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Religion and Science, The Forced Mix |
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Written by Said Samir
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Monday, 22 August 2005 |
The habit of mixing religion with science is as ancient as witchcrafts
in the early human history. Some even claim that religion was
introduced by the lack of science at the beginning of human history and
till now. During the last few decades, that ancient forced-mix popped
up again, and instead of using science to study and better understand
the development of religion, many islamist scholars are redefining
religious literature to explain and justify scientific facts.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 22 August 2005 )
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Terrorism or Freedom-Fighting |
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Written by Said Samir
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Sunday, 24 July 2005 |
 Weapons
never killed ideas. Therefore, military action against international terrorism
may not be a viable alternative. If the core motive for international terrorism
is ideological and/or political then those who perpetrate terrorism are not
just criminals, but they are also believers who consider what they are doing to
be the right thing and worthy of dying for. Here lies the real danger. The
whole world is responsible for letting such a belief grow and spread and
accordingly responsible for correcting this fiction. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 24 July 2005 )
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INFORMAL STREET FOOD VENDORS IN MATARIYA - CAIRO (1) |
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Written by Said Samir
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Sunday, 24 July 2005 |
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5. THE “SEARCH FOR SECURITY”: INFORMAL STREET FOOD VENDORS IN MATARIYA - Cairo
Jörg Gertel and Said Samir
University of Freiburg, Germany, and Ain Schams University, Egypt
This paper tries to identify the role of
informal street food vendors within the food system of Greater Cairo. Street
food vendors offer processed food and drinks for immediate consumption in the
streets; they provide inexpensive meals, snacks and beverages, which are
quickly available at various hours of the day. But the government tends to
perceive their role as problematic; vendors are accused of being potential
public health hazards, and as they lack shops and licenses, they are exposed to
continual harassment by the authorities. Little is known, however, about their
importance within the food distribution system of Cairo, hence three crucial topics will
be addressed in this paper: |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 August 2005 )
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The Metropolitan Food System Of Cairo Ed. by Jörg Gertel |
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Written by Said Samir
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Sunday, 24 July 2005 |
Metropolitan areas are increasingly where the fundamental problems of
our global society, such as poverty and hunger, are spatially
concentrated. In urban areas socio-economic contradictions get
mediated, often under violent conditions. Particulary urban food
security - in the past often taken for granted - is, therefore,
definitely a major future challenge. The present volume on Cairo
attempts to shed light on social processes, which constitute an urban
food system. While the papers presented here are both based on recent
empirical research and written from different disciplinary
perspectives, they contribute to a more comprehensive picture of this
subject. Approaching an urban food system from a social perspective —
as this collection attempts to demonstrate — offers detailed knowledge
about the constituting structures of policies and economies, and in
this respect it also provides important insights concerning the causal
structure of urban hunger.
Dr. Jörg Gertel
Verlag für Entwickungspolitik
Saarbrücken 1995
ISBN 3-88156-677-5
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Last Updated ( Monday, 15 August 2005 )
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Written by Said Samir
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Sunday, 22 May 2005 |
The Future
In spite of the poor record of Arab achievements in almost all fields,
there is still ‘some’ hope for development that will only be realized
in a timely fashion if Arabs stop dreaming and actually start
working. Multi-dimensional development in the national and regional
levels is a must to achieve the missing prosperity of the Arabs.
There are some opportunities and potential that can be capitalized on.
There are also ‘some’ incentives that can encourage such a hope
existing, and being realized, if the Arab’s political will goes beyond
securing existing rulers and works towards developments that reach the
roots of societies and empower all citizens. Because the human factor
is the key tool and development is the key objective, an ideological
and cultural development and reform is also a must in the course of
advancing this region.
Said Samir
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 22 May 2005 )
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Written by Said Samir
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Wednesday, 18 May 2005 |
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 Website logs are a treasure of information you can gather from the visitors of your
website. Unfortunately such valuable information is ignored by many webmasters
either due to laziness or to ignorance! Successful websites are not just a
strike of luck or a blain good idea. A good website is a site that caters for
the needs of its visitors and also a good website is a site that attracts the
kind of visitors it seeks.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 24 May 2005 )
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Censoring Egypt - The Forbidden Rights |
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Written by Said Samir
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Sunday, 12 June 2005 |
Freedom of expression in Egypt is a sensitive issue linked as it is to
time-honored taboo subjects: sex, religion and politics. Suppression of
freedom of expression by government authorities in Egypt covers
literature and art. Most of the time it is unofficial, but whether
expressed in writing or verbally, it is all-pervasive. From children’s
songs as in the case of David and Goliath to serious writing as in the
case of AUC professor Samia Mehrez's book For Bread Alone, censorship
affects society as a whole.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 16 June 2005 )
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Weak or Nobel - The Arab Regimes |
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Written by Said Samir
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Sunday, 12 June 2005 |
 Lately, it is has been hard to write about the peace process in the
Middle East. Despite how keen one may be to identify a fair and
equitable peace, it never gets accomplished. Simply what is going on in
the region now makes one think more of war than peace. The whole region
is fuming. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 12 June 2005 )
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Who is visiting your website? |
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Written by Said Samir
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Wednesday, 14 August 2002 |
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Website logs are a treasure of information you can gather from the visitors of your
website. Unfortunately such valuable information is ignored by many webmasters
either due to laziness or to ignorance! Successful websites are not just a
strike of luck or a blain good idea. A good website is a site that caters for
the needs of its visitors and also a good website is a site that attracts the
kind of visitors it seeks. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 14 July 2005 )
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Arab Economic Union: A Dream or Reality? |
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Written by Said Samir
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Sunday, 22 May 2005 |
 Political integration among Arab countries has for long time been a
dear hope of nationalists, nasserists and many Arabs. While the
economic integration among Arab countries seems to be more realistic,
but it is still challenged with the political paradox of power and
cooperation. There are different views of economists, politicians, and
businessmen, ranging between, pessimists, realists, and dreamers.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 22 May 2005 )
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Interview with Amb. Edward Walker |
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Written by Said Samir
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Saturday, 14 May 2005 |
 "Our
country has been struggling with the definition of terrorism for long
time and has not worked out a unified definition. But in general I can
say that terrorism is the illegitimate act of killing innocent people
for a political cause. If one goes to a restaurant and blows up a bunch
of innocent women and children for any political cause, that is
terrorism." Edward Walker
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 24 July 2005 )
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Democracy and the Muslim Countries |
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Written by Said Samir
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Monday, 14 January 2002 |
The relation between the religion of Islam and politics is hot topic
that got even hotter after September 11. Sometime ago The Freedom House
Organization issued an alarming report about democracy in Muslim
countries. The question is: Is it Islam as a religion that is against
democracy? or the fact that most of Muslim countries are dictatorships
for historical / political reasons and religion is not a direct factor?
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 14 May 2005 )
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How much does it cost to have a website like this? |
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Written by Said Samir
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Wednesday, 12 May 2004 |
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To have your own website like this one, you first need a domain name
(www.yourname.com or net or org or de) and that costs about 12 Euro per year. Then
you will need a space on an Internet server to host your website
(hosting) and that has to be an advanced server with database and
programming support (not like free space offered by some companies).
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Last Updated ( Friday, 20 May 2005 )
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