-project-or-state-of-the-citizen\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hossambadrawi.com\\\/en\\\/hossam-badrawi-writes-for-al-hurriya-state-of-the-project-or-state-of-the-citizen\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hossambadrawi.com\\\/en\\\/hossam-badrawi-writes-for-al-hurriya-state-of-the-project-or-state-of-the-citizen\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hossambadrawi.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/alhorianews.com-hossam-badrawy-hossam-badrawy.jpg.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hossambadrawi.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/alhorianews.com-hossam-badrawy-hossam-badrawy.jpg.webp\",\"width\":398,\"height\":262},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hossambadrawi.com\\\/en\\\/hossam-badrawi-writes-for-al-hurriya-state-of-the-project-or-state-of-the-citizen\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hossambadrawi.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Hossam Badrawi writes for Al-Hurriya: State of the Project or State of the Citizen?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hossambadrawi.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hossambadrawi.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Dr. Hossam Badrawi\",\"description\":\"Official Website\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hossambadrawi.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/71dac15488abcc9dd96527db12aee32a\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hossambadrawi.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hossambadrawi.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/71dac15488abcc9dd96527db12aee32a\",\"name\":\"Dr. Hossam Badrawi\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hossambadrawi.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/dr.-hossam-logo-e1762983997572.png\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hossambadrawi.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/dr.-hossam-logo-e1762983997572.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hossambadrawi.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/dr.-hossam-logo-e1762983997572.png\",\"width\":526,\"height\":272,\"caption\":\"Dr. Hossam Badrawi\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.hossambadrawi.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/dr.-hossam-logo-e1762983997572.png\"},\"description\":\"He is a politician, intellect, and prominent physician. He is the former head of the Gynecology Department, Faculty of Medicine Cairo University. He conducted his post graduate studies from 1979 till 1981 in the United States. He was elected as a member of the Egyptian Parliament and chairman of the Education and Scientific Research Committee in the Parliament from 2000 till 2005. As a politician, Dr. Hossam Badrawi was known for his independent stances. His integrity won the consensus of all people from various political trends. During the era of former president Hosni Mubarak he was called The Rationalist in the National Democratic Party NDP because his political calls and demands were consistent to a great extent with calls for political and democratic reform in Egypt. He was against extending the state of emergency and objected to the National Democratic Party's unilateral constitutional amendments during the January 25, 2011 revolution. He played a very important political role when he defended, from the very first beginning of the revolution, the demonstrators' right to call for their demands. He called on the government to listen and respond to their demands. Consequently and due to Dr. Badrawi's popularity, Mubarak appointed him as the NDP Secretary General thus replacing the members of the Bureau of the Commission. During that time, Dr. Badrawi expressed his political opinion to Mubarak that he had to step down. He had to resign from the party after 5 days of his appointment on February 10 when he declared his political disagreement with the political leadership in dealing with the demonstrators who called for handing the power to the Muslim Brotherhood. Therefore, from the very first moment his stance was clear by rejecting a religion-based state which he considered as aiming to limit the Egyptians down to one trend. He considered deposed president Mohamed Morsi's decision to bring back the People's Assembly as a reinforcement of the US-supported dictatorship. He was among the first to denounce the incursion of Morsi's authority over the judicial authority, condemning the Brotherhood militias' blockade of the Supreme Constitutional Court. Dr. Hossam supported the Tamarod movement in its beginning and he declared that toppling the Brotherhood was a must and a pressing risk that had to be taken few months prior to the June 30 revolution and confirmed that the army would support the legitimacy given by the people\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/hossambadrawi\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/HossamBadrawi\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Hossam Badrawi writes for Al-Hurriya: State of the Project or State of the Citizen? - Dr. Hossam Badrawi","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/hossam-badrawi-writes-for-al-hurriya-state-of-the-project-or-state-of-the-citizen\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Hossam Badrawi writes for Al-Hurriya: State of the Project or State of the Citizen? - Dr. Hossam Badrawi","og_description":"\u201cState of the Project or State of the Citizen?\u201d is not a slogan; it is a key to understanding what is happening in many contemporary states, including Egypt. I researched this question in an attempt to understand calmly and with intellectual depth. The State of the Citizen The \u201cstate of the citizen\u201d is the classical …","og_url":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/hossam-badrawi-writes-for-al-hurriya-state-of-the-project-or-state-of-the-citizen\/","og_site_name":"Dr. Hossam Badrawi","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hossambadrawi\/","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hossambadrawi\/","article_published_time":"2025-12-21T18:30:44+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-12-22T18:58:01+00:00","og_image":[{"width":398,"height":262,"url":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/alhorianews.com-hossam-badrawy-hossam-badrawy.jpg.