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Vol.1 Issue 24, October 2020
Ramy Magdy ELITE

ELITE Editor in Chief

FEPS Political Science Assistant Lecturer

ELITE AFTER TWO YEARS : FROM

TOGETHERNESS TO RECORDING HISTORY

This month ELITE celebrates its second anniversary since
In addition, we succeeded so far to publish 10
its launch in October 2018 .. However, now having 24
French issues , and this made us a full fledged
complete issues, a lot of water has come across the river,
magazine qualified to compete with professional
which demands from us an understanding of the changes
magazines in Egypt and the region. This French
that ELITE passed through, the contributions it made and
edition , that contains monthly different articles
the things it needs.
from its Arabic and English counterparts ,
contributed to the richness of the content we offer
Definitely two entire years can change everything, yet as
and to the space we allow for expression.
editor in chief of this unique magazine in the history of
university journalism, I see ELITE managed to become
Nonetheless, we still need improvement, as in the
not only a space gathering thoughts from faculty, students
last year we were argued by many to enhance our
and alumni, but also it managed this year to become a
platform for recording history.
design. And although we managed this year to
fulfill this requirement with extra professional
This is of course due to the outbreak of COVID19 which
designs, we still need to develop our
changed our relationship with FEPS from covering its
organizational differentiation. This is because the
2018-2020 tasks among our editors differs every
2018-2020
events on the spot, to recording this critical period in the
division
of
history of the world and the lives of Egyptians. ELITE
month according to their personal circumstances,
grasped this opportunity to be a space for writing history
and this makes me (in the coming year) seek to
and it did not submit to the pressures of isolation.
stabilize our work flow. However, such an
ambition does not overshadow our main dreams of
In addition, being a magazine allowed us to project the
being printed and of having a space for meeting
image of this hard period in different formulas : like
and work. Yet one has to wait for the end of
reports, academic discussions, student discussions and
Op-ed(s). Such a diversity of content allowed us to offer a COVID, so that dream can become true.
treasure of information that showed how the world, Egypt

and FEPS fared during this period.
Finally I pray for our third year to be better, more
contributive and more diverse in content. And
Therefore, one can say that we added a new role to ELITE
,definitely, I wish for ELITE to be more effective
by making it a space for togetherness and a platform for
in influencing opinions and in improving its
recording history , and I believe this distinguishes us
organizational capacities. Not to mention that one
uniquely against the rest of universities and faculties, no
also wishes that this third year be better for
matter whether these entities issue bulletins or not.
Egyptians than the previous ones.

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