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Articles of the author Mohamed Nosseir
Stimulating the private sector
“We only buy used cars below their fair market price so that we can then resell them for either a modest profit or a huge one,” declared one Cairo car dealer, underscoring the dynamics of the Egyptian market for used vehicles. In Egypt apparently, (...)

14 - 01 - 2020
Can we alter Western foreign policy?
Attempting to shift any given person's viewpoint is a challenging task, and endeavouring to persuade an extensive, advanced and influential society that its foreign policy towards the rest of world is a total failure is downright naïve. Western (...)

23 - 05 - 2019
Not German Christian Democrats
Egyptian Political Islamists led by the Muslim Brotherhood often argue that Germany has a leading religious political party, the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU), founded in 1945, and that Egypt could therefore follow suit and establish a (...)

24 - 03 - 2019
Not German Christian Democrats
Egyptian Political Islamists led by the Muslim Brotherhood often argue that Germany has a leading religious political party, the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU), founded in 1945, and that Egypt could therefore follow suit and establish a (...)

14 - 03 - 2019
Where else are people being duped?
The successful “Let them rust” campaign should extend beyond pressuring Egyptian car-dealers to reduce their prices. Unfortunately, commercial fraud is widespread in Egypt, and many other sectors of the economy besides cars need similar (...)

14 - 02 - 2019
How effective is Egypt's public policy?
The true economic challenge confronting Egypt today does not concern either our fiscal or our monetary policy – both are well addressed by our economists and are advanced further by international experts. Egypt's fundamental economic challenge, (...)

25 - 01 - 2019
How effective is Egypt's public policy?
The true economic challenge confronting Egypt today does not concern either our fiscal or our monetary policy – both are well addressed by our economists and are advanced further by international experts. Egypt's fundamental economic challenge, (...)

17 - 01 - 2019
The commuting route to productivity
Traffic congestion is a common excuse used by many to explain poor performance or tardiness. Egyptian society is known for its inefficiency, and it seldom occurs to many of us to set out for our destinations earlier. Yet, the country has spent some (...)

14 - 01 - 2019
The commuting route to productivity
Traffic congestion is a common excuse used by many to explain poor performance or tardiness. Egyptian society is known for its inefficiency, and it seldom occurs to many of us to set out for our destinations earlier. Yet, the country has spent some (...)

03 - 01 - 2019
Egyptians' work attitude from the perspective of Uber & Careem
"I will reach you in just a few minutes," a driver of one of the new transportation application companies told me recently—which concluded in my being picked up half an hour later. The dilemma of such applications is that most of the drivers don't (...)

22 - 03 - 2017
Ideas on how Egypt could liberate its traffic congestion
Aimlessly cruising with a private vehicle in a country like Egypt should not be a personal decision, where citizens lose hours in commuting, which leads to increasing pollution and consuming significant amounts of partially subsidised fuel. The (...)

16 - 11 - 2016
Do Egyptians love their country, their president—or are they self-centered?
"I am willing to die for my country" declare many Egyptians to convey the extent of their love for their country. Another group of citizens believes that an alternative way to express patriotic sentiment is to continuously heap praise on the (...)

12 - 11 - 2016
Egyptian ingenuity: inheriting professions vs natural job succession
Apparently, seeing their child as a "mini-me" pleases many Egyptian parents who are quite eager to observe their life course (entailing the sum of their virtues and vices) portrayed in their children. Happiness and success are often measured in (...)

30 - 10 - 2016
The back and forth movement of democracy and violence between Arab countries and the west
Democracy and violence have disparate missions and routes that are not comparable. Yet, this reality should not keep us from admitting that while western countries, led by the United States, have failed to promote the spread of democracy to the Arab (...)

21 - 09 - 2016
The North Coast: a symbol of how Egypt manipulates its wealthy and ruins its resources
Being a resource-rich nation is not, in itself, a true blessing. The real asset is a government that knows how to manage its country's resources by maximising their value to benefit all citizens equally. The Egyptian state's poor management of its (...)

04 - 09 - 2016
Justice, tolerance, and inclusiveness will help Egypt regain its moral values
There is no question in the minds of Egyptians that we have lost most of our moral values and virtues in recent decades. No Egyptian will argue this fact; what we do argue about is the reason behind this deterioration in moral conduct. I am (...)

28 - 08 - 2016
How Egyptians' morals justify immoralities
Inspired by their own logic and aided by their talent in justifying their sins, Egyptians tend to transform their disgraceful acts into morally acceptable practices. Living in a country where honour and integrity have been declining steadily over (...)

07 - 08 - 2016
Al-Sisi: pick your battles to win your war
One of the many difficulties facing President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi lies in his handling of Egypt's political dynamic from a single, incredibly narrow perspective. The president has tended to deal with political incidents and opponents separately and (...)

24 - 07 - 2016
Are Egyptians naturally bad─or badly ruled?
‘Stay home' is the advice I often give to Egyptians who are unable to tolerate the behaviour of their fellow citizens. In Egypt, the moment a citizen steps out of his home, the wide-ranging drama that literally entails an endless list of (...)

14 - 07 - 2016
The United States and terrorism: a broad-based challenge, narrowly confronted
The reality of terrorism certainly extends far beyond the alleged definition the world has assigned to it. While the US depicts terrorism within the narrow frame of specific individual groups, such as Islamic State (IS), it is in fact a universal (...)

03 - 07 - 2016
Why Egyptians are more tense today than under Mubarak's rule
After revolting twice against their rulers in less than five years, Egyptians are now longing for the era of Hosni Mubarak. They long for when the economy was substantially better, security was functioning and the country was more politically (...)

20 - 03 - 2016
Al-Sisi's defective political reality
"Al-Sisi is a must" was the argument made by his presidential campaign in an effort to offset the absence of political or economic programmes from his campaign platform. After more than 20 months in power, the harsh realities of Al-Sisi have spoken (...)

27 - 02 - 2016
Why Egypt's ‘Big Brother' came back, more repressive
"If you don't have a brother, try to find one" is an Egyptian saying that many believe and live by. Having someone to take care of you is a cultural trait and an obvious privilege; for many Egyptians, it is pure bliss to live in a state that takes (...)

14 - 02 - 2016
Why the 25 January Revolution was the most authentic political event in Egyptian history
Personally, I expected it to be a demonstration of only a few thousand that would be dispersed in a matter of hours. However, I was pleasantly surprised to see millions of Egyptians, in all governorates, demonstrate spontaneously in a revolt against (...)

18 - 01 - 2016
Why Egyptians repeatedly end up with mediocre governments
If you are a scientifically renowned Egyptian citizen harbouring great ambitions for your country with a desire to see it progress faster, please keep your knowledge and ambitions to yourself. The government is not interested in your contribution; (...)

25 - 10 - 2015
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