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Ramadan Vol.1 Issue 62 December 2023 ELITE

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Cairo University, the lighthouse of free thought and a source
of science and creative thinking!

Hosny Shilo- PhD candidate, Palestinian journalist, from Ramallah, the West Bank, Occupied Palestine

On the top of all Egyptian universities, and Why Cairo University?
characterized by its continuous development, Because it is a source of science and a long march
keeping pace with modern education, and led by its of giving. That university from which Saddam
president A. Dr. Mohamed Othman Al-Khasht, Hussein, Yasser Arafat, Taha Hussein and
overcome a new rank year by year , to announce Mohamed Hassanein Heikal graduated, which is
every year their achievement of a new classification, the second oldest Egyptian university and the
with a clear vision to maintain its scientific status third in the Arab world after Al-Azhar University
and its strong and effective personality, it is the and Al-Qarawiyin University, it was and still is a
dream for students from inside and outside Egypt. lighthouse of free thought and a basis for
scientific renaissance and a bridge qualified to
Cairo University is an ancient name that many cross into scientific and practical life, and a
leaders and pioneers have come out and are still on rucible in which the necessary cadres from all
the same pace, as soon as you enter its squares you disciplines are to participate in the world's
feel awe and sophistication at the same time, as its scientific progress and technological
watch gives you a strange feeling between pride and development.
pride, that hour, which was established in 1937, and
is the second oldest hour in the world after the Big As a Palestinian expatriate to study at Cairo
Ben in the British capital London, and its height is University in the Faculty of Economics and
about 42 meters, it includes four hours, and five Political Science for a doctoral degree, and
mechanical bells, every quarter of an hour four despite the fatigue that the student accompanies
minutes, every half hour is 8 minutes and every 45 in this college, he forgets that in the first lecture
minutes 12 minutes, but at the top of the clock, the by Dr. Ali Al-Din Hilal, or Dr. Dalal Salama, the
largest bells ring four minutes. creative value of Dr. Nourhan Al-Sheikh, as well
as the creative thought of Dr. Mohammed
Here at Cairo University, students of various Salman Taya and others who are a source of
nationalities finds themselves between their people, critical and progressive thought, where it opens
their second country, they find power of Arabism the appetite for more culture and knowledge, but
and its good people, who embrace those who brings even distributes the culture of creative thinking,
them with all love and brotherhood, there is no to remain eager for the next lecture, and in an
difference between anyone, and no fear of effort to benefit from every minute in it. It is also
anything, the country of security and safety, which received by the college administration with
24 was and will remain the beating heart of all Arab welcome and facilitates for things a a
sophistication in dealing and a smile that does
nation.
not leave its employees.