The idea of my project, please I need your help It's the idea of my project and I need your help as I'm filling in some official papers... Thanks in advance! Describe the specific idea and the major community need your project is addressing (The idea is about a café which is for girls and ladies only and offers them all courses and knowledge they should know about, beginning from, time management, how to set goals in life and till offering awareness rising sessions about how to keep the environment clean, their house and even teaching young girls ways of hygiene. We will also offer sessions about pregnancy and lactation and all what cares women, like teaching the right ways of putting make-up and even letting them know some delicious food recipes. All these sessions and leaflets (To tell people the time and the expert who will teach them) will be free and they could have access to them all just by paying the minimum charge cost which will range between (50 and 60 EGP) in the day of the sessions. It will be like a session each week for two hours and they have the choice whether to attend or just sit at the café. )

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others- Dalai Lama. These are some questions and my answers, so please help me correct my answers and tell me your opinions if possible, and if you feel that there are some better paraphrases or ways of expressing, your suggestions are more than appreciated. 1- You work in the social work sector or NGO sector. Please tell us how you can impact youth (directly or indirectly through policy, advocacy, lobby or research)? @ I am able to impact youth in both ways, directly and indirectly; directly through my voluntary work at a well-known charity organization, Resala charity organization, my social network, the various student activities that I am in and being a member at the IRC (Information Resource Center) at US embassy in Cairo. On the other hand, I could effect them indirectly through the various social networking websites and the different social conferences I am always keen on attending. 2- Why do you believe it is relevant for your work to learn more about nonviolence and a culture of peace? Do you work with youth who are exposed to violence or at risk due to their background/circumstances? If so, please explain. @ I do believe that the Egyptian society, like many other societies, is in bad need to spreading peace spirit more and letting Egyptians be more conscious of the definition of peace and nonviolence, their importance, their necessity to exist and their positive impacts on the Egyptian society and, on a larger scale, on the whole world. A sense of belonging to a common humanity helps the people become ore responsible global citizens in a diverse and increasingly complex world. 3- What sparked your interest in nonviolence and what brings you to this program: why are you interested to learn more about this topic? @ Because I believe that it is only through the practice of non-violence that one can resolve the apparent contradiction between the necessity of the struggle for justice and the basic principle of a culture of peace that one must have no enemy. This is one of the crucial aspects of the practice non-violence. I am also highly motivated to learn more about this topic because I love travelling and I need to feel free to travel to any country all over the world without feeling afraid of violence, violent actions, non tolerance or not having human rights. I want to gain broader knowledge and be more aware of this topic to be able to spread the word and effect and serve the Egyptian community, all communities I am going to travel to and the whole world.

What to Think vs. How to Think It is not the teacher's job to order students what to think, this is what I learnt from some TEDx talks but actually my question is: should teachers teach students what to think? And if yes, how could they make that happen? Well, I am of the opinion that teachers, mentors, advisers, or even parents should always only enlighten students, children and adolescents on how to think; In other words, how to sketch out their thinking, how to think up and how to frame their thinking processes to be put into action afterwards. They could be trained to all of that in various ways, say, by studying successful people in different fields of study or the fields these students are interested in, or by learning how to choose their role model in life and how they could learn this person's recipe for success to work it for them. One of the major problems opposing turning such ideas into reality is that in many countries all over the globe, students learn to memorize and not to understand and apply in real life. For example, both Philosophy and History are two great subjects to learn and are very essential for anyone to take lessons from them but unfortunately in many countries, students study them only through memorizing the quotes of the great-for-all-time philosophers such as; Aristotle and Plato and memorizing some historical incidents linked to their dates! Couldn't I, for example and with all respect, have much better ideas than those philosophers? Couldn't these revolutions in technologies and knowledge make us be more eligible and have better or at least equal contributions to the world? So why should I study their lives in great detail by heart while my life could be more important to be memorized by heart by other students? To sum up, it's of great importance to study Philosophy, History and Poetry but it's quite important to study them in the "right way".

Should Education Be for Free? Unfortunately, in many countries all over the world, money compromises the stairs that a student should take to reach university or to have a Bachelor degree. A question put forward, is this right? should education be limited to only the well-off? Isn't education considered as 'a right for all' or this is just a cliche on TV shows? All citizens of any society in any country all over the world have the right to educate. Yes, it must be realized that education costs any state piles of dollars, yet, it's equally important to be realized that education is feeding the minds of youth and that, on the long term, it's the country's gateway to progress and prosperity.

A Pic. I love this pic a lot. May be it sounds ordinary to some people but I see it as an exquisite one. It expresses how we still could find hope even in the narrowest places, how we could still see the sun as long as it still arises each day, even just from one of the slots of a grid. It's also taken while sunset, so it really shows us the pre-eminence, splendour and impressiveness of nature... it lets me sail in my imagination thoughts. It could be my imagination gateway. My muse?! Yes, it could be one of these millions.

Survival of The Fittest! Sometimes, we need to face the ugly truth which says that survival is only for the fittest or the strongest. In fact, this is animal's rule to live and this is why it's so hard for humans to imagine that it's applicable to them as well. I don't know how a person thinks of extorting a weaker person or exploiting him/her just because they don't have the same stress, power or money. I am really dreaming of a world where every person is compassionate, sympathetic and caring about the other. I am dreaming of a world where no place for hunger, poverty and suffering under the powerful high-class people.

A Story in A Pic (2) ( A Golden Spoon vs. Leftovers) This pic is so expressive as it shows strongly and plainly the difference between different classes in society. One of the two children is playing and sucking an apple device while the other is eating from the rubbish and leftovers thrown on the ground. The pic made me think about the reason, why do this exist in the world? Why are there some who are very rich and others who are very poor and the in-between or the so-called middle class is is about to disappear? Actually, I heard once that as long as there is someone poor, there is another rich one who stole his money just like if there is someone oppressed somewhere, this means that there is an oppressor! So is is this the real reason for this continuous- broadening gap between society classes or there are some other reasons?

A Story in A Picture (1) I really love pictures and I see them as a very effective tool that we could use to let people have a deep thought of what we mean. Pictures do not need a language! Because they speak on their own, just by looking at them and taking a while to think, you will get it. Yet, I will try to explain what the pic expresses and I will wait and welcome your different interpretations. :) I love this pic because it shows how people sometimes forget that they all are in the same boat. Unfortunately, sometimes, each person concerns with his/her benefit only and forgets completely that he/she is a part of a larger group, or a larger society. The catastrophe lies in that if they just gave it a thought, they will realize that together they are much stronger.