----- Original Message ----- From: "BlindNews Mailing List" < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 11:40 AM Subject: Egyptian leading intellectual Taha Hussein curtailed from EducationSystem
> GlobalVoicesOnline.org > Thursday, July 05, 2007 > > Egyptian leading intellectual Taha Hussein curtailed from Education System > > By Freedom For Egyptians > > (Extract) > > Taha Hussein is the first visually impaired minister of education in > Egypt. He is one of the leading intellectuals who brought an enlightenment > era to Egypt through his books, his battles to give access to all Egyptian > citizens to the education system at a time when some Egyptian where only > privileged to complete their education for their social status. He > believed in the empowerment of women. Blogger Ashraf Nasr in his recent > blog post is exposing a "scandal". > > LINK: > http://ashrafnasr.blogspot.com/2007/07/blog-post.html > > He reports that some of those who are deciding on high schools curriculum > are omitting some parts of Taha Hussein biography book, "The Days". His > biography is a masterpiece. Hussein was not only a a highly-educated > intellectual but an amazing writer with an extraordinary life story. The > blogger is so surprised that those officials are saying that Hussein's > book will spoil the manners of students. The blogger is thinking that > dropping the book will be much better than deforming its rich text. > > > http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/07/05/egyptjailed-bogger-sends-letter-another-intimidated-bahais-continue-struggling-and-more/ > > -- > BlindNews mailing list To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
