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Meeting Veteran

Media Figure

Samiha Dahroug

not only on the educational and academic levels. Many
foreigners and Arab brothers have resorted to it from many
countries and this diversity gave it its brilliance. This relation
has given them referentiality, inspiration and a role model to
resort for in the need and necessity which casted on the
professors’ shoulders a huge responsibility towards portraying
the needed efforts of this entity and its inclusions. They were
on a high level of knowledge and culture, and they have left
Cairo: Ramy Magdy, Nourhan Osama, Youstina Ebeid
their special fingerprint which could never be forgotten.
One of the connoisseurs in the Egyptian media industry history,
3- In your opinion, how can the faculty articulate its students’
her artistic taste and sensitivity attracted all those who knew her.
characters?
Since her young age, everyone who saw her could feel this
She answered that it has a huge impact on the students’
activeness and liveliness aura in her and believed in the future’s
characters articulation. When the students join the faculty
waving-hand towards her. She differed much than the girls in her
since their first year, they wish they could wear the
city “Port Said”, however she didn’t have their wide houses, but
ambassador’s scarf and embody the role of a prominent
she wanted to fly outside her city, she is the venerable presenter
diplomat or the great economist, as well as the jokes that
Samiha Dahroug, one of the shinning and honorable symbols of
contain calling each other by the “ambassador” title, in
the Faculty of Economics and Political Science’s graduates, and
addition to her assertion on the existing harmony and the
we had an interesting interview with her about her life’s stations
mixture of thoughts and aims of the students as they have
and what hardship and life’s rigidity she has faced.
always been called “Crème de la crème”. The faculty
And we asked her some questions:
weaponizes its student by knowledge and science to be an
active citizen. These activeness and enthusiasm made the
1- How did your relation with the Faculty of Economics and
professors pour what they have, they have never grudged what
Political Science start, and what were your reasons behind your
they can give.
choice?
She recalled her memories answering that she didn’t choose the
faculty, but the faculty chose her, as the Faculty of Economics
4- The presenter Samiha Dahroug has an extended and rich
and Political Science was one of the newest faculties on the
journey, could you please state for us its most important
arena, and she joined it for nothing but for her mother’s will, due
stations?
to her insightful future vision regarding the job opportunities.
She continued saying that her career started during her study
The presenter expressed her preference to join the Faculty of Arts
because she was given the chance to be trained earlier in the
and her willingness to become a poet, a writer, a journalist or a
arts annex in “Al-Gomhoreya” journal. Then, she had the
novelist for being a voracious reader, a good listener and an
chance once again to join the researchers’ team for a TV show
active member in the school since her childhood because she
–a competition show- between schools’ kids. Mama Samiha
participated in a very assiduous way in the school broadcast and
was the presenter, she was the first to introduce kids’ shows
student activities besides her educational excellence as she was
on the TV. After her graduation, she went for the radio
from the top students in Port Said.
auditions and she succeeded and joined the general program
for managing the cultural and private programs. Her concern
2- How was your experience in the faculty? And what are the
about attending special and famous programs with radio stars
most significant memories you had in it?
like Ali Fayek, the great writer Anees Mansour, Fekry Abaza
She asserted on the strong relation between all students and
and others from the great figures has increased. Then she
professors especially for the limited numbers which opened the
moved to the Middle East Radio which was completely full
door for this closeness and strong bond as if they are one family,
with youth. It was the first commercial channel that is
and the reciprocal regard on the social level,
dependent on the advertisings, attractive small programs and
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