The topic of public, state funded education vs. private family funded education is a major consideration in Egypt. Within the category of public schooling, families have the choice of traditional state-based secular schooling or religious schooling. Religious schools are primarily Islamic (though there is a small Christian percentage of the population) and feed into a […]
I’m not sure who I feel more sorry for here (above) This looks more familiar to us (below) .. I had to work hard to find pictures of women in education. Googling “Egyptian women in education” or “Egyptian women at school” gave me the same group of photos like these: […]
What forces have shaped Egyptian Education? Perhaps a more relevant question is what forces haven’t shaped Egyptian education? Take a look at the timeline to get a glimpse into a long and varied history with political, economic, religious and social factors playing major roles. Egypt Timeline.
I asked Fatima to review the blog so far to tell us what we’re seeing in the photos. She said that of the public and private school comparison, it’s likely that the first photo is a public school due to crowding and the state of the classroom. She thought the second photo (boys in blue shirts) could […]
Fatima Fouda is an MBA student at the American University in Cairo studying for one semester at MIIS. Listen to our brief interview to hear her thoughts on America, rules on wearing the hijab, French influence on Egyptian culture and her thoughts about population growth and families. Click below! Download the interview
Notice the difference in these two photos. The top photo is most likely a public school, which is government funded and free to all citizens. Class sizes are large, while classrooms may not be. The photo below is most likely a private school, funded by the parents of the student. A cartoonist further depicts […]
How many times do we judge something on first impression and assume it to be the way of the world? Weeks later and with significant research behind me, I’ve found plenty of photos and information about women and men, girls and boys in Egyptian education. Gender issues will surface in the weeks to come. For […]
Creating my first blog, I scanned hundreds of photos under the search on Flickr, “Education Egypt”, and got pages and pages of men. This will be an interesting journey.