Dr. Mona Makram Ebeid at the Arab Academy

            On the 2nd of December 2014 ,The Arab Academy for Science and Technology faculty of Language and Media held a seminar event hosting the Prominent Parliamentarian and Political Science Professor Dr. Mona Makram Ebeid. The Seminar began with a brief presentation about Dr. Mona Makram Ebeid's History. Mona Makram Ebeid is a descendant of a deep rooted Egyptian political family, as she is the niece of the famous leader Makram Ebeid .She graduated at the American University then completed postgraduate studies at the University of Harvard .Dr.Makram Ebeid has been a Member of Parliament from 1990-1995 and worked as an expert on the Middle East affairs of the United Nations Program for Development 1997-2000 .She has been teaching political science at the AUC for 17 years now.And has recently started teaching public opinion at the Arab Academy. She has many books in Arabic,English and French.The Seminar was attended by students of different majors as well as the staff members of the faculty.
             First,Dr Makram Ebeid suggested that she would rather prefer the event to be more of an open discussion between her and the students as she was more interested to hear from the younger generations,know more about their interests,concerns and whatever opinions they hold.She was first asked how could students our age start actively participating in the political life and start serving their society and wether joining political parties is suitable at this phase.Referring to her personal experience,she highly recommended volunteering and joining Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) which provide a platform to start serving the community,joining campaigns,spreading awareness,defending Human Rights,Fighting poverty, etc.She suggested a number of NGOs including one Cairo based NGO she personally found which is the Association for the Advancement of Education.
             She was then asked "How can we reach democracy and how is it related to people's lives ".