The Egyptian Education System Vs Our Kids (Part 1)
It’s that time of year again; when parents and kids are forced to think about where they’re going to be in about another year. If you are the parent of…
Parenting
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Learning Disabilities: How to Deal With Them
Learning disabilities are invisible. They will often not appear in the form of physical symptoms. However, they are much more present than we think they are. Your child, sister, or…
Hide and Seek or Therapy?
“Why would you talk to a complete stranger when you can talk to your own mother?” That’s what my mother told me when I opened up to her for the…
Female Mental Health within the Family: The Underlinings of a Mother-Daughter Oppression Cycle
Within the Middle East and at the core of Arab culture, mothers are members of high praise and importance. This is clear through colloquial phrases, anecdotal cultural stories, pop-culture and…
Children Of Divorce: 8 Things Divorced Couples Must STOP Doing.
Working with teenagers and adult children who went through parental divorce and being a child of divorce myself, I figured something we all have in common. “STOP PUTTING ME IN…
Ahmed Kadry: The Egyptian Filmmaker’s In-Depth Interview Discussing Issues Behind Mental Health
Ahmed Kadry, recently known for his superb coverage of the Egyptian National Football Team’s Media, discusses the main issues behind the storming mental health crisis in Egypt and the Arab…
How is Egypt’s “Helicopter” Parenting Affecting Our Mental Health?
With parenting comes a massive responsibility; one may argue the biggest responsibility any person could take on. A parent is supposed to care for, nurture and bring up a healthy…
Mohamed El Maandi – Photographer Talks About Mental Health After Starting a Support Group Initiative in Cairo
Mohamed El Maandi has recently been heavily involved in mental health awareness initiatives in Egypt. With a passion for the cause, raising awareness and ending the stigma around what many…
Nesma El Shazly: Executive Producer & Songwriter talks about Mental Health in Egypt
Nesma El Shazly is, hands down, one of Egypt’s most inspiring women. As a mother, wife and an entrepreneur, her journey is one many relate too. Ever since the passing…
5 Ways to Boost Children’s Self-Esteem in Egypt
In Egypt, the majority of families have a certain ideology that is inherited by one generation after the other; that is, sheltering children until they reach adulthood and in many…