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An Interview with Dr Nevin Mossaad: Memories of College Life and a

Talk About Our Prominent and Long-established Faculty

Talked to her : Carolin Sherif , Nadine Nagy and Mary Samer

Dr Nevin Mossaad is considered one of the pillars of the II) Why Did You Choose the Political Science
Faculty of Economics and Political Science with her Department, and How Can This Major Contribute to
abundant and unlimited knowledge in a plethora of fields. Personality-Shaping?
She is specialized in the field of Arab political systems The Political Science major was the closest to my
which constitutes her main research interest. In addition interests and predilections, contrary to the Economics and
to teaching at our faculty, Dr Nevin Mossaad is an active
member of many prestigious institutions and bodies such Statistics majors. That is because I am not good with
as the National Council for Human Rights, in which her numbers, nor do I like dealing with them. Moreover,
membership was recently renewed in 2021. In fact, Elite whoever takes the study of Political Science seriously is
magazine has previously had the honour to publish both provided with an extremely rich outcome of knowledge.
literary and political articles by Dr Nevin Mossaad. This This field opens up wide horizons, and that is simply
month, Elite magazine’s team has had the privilege of because politics is involved in everything.
conducting an interview with Dr Nevin Mossaad in which III) How Was Your Relationship with the Professors,
she reminisced with us on her memories as a college and Which Memories do You Remember Most from
student and provided us with her vision for the future of College Days?
our faculty’s graduates.
I) How Did Your Relationship with the Faculty of Our affiliation with the faculty is primarily thanks to our
Economics and Political Science Begin, and Why Did professors. Given the fact that we are still a faculty whose
You Choose It? number of students is limited, the professors know us by
In fact, I was not planning to join the Faculty of name and their door is always open to us. We have
Economics and Political Science, but I was planning to conversations that go beyond the classroom. In other
study Journalism at the Faculty of Mass Communication. words, we always get to learn from our professors’
However, the circumstances at the time led me to change experience. They are always available to make time for
my path. Several factors led me to choose this faculty. us and provide us support, not only academically but also
Firstly, this great aura and reputation that was (and still is) psychologically. On a personal level, I owe my
surrounding our beloved faculty as the most distinguished
in the field of social sciences. Secondly, I was top of my professors a lot: Dr Ahmed Youssef, the compass which
class in high school in 1974. Thirdly, studying with my guides you and helps you find direction. He mentored
friends who chose to join the Economics department. In and taught me in college, and I had the chance to work
fact, after a few months of joining the faculty, I found with him at the Institute of Arab Research and Studies for
myself immensely absorbed in this enchanting world...the at least 17 years.
world of FEPS and FEPSians.

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Vol.1, Issue 40, February 2022
Vol.1, Issue 40, February 2022