Saturday, May 21, 2016

Amina Helmy

Armed with her cape and shield today's wonder women has taken Egypt by surprise , she is not your stereotypical independent Egyptian women, Amina Helmy a 25 year old women works as a mechanic. She was actually a typical princess and graduate from House Of English , but she was unconventional in every different way. She was a very curious kid , loved to know how everything was made. On her 9th birthday she asked for a boy's mechanic kit. Her parents thought she just loved to explore but they never thought she would chose this as her passion and her profession . Amina Helmy never cared for traditions and always hate the words "this job is not for women".




Rasha Soliman

 

Rasha Soliman a female video game analyst major in Fatima Jinnah women university in Tanta, she studies the Media plays an important role in our society and it considered being part of our everyday routine. TV programs, internet, cell phones, and video games not that safe and we have to be careful while our children use it because it might effects on them negatively like the effects of cartoons on children’s behavior patterns, this is because children at that age consider things they watch in cartoons to be real, they are unable to differentiate between fantasy and reality.

Also here’s a research done by a student of the Fatima Jinnah women university, Rasha Soliman… this student mentioned that he asked a junior wing school about children’s behaviors regarding violence and physical actions commented “Some students are always picking up fights in class, one of the reasons behind this aggressive behavior could be that they are too much influenced by violence based cartoons or other programs which parents without any concern let them watch in excess”.
Here’s another research carried out by the American academy of pediatrics (AAP “CHILDREN who view shows in which violence is very realistic frequently repeated or unpunished , are more likely to imitate what they see “ Hassan , father of two sons said “ there was a time when one of my sons begun to play pranks on his little brother quite frequently and I failed to understand the reason this sudden change in his behavior , one day however I found him watching the cramp twins and understood the reason for all his bullying “ Hassan also said that he has become conscious of the cartoons that his sons watch since that time .


These two researches proof what I said before and this negative effect can made positive by a little effort on the role of parents towards their children. They should make their children realize that these fantasy things have no identity. Parents need to keep an eye on their kid’s activity. It can be changed easily by making the cartoons a healthy entertainment, which could have a positive impact on them.

Online News Presentation


Our Presentation discussed the online news and how technology has effected and developed the news industry , the use of metrics to track the most viewed and most popular trends online has effected the news industry in a positive and negative way. It increased the competition and decreased the level of quality of new yet it gave a better insight on the audience and readers.

http://prezi.com/pmtmmqv7poc5/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share

Rick Hodes Ethiopia


In 1984 Dr. Rick Hodes went to Ethiopia to do relief work during the famine. He originally planned on working there for one year, but after realizing the African people’s extreme needs and knowing that he was uniquely qualified to help them, he stayed. After almost three decades, he still practices at hospitals in Addis Ababa and Gondor. He has served tens of thousands of people through immunization, family planning, community health, nutritional support and his specialist field—spine deformities. He was also partly responsible in ensuring the safe immigration of 14,000 Ethiopians via a historic airlift to Israel in 48 hours. His greatest passion however, remains to volunteer at Mother Teresa’s Mission for the Destitute and Dying where he cares for critically ill children that others have abandoned. During his time in Ethiopia he has adopted five children and he also supports and houses another fifteen whom he sees as part of his extended family.

Marc Gold Bangkok, Thailand and USA



Whilst traveling in India in 1979, 
Marc Gold met a woman suffering from a terrible ear infection. He paid $1 for her antibiotics and a further $30 for a hearing aid that restored her hearing. It was at that moment that he came to the realization that you can do a lot with almost nothing. On his arrival back home, he sent letters to 100 friends and asked for donations he could use during his next trip. To date, Marc has been on 22 missions in 67 countries; he has raised nearly $600,000 and has purchased everything from bicycles and rice to sewing machines, schools and mosquito nets. As founder and director of the 100 Friends Project he simply goes looking for problems in the slums, at hospitals, clinics and orphanages. His only request is that recipients give back by helping others.

