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Articles of the author Samia Abdennour
Understanding Egyptian manners
A Western acquaintance of mine once had the misfortune of committing a serious faux-pas according to our standards, when all she meant was to console her widowed friend. One day this young lady discovered that her friend and colleague's husband had (...)

01 - 10 - 2013
Egyptian years and days
“The Egyptian calendar is certainly the only rational calendar that has ever been devised,” wrote the ancient Greek historian Herodotus after his visit to Egypt in the fifth century BCE. The ancient Egyptians were one of the first nations to use a (...)

24 - 09 - 2013
A traditional society
Egyptians are conservative by nature, and they are often keen to preserve old customs. A look at the monuments and engravings of the ancient Egyptians shows how much of the world of the Pharaohs is still reflected in the present-day lives of many (...)

02 - 09 - 2013
A different turn
Dementia, an incurable condition that affects many old people, can have serious effects on loved ones, as Samia Abdennour discovered "In sickness or in health, for richer or poorer:" these were the vows my husband and I took over 46 years ago. The (...)

16 - 09 - 2010
Our loved ones also grow old
Old people's homes are a new concept in caring for elderly grandparents, at least in Egypt. Samia Abdennour shares her experiences Let's face it: we are all growing old, or at least older, and some of us have already reached the stage when it is (...)

08 - 07 - 2010
No fear of flying
Nabil Ali: No fear of flying Some CVs go on forever, others just astound Profile by Samia Abdennour When I first visited Nabil Ali at his home 15 years ago I was intrigued by two abstract geometric paintings hanging in the dining room. I was told by (...)

25 - 04 - 2002
Profile: Yehia El-Rakhawi
Yehia El-Rakhawi: Magister ludi Psychiatry and mysticism, science and poetry: he brings opposites together, and makes them one Profile by Samia Abdennour Can one "profile" a person whose job is to "profile" others? Yehia El-Rakhawi is multi-faceted. (...)

28 - 06 - 2001
The sane scientist
Mohamed Raouf Hamed: The sane scientist Profile by Samia Abdennour The cinematic stereotype of the scientist is a ferocious looking man with a mop of unruly hair, replying to questions in grunts, wearing disheveled clothes and peering through thick (...)

22 - 03 - 2001
Opposites attract
Salah Qunsuwwa: Opposites attract Profile by Samia Abdennour My daughter, a postgraduate student at the Academy of Arts, came home one day singing the praises of her professor of methodology and semiotics. She explained: he had presented his (...)

01 - 02 - 2001
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