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"Dr. Hossam Badrawi","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@HossamBadrawi","twitter_site":"@HossamBadrawi","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dr. Hossam Badrawi","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/hossam-badrawi-writes-for-al-hurriya-state-of-the-project-or-state-of-the-citizen\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/hossam-badrawi-writes-for-al-hurriya-state-of-the-project-or-state-of-the-citizen\/"},"author":{"name":"Dr. Hossam Badrawi","@id":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/71dac15488abcc9dd96527db12aee32a"},"headline":"Hossam Badrawi writes for Al-Hurriya: State of the Project or State of the Citizen?","datePublished":"2025-12-21T18:30:44+00:00","dateModified":"2025-12-22T18:58:01+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/hossam-badrawi-writes-for-al-hurriya-state-of-the-project-or-state-of-the-citizen\/"},"wordCount":1212,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/71dac15488abcc9dd96527db12aee32a"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/hossam-badrawi-writes-for-al-hurriya-state-of-the-project-or-state-of-the-citizen\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/alhorianews.com-hossam-badrawy-hossam-badrawy.jpg.webp","articleSection":["2025 Collective Activities & Articles","Al-Hurriya Website","All Articles","By Dr Badrawi"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/hossam-badrawi-writes-for-al-hurriya-state-of-the-project-or-state-of-the-citizen\/","url":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/hossam-badrawi-writes-for-al-hurriya-state-of-the-project-or-state-of-the-citizen\/","name":"Hossam Badrawi writes for Al-Hurriya: State of the Project or State of the Citizen? - Dr. Hossam Badrawi","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/hossam-badrawi-writes-for-al-hurriya-state-of-the-project-or-state-of-the-citizen\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/hossam-badrawi-writes-for-al-hurriya-state-of-the-project-or-state-of-the-citizen\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/alhorianews.com-hossam-badrawy-hossam-badrawy.jpg.webp","datePublished":"2025-12-21T18:30:44+00:00","dateModified":"2025-12-22T18:58:01+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/hossam-badrawi-writes-for-al-hurriya-state-of-the-project-or-state-of-the-citizen\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/hossam-badrawi-writes-for-al-hurriya-state-of-the-project-or-state-of-the-citizen\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/hossam-badrawi-writes-for-al-hurriya-state-of-the-project-or-state-of-the-citizen\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/alhorianews.com-hossam-badrawy-hossam-badrawy.jpg.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/alhorianews.com-hossam-badrawy-hossam-badrawy.jpg.webp","width":398,"height":262},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/hossam-badrawi-writes-for-al-hurriya-state-of-the-project-or-state-of-the-citizen\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hossam Badrawi writes for Al-Hurriya: State of the Project or State of the Citizen?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/","name":"Dr. Hossam Badrawi","description":"Official Website","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/71dac15488abcc9dd96527db12aee32a"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/71dac15488abcc9dd96527db12aee32a","name":"Dr. Hossam Badrawi","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/dr.-hossam-logo-e1762983997572.png","url":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/dr.-hossam-logo-e1762983997572.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/dr.-hossam-logo-e1762983997572.png","width":526,"height":272,"caption":"Dr. Hossam Badrawi"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/dr.-hossam-logo-e1762983997572.png"},"description":"He is a politician, intellect, and prominent physician. He is the former head of the Gynecology Department, Faculty of Medicine Cairo University. He conducted his post graduate studies from 1979 till 1981 in the United States. He was elected as a member of the Egyptian Parliament and chairman of the Education and Scientific Research Committee in the Parliament from 2000 till 2005. As a politician, Dr. Hossam Badrawi was known for his independent stances. His integrity won the consensus of all people from various political trends. During the era of former president Hosni Mubarak he was called The Rationalist in the National Democratic Party NDP because his political calls and demands were consistent to a great extent with calls for political and democratic reform in Egypt. He was against extending the state of emergency and objected to the National Democratic Party's unilateral constitutional amendments during the January 25, 2011 revolution. He played a very important political role when he defended, from the very first beginning of the revolution, the demonstrators' right to call for their demands. He called on the government to listen and respond to their demands. Consequently and due to Dr. Badrawi's popularity, Mubarak appointed him as the NDP Secretary General thus replacing the members of the Bureau of the Commission. During that time, Dr. Badrawi expressed his political opinion to Mubarak that he had to step down. He had to resign from the party after 5 days of his appointment on February 10 when he declared his political disagreement with the political leadership in dealing with the demonstrators who called for handing the power to the Muslim Brotherhood. Therefore, from the very first moment his stance was clear by rejecting a religion-based state which he considered as aiming to limit the Egyptians down to one trend. He considered deposed president Mohamed Morsi's decision to bring back the People's Assembly as a reinforcement of the US-supported dictatorship. He was among the first to denounce the incursion of Morsi's authority over the judicial authority, condemning the Brotherhood militias' blockade of the Supreme Constitutional Court. Dr. Hossam supported the Tamarod movement in its beginning and he declared that toppling the Brotherhood was a must and a pressing risk that had to be taken few months prior to the June 30 revolution and confirmed that the army would support the legitimacy given by the people","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hossambadrawi\/","https:\/\/x.com\/HossamBadrawi"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13305"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13317,"href":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13305\/revisions\/13317"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hossambadrawi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}