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Two Misconceptions Concerning Egyptians
Two Misconceptions Concerning Egyptians
By: Tarek Heggy on: Wednesday 15 November 2017 - Genre: Social Sciences

Two properties falsely, and unfairly, attributed to Egypt and Egyptians by ordinary people and by experts, by foreigners and  by the Egyptians themselves have been repeated so often that they hav...

Islam between Copying and Thinking
Islam between Copying and Thinking
By: Tarek Heggy on: Wednesday 15 November 2017 - Genre: Philosophy and Religion

In the years between 1967 and 1973, when I was studying towards a degree in law and a Masters in general and comparative law, I acquired a rudimentary knowledge of the principles of Islamic jurisprude...

نظرات في سلبية الشـعوب
نظرات في سلبية الشـعوب
By: Tarek Heggy on: Wednesday 15 November 2017 - Genre: Social Sciences

السلبية كجزء من ثقافة الفقر  هناك منظومتان لأثرِ الفقرِ على الشعوبِ ، منظومة توّلد التذمر والرفض والتعبير عن ذلك بشكلٍ ظاهرٍ ، ومنظومة توّلد "الرضا بما قسم القضا" – وهناك أسباب...

An Anatomy of People's Apathy
An Anatomy of People's Apathy
By: Tarek Heggy on: Wednesday 15 November 2017 - Genre: Social Sciences

The pattern of behaviour displayed by the victims of poverty differs from one culture to another. In some cultures, it takes the form of a defiant refusal to succumb to the grip of poverty and an open...

! وجهان سيئان للعملة ذاتها
! وجهان سيئان للعملة ذاتها
By: Ragab Saad on: Wednesday 15 November 2017 - Genre: Essays

" إذا أردت أن تسعد الآخرين، فاشفق بهم؛ وإن أردت أن تسعد نفسك، فاشفق عليهــا ! ". - الدالاي لامــا الرابع عشر - يعيش معنا في العالم، الآن، حوالي 780 مليون إنسان، في مسغبة؛ بينهم أربعون...

إعجاز قرآنى علمى أم مجرد ملاحظات ساذجة
إعجاز قرآنى علمى أم مجرد ملاحظات ساذجة
By: Ibrahim Awad on: Saturday 5 August 2006 - Genre: Philosophy and Religion

كنتُ أَعِسّ (بتعبير ابنى) فى أرجاء المشباك منذ أيام فإذا بى أجد نفسى فى أحد المواقع وجهًا لوجهٍ أمام معجمٍ فرنسىٍّ عنوانه: "Dictionnaire des religions et des mouvements philosophiques associ&eac...

Johannes Kepler Tracing the source of his wisdom to 3000 B.C
Johannes Kepler Tracing the source of his wisdom to 3000 B.C
By: James Bowles on: Wednesday 15 November 2017 - Genre: Science

Johannes Kepler, 1571-1630, German astronomer, professor of mathematics at Graz (1593-98) and assistant to Tycho Brahe, court mathematician to Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II - formulated three Laws of p...

Artist Suzanne Klotz's Indispensable Guide to the Holy Land
Artist Suzanne Klotz's Indispensable Guide to the Holy Land
By: Editor on: Wednesday 15 November 2017 - Genre: Book Reviews

"99 Names" by Suzanne Klotz Mulham Assir Suzanne Klotz is the creator of Thy Kingdom Come: Pocket Guide to the Holy Land, a vividly coloured book of captioned drawings that portray Isr...

The Seven Pillars of Terrorism
The Seven Pillars of Terrorism
By: Tarek Heggy on: Wednesday 15 November 2017 - Genre: Politics

The word terrorism has been used to describe the activities of various groups over the last half century. For example, the British denounced the operations carried out by the Irish Republican Army as...

الفنان التشكيلي عبد الناصر عامر: ارسم المرأة عندما احس بصدقها
الفنان التشكيلي عبد الناصر عامر: ارسم المرأة عندما احس بصدقها
By: Emtyaz Mograbi on: Wednesday 15 November 2017 - Genre: Arts and Entertainment

مثلما يعانق العاشق معشوقته الابدية عانق الفنان التشكيلي عبد الناصر عامر لوحاته وفنه الذي كان ينبض بكل ما يحسه،عاش لاجل الفن والفن التشكيلي بالذات لكي يجسد من خلال لوحاته التي تشد مشاعر مشاهديها معاناة...

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