Cairo Salon Discusses Citizenship
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Alexandria—The weekly Cairo Salon TV show, presented by Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, dedicates two special episodes to the issue of citizenship. The first episode will be aired on Friday, 20 November 2009, at 20:00 hrs., on Egyptian TV Channel One.
Serageldin will host a group of intellectuals and specialists, namely: Mr. Sameh Fawzi, Writer, Journalist and Civil Society Activist, and Mr. Mohamed Hamdi, Supervisor of the Political Departments in Al-Ahram International.
The episode clarifies that citizenship is not a new concept to the Egyptian political sphere. The Egyptian revolutions of 1882, 1919, 1952 have all asserted citizenship as a cornerstone in all institutions of Egypt’s modern state. This episode also discusses the relationship between the state and citizens from political and legal perspectives, for citizenship is the backbone and the constitutional basis of all rights and duties.
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