Kindly be informed that a collection of sixteen essays on (The Arab Mind Misconceptions) is now posted by winds of Change and could be reached via the following URL: http://www.windsofchange.net/archives/008002.php. Another collection of eleven essays on (The Arab Mind Medieval Religious Mentality) is also posted by the same site and could be reached via the following URL: http://www.windsofchange.net/archives/008003.php .
For those of you who are based in Cairo, Tarek Heggy’s second lecture at the 38th Cairo Book Fair will take place in the Book Fair Area, Nasr City, Takky Hall No. 16 on Wednesday February 1st at 2.30pm – Attendance of this lecture is free i.e. without invitation.
With my regards,
Mariam Rashad
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For those who might be unfamiliar with Tarek Heggy
This is the site of Egypt?s well-known liberal thinker Tarek Heggy ?
One of the most quoted Arab authors on the web.
"Tarek Heggy is one of the most creative and prolific writers in the Arab world. His writings probe the political and social limits and present a refreshing message of self-reliance that challenges the prevailing sense that regional ills are largely made abroad".
(Professor Shibely Telhami, Maryland University, USA).
"Heggy is the most systematic social critic currently active in Egypt".
(Emmanuel Sivan).
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