Arab Forum for Alternatives
Social justice and and inequality Multiple dimensions

Reformation of public services The housing sector in Egypt: The Egyptian Rental Law Experiences and recommendations


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Shimaa ElSharkawyEgyptIntroduction: A large number of Egyptians suffer from housing problems with the number of people living in unofficial housing units ranging between 12 and 20 million[1] while a large number of housing units in Egypt remain unoccupied. On the other hand, a study conducted about Cairo by UN Habitat[2] revealed that a sizable portion of Egyptians live in units that are either unsafe or not fit for living. Added to this is the fact that housing prices are generally high and this applies to both purchase and rent. The law regulating the relationship between owner and tenant is one…

Development of school curricula


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Nayera Abdel RahmanEgyptThe education system in Egypt is facing numerous challenges on a variety of levels, which obstructs the materialization of the right to education with its different components as stated in Comment 13 on of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)[1]. Among those components are the quality of education and the way curricula are tailored to the students’ needs whether in terms of knowledge or skills. The 2011-2030 education strategic plan underlined the absence of a broad vision as far as developing curricula is concerned and relying in upgrading curricula on a fragmented approach that…

Medical negligence: Between the escalation of the problem, media exploitation of officials, and lack of a clear implementation mechanism


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Norhan SheirefEgyptThe deterioration of medical services and the misadministration of the medical sector in Egypt have always been linked to the absence of monitoring and accountability. The problem has also been lately escalating with the rise in the number of patients who died as a result of medical negligence and made the phenomenon impossible to overlook. According to a statement by the Administrative Prosecution, the cases of medical negligence in public hospitals alone reached 594 in 2014. Constant demands for countering the problem of medical negligence only resulted in surprise visits to hospitals by officials, governors, or representatives from the…

Alternatives’ Papers, Second Issue (July 2015)


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Ali Hassan ,Arab Forum for Alternatives ,Mina Samir ,Mohamed ElAgati ,Omar Samir Khalaf  This issue Follow-ups · Yemeni crisis…an unfinished revolution 1 (A follow-up paper) Topic of the issue · Rise of the left…will it save Greece?: Reading parliamentarian elections results. )A follow-up paper) · What is happening inside the Turkish AK (Justice and Development) party? Ali Hassan · Reading the Sudanese elections. (A follow-up paper) · Knesset Elections: a look at the united Arab list. 38 (A follow-up paper) Issues · Development of citizenship between liberal political philosophy and Egyptian reality. 44 Mina Samir Book of the issue ·…

Social Justice: Concept and Policies after the Arab Revolutions


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Ayman Abdel Moati ,Fadila Akkash ,Fathi alShamikhi ,Fuad ElSalahi ,Gilbert Ashkar ,Heba Khalil ,Layla Al Riahi ,MahaYahya ,Mohamed ElAgati ,Muhammad Saeed alSaadi ,Rasha Abu Zaki ,Salameh Keileh ,Victorious Bayan Shams ,Wael GamalWhen the Arab revolutions erupted in early 2011, social justice was one of the core direct demands, as well as an indirect demand through the use of slogans such as “dignity” and “freedom”. These two demands are basically associated with social justice in one way or the other. Thus, we cannot underestimate the role of the economic conditions that lack social justice in the outbreak of these revolutions. If…

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