Abdelmawla Ismail

European Free trade agreements: Investing in development or developing investment?

Abdelmawla Ismail ,Heba Khalil ,Mohamed ElAgati ,Reem Abdel Halim ,Sakr ElNour ,Shimaa El Sharkawy ,Shimaa ElSharkawyEgyptEdited By: Mohamed El Agati Researchers according to the studies order: Heba Khalil, Mohamed Gad, Saker Al Nour, Reem Abdel Halim, Abdel Mawla Ismail, Mona Ezzat, Shimaa El Sharkawy, Mohamed El Agati Translated By: Sonia Farid When the Egyptian and Tunisian revolutions erupted in 2010 and 2011, respectively, the EU reacted tragically, declaring in March 2011 its readiness to support Arab people in their struggle for freedom and social justice by deepening free trade and investment agreements with North African countries. (Southern Mediterranean). Although the…

Environmental citizenship: On equal access to natural resources

Abdelmawla Ismail  Introduction:    The environment is among the most vital sectors that are constantly being subjected to monopoly and control attempts by multi-nationals that aim at integrating environmental resources such as land, water, and renewable energy into neoliberal markets. In doing so, those corporations aim at turning resources from services whose main purpose is serving citizens into commodities that should yield profit, hence putting pressure on locals whose livelihood depends on those resources and triggering a major deterioration in the living conditions of farmers, fishermen, shepherds, and others. The aim of the paper: The paper attempts to envision a…

Social disparities and class distinction in the Arab region

Abdelmawla Ismail ,Fadila Akkash ,Fathi alShamikhi ,Heba Khalil ,Joseph Daher ,Khalid Ali ,Maan Dammag ,Mohamed ElAgati ,Mongia Hedfi ,Muhammad Saeed alSaadi ,Omayma Kamal ,Said AL Hashmi ,Toufic Haddad ,Wassim Laabidi ,Zuhair TawfiqCapitalism has since the Industrial Revolution presented itself as the only way towards human progress and the ideal social system. According to capitalist ideologies, society is basically run by the elite in the form of those specialized in political and management sciences, finance, accountancy, and economics, which means a separation between the production process and the management process. In other words, society will be separated from the centers of…

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