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the political kitchen implicitly that is not declared the slogan to overthrow the regime from
to the media or the citizen as he was a candidate Tunisia to the present and the revolution of
for the Ministry of Planning and International Sudan simulates what happened in Egypt. It
Cooperation. At that time, and there was a should not be forgotten that the American side
clash between FayzaAbul-Naga and Yousef did not like as rejecting the continuation of
Boutros-Ghali that happened in front of Mubarak in Egypt, especially after the issue of
President Hosni Mubarak because of the al-Dabaa and Egyptian political system‟s
“Doha negotiations”. Mubarak then asked the rejection to help them against Iran.
Prime Minister Atef Obeid that FayzaAbul- He pointed out that with the passage of time
Naga should take charge of the international and talking to friends preferred to return to
cooperation while Obeid take charge of writing, and the book "fair development,"
Ministry of Planning after separating it from which he wrote at the time about the
international cooperation. Then Mubarakasked distribution of income is considered to be one
Dr. Ahmed Nazif, the prime minister, to of the best books he wrote ever. Also, he wrote
include the ministries of local development about the experience of development in Egypt, and root and there are 6 million employees in
and international cooperation to the Ministry and highlighted that the state does not suffer the public sector and half of them is not
required away from the human side, and there
of Planning and agreed to include the local from poor income distribution but he added is poor justice in wages and pensions file, and
development. However, idea failed due to lack that there has been a radical change in the we were touching to these dilemmas in the past
cooperation and coordination between economic concepts and trends in the country and now need a solution without delay, such as
ministeries.Then he advised Mubarak not to since the revolution of July 1952 and a change bread subsidiary and taxes.
in the pattern of distribution of income through
merge international cooperation as he agrarian reform. At the rural level, the poor
appreciated Hosni Mubarak's conviction of the distribution followed by the decisions of He concluded by referring to the importance
performance of FayzaAbul-Naga in the field of nationalization and growth and expansion of of his current place of work, "Institute of
international cooperation, until his taking the middle class, Political, community and the Planning" as an institution and a field of work,
charge of the Ministry of State for Economic middle class was very expanded and did not stressing that it played its historical role in a
great way. It remains the center of economic
Development. disappear as some believe. thinking of Egypt and has an important role in
Moving to his relationship with the media, th planning the state programs and projects. He
The 30 June Revolution is seen as a
he stressed that it is very strong, but response from the armed forces to the popular has spent many years of his life working for
sometimes, he blames journalists that make wishes. The armed forces felt a great danger to this center and sought to develop it and
mistakes in the formulation of economic the country and moved to save the country cooperate with foreign experts to take
indicators, for example one of the headlines from the Muslim brotherhood quagmire, which advantage of their experiences, and brought
of“Al-Ahram newspaper” had huge mistakes went to cooperate with Qatar, Turkey, Iran and out strong economic cadres of the Ministry of
on one of the economic indicators but it the mullahs. The departure of the “Muslim Planning of the Institute and represent the
iscorrected after taking Othman‟s economic Brotherhood Group" was a necessary as the pioneers in planning. Along time began to
advice the next day.Regarding his assessment masses were psychologically packed to expand the Institute and the appointment and
of the period from January 2011 to June 30, overthrow the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood, promotion of teaching assistants, adding that
2013, he said it was a very thorny period, the which is not in line with the Enlightenment. the assistants who are appointed at the Institute
are mostly the top graduates of Economics
situation developed with the uprising of Even the “Muslim brothers” in Tunisia are Department of the Faculty of Economics and
January 2011,then we heard or knew about the different from them in Egypt intellectually and Political Science, Cairo University, wishing
resignation of the ministry from the media. He politically, and the leaders of Tunisia from the continuous success to the faculty which he
tried to go down to Tahrir Square to explore Brotherhood and the Renaissance Party are admired, and influenced its composition.
French enlightened intellectuals, especially
the causes of anger and the roof of demands, Rashid Ghannouchi.
which was higher and changes from time to Translation & Revision : Caroline Kamal and
time passing through the fire of the scientific He also spoke about the current situation of Dina Ehab
compound in Al-Qasr Al-Aini Street, President the Egyptian economy, saying that the
Hosni Mubarak steppingdown. Until now, he economic situation is very critical and there
does not know what the government should be a real cure for the problem of
committed in light of the high indicators of the energy. He also pointed out to the temporary
Egyptian economy at the time. He believes that solutions that are taken by the government
the slogan of "Life, Freedom, Social Justice" besides, the scarcity of water, electricity and
oil resources. In 2019 is a path full of bumps
were just taken from Tunisian uprisings. and we have to pass, adding that he wrote at
He added that there are certain parties who the beginning of the agreement with the
have leaked and benefited from the crisis of the International Monetary Fund expressing his
succession of power from Hosni Mubarak to his fear of not completing the agreement, and
son Gamal. This was related to the ongoing continued that the steps of economic reform
power struggle between the Brotherhood and the are not at the required level, the budget deficit
army since the 1952 revolution. He stressed that has not declined, because production is limited
the idea of inheritance and giving the presidency and the gap of tax evasion and the burden of
to Gamal was not suggested among leadership. increasing wages and expenses, and the need
for real solutions and root and there are 6
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of them is not required away from the human