Narayanan Krishnan (India)


Narayanan Krishnan was an award-winning chef on his way to a very bright future when the sight of an old and destitute man eating his own human waste out of hunger put his life on a different course. He quit his job during the next week and within a year he had founded the Akshaya Trust, which feeds and take care of the destitute and mentally disabled people in Mandurai, Tamil Nadu. He prepares and serves three warm and fresh vegetarian meals every day, which he often hand feeds to the people that he seeks out under bridges and other desolate and abandoned spots. Krishnan also carries a comb, scissor and razor with him to provide extra dignity to those he cares for. Today, Krishnan sleeps in Akshaya’s kitchen along with his co-workers, he has no income and scrapes by with the support of his parents. To date he has served more than 1.2m meals to India’s destitute.

Eugene and Minhee Cho



Eugene and Minhee Cho have always been aware of the imbalances in the world. It was only when they started traveling and saw with their own eyes the “faces” of the people living in extreme poverty, that they founded One Day’s Wages—A non-profit organization based on the principal of donating one day’s wages to uplift and enable those in need. In 2009 they donated their entire yearly income to their cause just to let people know they wouldn’t ask something of others if they weren’t willing to do it themselves. To date, they have funded over 40 projects and in doing so have given nutritional support, provided HIV treatment and care, improved access to maternal care, provided clean water, funded lifesaving heart surgeries and provided an education to hundreds of individuals globally. 

Malala



Malala was born on 12 July 1997 in Mingora, a town in the Swat District of north-west Pakistan. Her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai named her after Malalai, a Pashtun heroine. - See more at: https://www.malala.org/malalas-story#sthash.igBcEQWw.dpufOn 9 October 2012, as Malala and her friends were travelling home from school, a masked gunman entered their school bus and asked for Malala by name. She was shot with a single bullet which went through her head, neck and shoulder. Two of her friends were also injured in the attack.

Malala survived the initial attack, but was in a critical condition. She was moved to Birmingham in the United Kingdom for treatment at a hospital that specialises in military injuries. She was not discharged until January, 2013 by which time she had been joined by her family in the UK.
The Taliban's attempt to kill Malala received worldwide condemnation and led to protests across Pakistan. In the weeks after the attack, over 2 million people signed a right to education petition, and the National Assembly swiftly ratified Pakistan's first Right To Free and Compulsory Education Bill.

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

INTERVIEW WITH LARA DAWDAR



INTERVIEW WITH LARA DAWDAR

From coloring with crayons to painting with knifes , Lara Dawdar  has proved to be one of the most inspiring painter of her generation.she started as an amateur and ended up in the great hall of the  Alexandria library showing her latest work . She believes in modern art and finding beauty in almost everything and anything , her beautiful soul is vividly seen in her art.

Lara, when did u first start painting and fell in love with art?

Well it started at the age of 5 when my mom bought me a set of hello kitty crayons and box of clay . At that moment I fell in love with colors and drawing I used to run home after school I create colors and designs out of anything I saw. Once I drew a garden using feathers and buttons my mom kept on her cabinet . I saw art in possibility of creation in anything and everything I saw.

Who can you say is your biggest supporter and how much did this support mean to you?

My family always supported me in my art but I can honestly say that my dad supported and motivated me every single day. As a child I would create grand opening for my work in the living room and he would buy all of them and make me feel like the next Michael angelo . I remember one summer I entered an art completion and I lost, I was so upset and I said that I would never paint again but my dad wouldn't let me he pushed me and bought me my first knife painting collection it was a huge challenge for me at the age of 14 to paint using knifes But I couldn't fail and disappoint him so I worked all day and all night to make him proud .

How did you feel when you sold your first painting ?

It was very unexpected as my first painting to be sold was an old painting that I saw many mistakes and flaws in it that I never thought it could be sold so I was shocked to here someone made an offer . I felt appreciated and accomplished .

What do you think of Egyptian art and its future ?

This is an important question as one my main goals is to educate and aware a lot of people to appreciate and make art a part of their culture , of course we cant compare between art here in Egypt and in Europe but for the last 10 years many new artists in Egypt have shown. Their skills in many gAlleries and art shows all over the world so I believe that the future is very bright .

What was the biggest obstacle you faced in your art career?

