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ELITE

Prof. Adla Ragab, FEPS Professor of Economics and Former Assistant
Minister of Tourism, to ELITE :

"The culture of hoarding weakened the levels of saving, so
the state resorted to borrowing to carry out its development

plan"

Cairo: Ramy Magdy, Jomana Khaled and Marihan Ayman

Elite: At first, we would like to welcome Dr. Adela Rajab I would not have been able to enjoy these advantages and excel
and express our happiness and honor at having her at the same time. I was impressed by the Faculty of Economics
generously host us. and Political Science and the idea of participating in activities. I

was indecisive between choosing the Faculty of Economics and
Dr. Adela: First, I am honored to be Elite's guest, and to Political Science and the Faculty of Mass Communications, but
belong to this entity which I am proud of its development my father, God rest his soul, told me that I could be a presenter
from its very beginning until now. Each issue is full of even as a Faculty of Economics and Political Science graduate.
diverse ideas, topics and guests. I'm also happy with the In addition, I was not enthralled by the idea of being a diplomat
editors of the magazine and the space for freedom of opinion and traveling outside Egypt because I am very attached to Egypt
and diversity. Notably, this freedom of opinion and diversity and I cannot live outside it. The Department of Political Science
is exercised politely and respectfully as is the characterizing
norm of the Faculty of Economics and Political Science; for did not really captivate me, but there was a Statistics and
some of us are different, but each of us respects the opinion Economics department, and what mattered was to increase my
of the other without encroaching upon it. intelletual and cultural knowledge. I wrote the Faculty of
Economics and Political Science in my (Tansiq) desires without
How did your relationship with the Faculty of Economics any direction or target in mind, but I loved the college a lot from
and Political Science start and why did you choose to join my first day. I loved it through its teachers, and I can even
it? remember in my first year when Dr. Amr Mohieddin, Dr. Khairi
Issa Rahmatullah (God rest their souls) and Dr. Nadia Makary
Frankly, I was wanted enter the Faculty of Medicine, as I was
in the scientific division and had completed high school with (God bless her with health and wellness) had instructed us. I did
not feel as though a mere professor was lecturing me but an
a total score of 96%. All the scientific colleges were available
to me, but my elder sister who had then spent 6 years in the encyclopedia of thought and knowledge. Again, I was hesitant
Faculty of Medicine advised me not to enter it and favored between the Economics and Political Science departments, but
the Faculty of Economics and Political Science. The reason the balance had titled in favour of Economics. I achieved a
was that her friend, Mona Kamel, who was a teaching consistent grade of 'Very Good' with honors throughout the four
assisstant at the Statistics Department at the Faculty of years and I was ranked third in my class. I was appointed [by
Economics and Political Science, had explained that this the Faculty], but I got married as soon as I graduated and had
college provides its students with a extensive cultural two children; so I stumbled and slowed down academic wise. I
knowledge and gives them the freedom to carry out social, got my master's degree six years later than expected: four years
cultural and sportive activities and excel in them. The Faculty of childcare and then I wanted to take another two but it wasn't
of Medicine, however, is a very practical college.

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