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ELITE Vol.1, Issue 39, January 2022
Vol.1, Issue 39, January

Thus, should we stop following the example of the
Western political model? Or are there other
solutions?
All opinions strongly believe that there isn’t such
thing as blindly following a political model, instead,
we should learn from their experiences, and adopt
what would be beneficial to us, and avoid what might
in fact be harmful from those experiences.
Do you think that the media is being used as a
hidden tool to pressure the eastern societies into
adopting the different ideologies from our own,
and spread the odd western culture?

Opinions are divided between those who see that the
media is not a “hidden tool”, but rather a channel
where a government expresses and reflects the ideas of
its people, regardless of its content.
Others strongly believe that everyone, even people
from the South, use media as a tool of pressure to
communicate certain ideas and messages; they
especially confirm the idea that the West ,in particular, And finally, what do you think we
relies heavily on the media to spread certain ideas, should do in order to preserve our
such as using the Netflix platform to spread and societies from Western intrusion?
normalize the concept of homosexuality. There were various views in this regard,

starting with those emphasizing the role

of education, awareness and teaching
individuals the skill of critical thinking

and the capability of distinguishing
between the good and bad thoughts they
Is the recent rise and support of women rights are confronted by.
issues in the Egyptian society solely based on the
adoption of a Western ideology, or is it a Others stressed the importance of
consequence of pure Egyptian culture? faithfulness to religion and religious
All opinions strongly agreed on the idea that the teachings so that we hold onto our
women’s right revolution is one that has genuinely identity and avoid being adrift in the sea
emerged from the bravery of Egyptian ladies, after of existing ideas passed on to us by the
years of suffering and unfairness, in attempt to West
advocate for the quality of life of their dreams.
Therefore, any development regarding women’s Last but not least, students highlighted the
issues is attributed primarily to the efforts of women state’s role in raising awareness and
themselves and the help and encouragement of the passing laws and policies that help

state, and not as a result of Western ideas; The West preserve our culture, and encourage
may have only given us that push of bravery. acceptance of other cultures without

necessarily feeling a need to adopt it.

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