It was the community I guess a lot of people saw my art as a hobby and couldn't understand it to be my career. They called me lazy and stupid for channeling all my time and effort in painting as if painting is not as important as other careers or not as useful
But i believed in myself and created my own support system .

whats your biggest dream ? and what you aspire to do ?

I guess other artists might dream of being rich and famous and contribute in the biggest art shows in Italy or Germany but for me my biggest dream would be education. Educating children and adults to see beauty and art in everything and look beyond the ordinary and the seen , I know its hard because people here in Egypt live a very hard life and they struggle almost everyday but the problem is that art is viewed as a luxury not a necessity in their everyday life. 


What advice would you give to other young artists ?

My advice would be plan and dream big ! Dream and aspire to the most impossible task and live every moment in accomplishing this goal. Believe in your work and be confident it and show it and be proud and remember that if you fall no one will pick you up but yourself.
What I love the most about art. It could be found in the most unexpected places.

Khaled el Fakharany(Egyptian)


Robotic Personality


As children we are taught that feelings can only be present in humans or animals but we never considered robots . Khaled el Fakharany saw the possible in the impossible, he believes that humans think they only have the right to express there emotions when in fact the artificial intelligence today proves them wrong.

From the age of 6 when Khaled first received his robotic kit to make a car and he was fascinated and inspired to make his own model, he joined the World Robotics Olympics at the age of 15 and proved himself by making the first robot to detect the users mood using a brain activity reader , if the user is sad or depressed the robot automatically cheers him up with finding an item or an object he loves like a teddy bear for a child. He won second place in Egypt and 1st place in the Arabian Semi-finals.

The deep connection between robots and humans exceeds logic and emotion he said with great determination before the next competition. Khaled always found new ways to enhance his robots artificial intelligence , in 2013 Khaled entered  an international  university competition called National Instruments while he was still in high school he ranked in 9th place world wide . He made a robotic submarine which can fix oil drillers in the sea without risking any human lives.

People think a robot is just a stupid piece of metal with no thoughts of its own, a robot is like a child , you feed him data and he develops it to adjust with the circumstances around him he explained with great passion.Khaled el Fakharany a 20 year old student in Nile University who invented many robots to help people with basic and complex tasks , such as the robotic painter .
Many workers get lead poison through inhaling paint and toxic gas when painting a ship or even a wall , so the robotic painter automatically measures the barriers needed to be painted and paints it with great technique and without putting any human lives in dangerous circumstances.

Some people attack the robotics industry by saying how it seeks to replace humans in the workplace and in Japan they even replace humans in social gathering and sports , robots now have their own sports league , education, health and even in entertainments business , but Khaled saw the matter in a different way he explained that humans are crucially needed in various aspects and can not be replaced but in many areas we can not allow human error or the risk of human lives. Surgeons use robotic arms in the field of neurology to ensure precision  but the mind and decision of a surgeon can never be replaced. Robots and humans need to co-exist together, they are both equally needed said Khaled.

I refuse to call any robot as it or a thing , each robot has their own identity and their own way of thinking Khaled added. In a hospital in Korea they place Humanoids (Robots made to look human) in patientss bedroom to cheer them up and motivate them to beat cancer, the patients talks about his life and the robot responds like any human being and in fact even better as its programmed to find solutions for any problem any patients face. This humanoid is very complex as its program has hundreds of thousands of codes to mimic the human brain and human responses , this shows how the brain is the most complicated and magnificent organ in the world added Khaled.

Most importantly we must raise our horizon and our imagination to expect the robotic revolution to come said Khaled with great passion,Khaled believes that one of the main problems we face as a 3rd world country is our ignorance on the importance of scientific research and development , although some people might see technology as a luxury this country cant afford he discussed how its the only way we can become a fully developed country and this will only happen if the Egyptian people are aware and up to date with the breakthroughs of science that happens every minute .Khaled el fakharany is a true genius in the robotics field he wishes to enhance this field in Egypt and dreams one day of make his country to be the centre of the robotics industry and excel the world in every aspect , he believes in the Egyptian engineers and in their potential to concur the industry with just a little funding from the government and imagination.