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ELITE Three years of passion...
Three years of passion...

ELITE Welcomes A New Year

Prof. Ahmed Youssef Ahmed, FEPS Professor of Political Science
Prof. Ahmed Youssef Ahmed, FEPS Professor of Political Science

When I started writing this article, I was overwhelmed because Among them –as I remember- was the great thinker, the late
both Prof. Hanan, the Vice Dean of the Faculty, and dear Ramy Muhammad Al-Sayyid Saeed, who was among the following
had previously honored me with their request to write for the class.
magazine, and I have promised to do so but haven’t fulfilled my When I compare "The Seventh Brigade" and "Elite", I can find a
promise due to compelling circumstances related to other big difference in favor of the future. Elite undoubtedly benefits
obligations. Yet this time I decided to recompense for this from the technological boom that occurred in the last half
remissness because the occasion is dear to myself, for "Elite" to century and therefore is more widespread and better in
complete three years of excellence is not an ordinary event, and production. However it promotes a feeling of pride that the level
it is an excellent occasion anyway to present my credentials to of excellence in both of them is close which indicates what we
"Elite", which I have always enjoyed following and had all the all cherish: the distinguished level of our students and how they
admiration for its standards. I cannot hide my fascination with are always able to write about the most complex topics just like
the level of its material and its production, which matches the their distinguished professional counterparts. And I must admit
most prestigious press releases, and this confirmed my with great happiness that the horizons of knowledge dealt with
confidence that youth are always able to create a better future, by "Elite" far outweigh "The Seventh Brigade" but this is the
only if they learn from the past experiences. nature of life and development. And by examining the latest
“Elite” revived for me beautiful and dear memories that go back issue of the magazine as the best evidence of what I say, out of
to more than half a century when I joined our pioneering Faculty the twenty-one topics included in that issue, there are five
in 1965 as part of the seventh class of the Faculty, which -in political and economic topics related to the college’s
addition to its scientific excellence- actively participated in all specializations, another five that deal with social issues, four
kinds of cultural, social, sports and artistic activities, and for the that deal with scientific issues, three that discuss educational
cultural field in particular, which was the closest to myself. The issues, two issues related to sports and one about art. The truth
feature with the most activity in it was: the Intellectual is that the choice of topics reveals an excellent follow-up to the
Associations that expressed the prevailing intellectual trends at most important issues in each field and a more excellent
the time and the wall newspapers, which a group of the class analysis that matches the highest levels of prestigious
decided to participate in by issuing the newspaper “The Seventh journalism, all written by the students of this Faculty.
Brigade” named after the prestigious national newspaper, and on I, myself, had a personal experience with the magazine’s
the other hand, our seventh class, which graduated later in 1969. standards through a lengthy conversation with my dear Ramy
The class that had and still has a distinguished presence in the Magdy, and I was worried about the editing of the talk since it
public life. The magazine’s editorial family consisted of Abdel was a telephone conversation, but I was surprised -when it was
Qader Shehayeb, the well-known writer and later the Chairman published- by the high level of its editing, in which both dear
of the Board of Directors of “Dar Al-Hilal” Foundation, Osama Nadine Hisham and Joseph George participated with Dr. Ramy.
Al-Ghazali, the great writer, and the successor of Dr. Boutros I also discovered the high level of readability of "Elite" from the
Ghali as the editor-in-chief of “Al-Siyasa Al-Dawla” magazine, comments I received on the talk. Needless to say that these
Othman Muhammad Othman, the former Minister of student activities such as: Elite’s issuance, the simulation
Development and Planning, and myself. I wrote with my own models and others, are the best laboratories in which the
hands the newspaper that was published nearly every other faculty’s students are prepared to face the challenges of practical
week. Also its reading rate was high among the students of the life and develop their abilities.
other classes, as evidenced by their initiative to request writing Congratulations to us Our Dear "Elite" and to more giving and
in it. development, God willing.

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