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Articles of the author Samia Farid Shihata
Cairo's solutions lie outside
We must develop other urban centres if we are to relieve the pressure on Cairo, opines urban planning expert Beyond's Samia Farid Shihata spoke with , professor of architecture and urban planning at Ain Shams University, on the seemingly intractable (...)

28 - 06 - 2007
A woman justice
Justice Tahany El-Gebaly reveals her staunch support for the principles of democracy, equality and respect for universal human rights in interview with Beyond's Samia Farid Shihata Established 25 years ago and consisting of 17 judges, the Supreme (...)

08 - 03 - 2007
Our right to know
Educational reform needs to be put at the top of the agenda with the government telling parents and students what is in store, writes Samia Farid Shihata* When the Minister of Higher Education, Dr. Hani Hilal, assumed his post about seven months (...)

21 - 09 - 2006
The Bassaysa model
The villagers of Bassaysa in Al-Sharqiya took the initiative to create a new village in the desert for their younger generation, writes Samia Farid Shihata* While most of us were busy complaining about overcrowding, environmental degradation, and (...)

11 - 05 - 2006
Changing the business climate
Half-hearted reform will not turn Egypt's under-performing economy around, writes Samia Farid Shihata* The striking success story of the tiny emirate of Dubai brings close to home how a truly business-friendly environment can be a powerful magnet (...)

02 - 02 - 2006
In the absence of plans
Change does not happen overnight. And without the necessary planning it does not happen even over a decade, writes Samia Farid Shihata* The anticipation among Egyptians that major reform may finally lie around the corner is palpable. This optimism, (...)

17 - 11 - 2005
Education for unemployment?
An educational system that is essentially divorced from the job market is the root of all evils in the Egyptian economy, writes Samia Farid* Shihata In the months since I returned to Egypt after 30 years abroad, my work in social development has (...)

29 - 07 - 2004
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