{The Egyptian Explained Series}

THE SOCIAL SOLIDARITY AND SECURITY NET

In Egypt, a strong sense of solidarity emerges from the social need for support in the face of inadequate services and other essential amenities. This solidarity has become a security net, often replacing the government’s role in providing adequate services to citizens. As discussed in The Glocal Controversy, this social security network reflects the bottom-up approach to governance, a model commonly recognized in developing countries facing local governance challenges.

THE MASCULINE, THE FEMININE AND THE GENDER DILEMMA

The masculine, the feminine and the gender dilemma. There is a rise of getting back to the femininity and channelling the feminine energy for instead of the dominated masculine energy a lot of women had to impose. After getting to know what the concept and the movement stands for, I started to ruminate over the situation in a country like Egypt. for example, how for alone female full of femininity will be treated in a targeted situation.

"TAALEEM MAGANY" FREE EDUCATION _ A VIEW ON EDUCATION IN EGYPT

"Taaleem Magany" free education, this is a short sentence referring most of the time to the low-quality education system offered by the government. There is a sentence in one of the Egyptian movies "in Europe and developed countries" so in Europe and developed countries, most of the education services are almost free of charge because they are basic services and for the side note that primary education is a human right. Primary and elementary education is a human right, but this perception could be adopted differently from one place to the other. There is no doubt that the educational system suffers from a lot of challenges and difficulties and that with its branding as free, is, in fact, not entirely free.

Sounds and Voices in the Cities _ {The Egyptian Explained}

"One of the examples of street sounds is the horn honking culture. There is a point when all the cars start to honk at the traffic light to open or when the cars start to honk at each other to move. Suddenly, all compete for the loudest peep!"

"The sound culture can even impact the people’s characters and how”loud and sound” they are. There are even links to tensions and anxiety. Even the rhythm of life is different from the cities based on the loudness and nature of sounds are."

Ibn el Wazeer w Ibn el Ghafeer and the Americanization_{the Egyptian Explanined series}

The son of minister will be a minister, and the son of the worker will be a worker, this is a translation of a proverb I once heard from one of the workers. I want to stress on the fact that this is very convinced by one of workers more than even the ministers. Even if this is related more to the ministers, I would not be surprised but it is remarkable it is disseminated and believed within the low and middle classes in the Egyptian society.

Ya Basha :The Social Titles Resurrection {The Egyptian Explained}

Ya Basha! This is what other people might call to make you feel more grandiosity. In Egypt's modern history, there was a time where there was social stratification by title. The highest title was Pasha or basha. Pasha people were normally of high society. There were titles of Afendi, Beh and Pasha. Pasha was the highest title in the social hierarchy.

The Data Brokers - {The Egyptian Explained}

There is this privacy agreement we all click on when visiting a website or agreeing on sharing some data related to our internet usage. Certainly, not all of us get to check these points but the thing is we all agree and tick on the box to continue the internet surfing. In Egypt, there are interesting ways for data-trading so others could communicate their sales and cause promotion. you could give your number once, but this number's life cycle will just begin its journey in sales and promotions dissemination.

We Need to Talk in English, Arabic, Franco, French and even more: The Egyptian Language communication guide {Medium Article}

 

The Social Psychological Stigma { The Egyptian Explained}

"The result of the social dynamics between the dominant and the oppressed when dealt with life challenges is an interesting chain of epic life experiences. There aren’t instances where the dominant could be oppressed and the oppressed is the dominant. The interchangeable dynamics and interplay between the two are remarkable in their day-to-day activities. Within all these messed up and sabotaged actions, there is the stigma of psychological therapy."

Social Internet Culture {The Egyptian Explained }

"The concept of social media is new relatively to our modern world. It is very much clear that its influence was witnessed greatly in the Arab spring movement (not to indicate as this is a positive or negative matter). The movement and its spread among the citizens especially the younger generations was mainly through these platforms and particularly the Facebook. The Facebook was considered the key platform for covering the updates of the revolution (regardless of what are the true drivers beside the stated points). This is considered a milestone in the usage and dissemination of the platform in general and within the younger ones specifically."

Baladi Awi", a View on National Identity {The Egyptian Explained}

""Baladi Awi" this is what some would say in chitchat when purchasing something. The literal translation of baladi is "my country" and "awi"is very. The understood message from "baladi awi" is looking vulgar or local as a reference for the inelegant despicable taste."

Ya Fallah : Agricultural Cultural View in Egypt {The Egyptian Explained}

“As we all know that Egypt is the land of civilization (hadara) and the civilization resulted from the formulation and conglomeration of sophisticated urban cities. The word (hadara) in Arabic is translated into civilization and hadar also an Arabic word is meant by the urban that is why civilization is the result of the urban or hadar. “These are the words of the Egyptian radio station lady during the in-between pop songs breaks.

Manipulative memory {The Egyptian Explained}

"Afet El bashar Al Nesyaan"

This is a franco-Arab sentence meaning humans are inflected by forgetfulness.

Memory is what shapes humans and nations. their deep core of identities very much morphs from the memory. what we think is our memory, what we remember or what we choose consciously or sub-consciously to overlook and bury are very foundational questions for our journey to quest our being. Even, how we remember our selective or eclectic memory tells a lot about the person and how would he choose to revive certain memory. just like a story, when we want to conjure up a certain memory, how we are going to demonstrate and portray this story is part of our interpretation of this memory. But why we choose this exact memory is a pure sense of gratification for specific senses.