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ELITE Vol.1, issue 34, August 2021
Vol.1, issue 34, August 2021

Prof. Wadouda Badran, Dean of the BUE Faculty of Business Administration, Economics
and Political Science in a special interview with ELITE:

We are not in a cold war or an equivalent balance of

power, but in a world where pragmatism prevails

among majour powers
Cairo: Ramy Magdy, Aliyaa Assem, Mariam Gheta, Nadeen Hesham and Passainte Mostafa

For this issue, Elite was honored to interview Professor distinguished education at FEPS and it’s still unmatched as a
Wadouda Badran, Dean of Faculty of Business faculty today.
Administration, Economics and Political Science, the British I was in the arts section at school and although I hadn’t
University in Egypt, and a FEPS graduate political science decided between economics and political science as a major
professor. In this rich discussion, Professor Badran shared yet, I was interested in the courses offered at FEPS; so, I
with us her insights on the challenges and opportunities facing made the right decision to join the Faculty. Back then, the
Arab women, drawing upon her experience as former area of FEPS was small since it was attached to the building
president of Arab Women Organization (AWO), as well as of the Faculty of Law, which allowed us to be close to each
her reading of the current international political dynamics and other and to hold many cultural, social and sports activities.
the features of Egypt’s foreign policy. Of course, FEPS also hosted renowned professors such as
Drs. Boutros, Khairy, Madany and Fathallah Al-Khatib, may
How did your relationship with the Faculty of Economics Allah have mercy on their souls.
and Political Science begin and why did you choose it?
How was your life as a FEPS student in terms of your
When FEPS was established in 1960, it was something new to activities and relationships with your professors?
have a faculty modeled after the London School of
Economics. And FEPS was truly distinguished in terms of the Since we were small in number, we knew each other well; and
number and quality of its professors and students; it accepted I had at least ten schoolmates who joined FEPS with me,
only 150 students across its three departments at the time. My which made me feel less out of place. It was also easy for
older sister and a large number of her schoolmates had also everyone at the Faculty to be culturally and socially similar to
joined FEPS in 1960, becoming part of the first batch with Dr. one another, which made it feel like one family. Adding to
Ali, and not the batch that transferred from the Faculty of this the limited size of the building, it meant that you would
Commerce. Everyone used to praise the close community and inevitably run into the people you know. I used to play squash

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