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| Hard Lessons Like the graduates it turns out, the Ministry of Education has memorized all the right answers. But will officials ever learn how to apply them to fix the system? Its a miracle that curiosity survives formal education, Albert Einstein once said. You know, the kind of curiosity that made Isaac Newton wonder what forces were at play instead of simply picking up and munching on the apple that fell on his head. Many students, my 13-year-old niece assures me, would have rather seen him enjoy his stupid apple than find themselves studying the brilliant theory that arose from it.
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Azza Khattab
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Remaking History’s Shelves |
The Tunes of Change | With grand plans for a museum in every governorate, the SCA is looking to spring history from its tourist trap
The building that houses the office in charge of the nation’s museums at the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) downtown is grand but half-finished.
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Michael Kaput
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Read more | For a new generation of young artists, music is not just about love
A couple of years ago, you would have been hard-pressed to find songs in Egypt that weren’t packaged pop ballads preoccupied with the beauty of a love
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Osama Diab
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 | Three Decades of Discovery Modern technology and innovation bring new insight to Egypts past By May Kaddah Read more |
 | Gaining Ground Though problems persist, NGOs are starting to make headway By Jessica Gray and John Prosser Read more |
 | The Censors Scissors Egypt Today sheds light on how the censorship process really works By Lamia Hassan Read more |
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