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The Hollow Man: Created in the image of Science
Contemporary western philosophy has increasingly been dominated by materialism, reductionism, and scientism. From this mindset emerges an approach that treats humans as objects. As atoms and cells without purpose or non-material aspect. At the heart of this is a recurring pattern: whenever a scientific paradigm becomes prominent, bringing breakthroughs in our understanding of the material…
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The Mamdani Moment
As the New York City Mayoral race comes to a close, a new political moment is born with the likely win of Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist who won the democratic party nomination earlier this year. In the aftermath of the Democratic Party’s colossal defeat in the 2024–2025 presidential and congressional elections, the party entered…
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Crisis in Sudan: A Regional Power Battleground
THE SITUATION KEY PLAYERS Primary Combatants External Powers (ref) HISTORY Background Recent History Immediate Trigger GEOSTRATEGY & ECONOMICS & IDELOGY Geopolitical Factors Economic Drivers Ideological Overcast LIKELY SCENARIOS Most Likely Alternative Scenarios SIGNALS TO WATCH Escalation indicators De-escalation indicators
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لماذا تأخرنا؟ وكيف ننهض؟ الإستبداد والعدالة والنهضة
في حياة الشعوب هناك لحظات تعود فيها الأسئلة الكبرى للواجهة وتختلط فيها السياسة مع الفلسفة والدين مع الدولة والماضي مع الحاضر. العالم العربي، على امتداد قرنين ظل يطرح السؤال ذاته بصيغ مختلفة: لماذا تأخرنا؟ وكيف ننهض؟ والإجابة – كما تكررت في فكر كبار مفكرينا – تدور دائماً حول ثلاث كلمات: العدالة، الحرية، والكرامة الانسانية، مع…
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The New Right: America 2.0
In just over a decade, American conservatism has transformed from a fragmented grassroots rebellion to a coherent ideological movement backed by elite institutions and intellectuals. Known as the New Right, this coalition has now entered the execution phase of its long-term strategy, with President Donald J. Trump’s second term serving as the vehicle for a…
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Project Management 101 for Engineers
In the simplest form, a project is the promise to deliver x at a time t. success(project) = deliver(x) / time(t) Most if not all problems around projects center around a misunderstanding of X or surprises around T. Therefore, effective project management would be to ensure a clear definition of X and good tracking for…
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3 Phases to a Successful Machine Learning Project
I was working on a project to find an efficient and automated way to detect sensor failures on a rocket engine. Machine learning has become a popular solution to many hard problems and I wanted to deploy it to this problem. After a few trials and errors, I was excited to report to a small…
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3 Step-Framework for DevOps Operational Excellence
It is 2:13 AM and your phone is flashing and ringing. It is PagerDuty alerting you to a production issue. Technology has certainly evolved since my early days at Amazon Web Services where I had a physical pager :) but this experience is surely very familiar to many engineers developing and operating software in the…
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4 Steps to Analyze and Document Software Architecture
Have you ever joined a technology company and got lost in the code base trying to reverse engineer what was happening? What about a time when you were baffled why the system was designed the way it was? What if you are starting a new design, where do you even begin! In this post, I…
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6 Questions to Hire Software Engineers at a Startup
Great companies are made of great people. In “Good to Great“, Jim Collins emphasized that leaders of companies that go from good to great start with getting the “right people on the bus… and in the right seats”. That is why hiring and retaining the best talent is instrumental to your success. Despite its limitations,…
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الرضا ومعنى السعادة
الرضا بحالك هو مفتاح السعادة. والرضا يكون بالقلب ولا يكون بالعقل. فالعقل مشتت بين ماضي يسترجعه ومستقبل يستشرفه. وهذا يورث الحزن على مافات والهم لما هو أت. فالعقل يرجو ما هو افضل ويحسب ما هو أصلح فإذا ترك لشأنه أحتار وشت فوجب ما يسدده. والقلب إذا صفي ارتقي ورأي بعين البصيرة مالايراه العقل بعين البصر…
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PESD: Post Election Stress Disorder
Beyond the façade of Biden vs Trump there has been a major shift in the demography and economic outlook in America that has been driving a deep divide. One: A younger generation that is more progressive and left-leaning along with monitories that have been marginalized and want more equity/equality (socially, economically, etc.). This is where…
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The Modern Period (1750-1914)
Period Definition Social Themes Western Military Edge Mobile artillery, steam ships, the machine gun and other technologies on land and sea Atlantic Revolutions Internationalization Global theme that marks the rise of global organizations and movements Other Global Themes Sources: Lectures 24-28 “A Brief History of the World” by Professor Peter Stearns of George Mason University…
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Mamluks and Muhammad Ali – 1250 – 1811
Rise of Mamluks The Battle of Ain Jalut Mamluks Rule Muhammad Ali Modernization and Reform Impact Sources: “Turning Points in Middle Eastern History” by professor Eamonn Gearon of Johns Hopkins University (TheGreatCourses.com) Lecture 17 and 30
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Arab Revolt and The Last Caliphate – 1916-1924
Background World War I The Arab Revolt Fall of the Ottomans Sources: “Turning Points in Middle Eastern History” by professor Eamonn Gearon of Johns Hopkins University (TheGreatCourses.com) Lecture 35 and 36
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The French Invasion of Algeria – 1830
This is a summary of the major points from a history course on the Middle East (source at the bottom). Background The Invasion The Resistance Abd al-Qadir in Exile Impact Source: “Turning Points in Middle Eastern History” by professor Eamonn Gearon of Johns Hopkins University (TheGreatCourses.com) Lecture 31
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The Suez Canal – 1869
This is a summary of the major points from a history course on the middle east (source at the bottom) Background Building The Canal Opening The Canal Egypt’s Debt Revolt Canal Impact Source: Lecture 33 from “Turning Points in Middle Eastern History” by professor Eamonn Gearon of Johns Hopkins University (TheGreatCourses.com)
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حول العالم في ثلاثين سنة
لعمرك ثلاثين حولا قد مضت … رأيت فيها الدنيا جبالا ووديانا ففي أرض بيداء جرداء مقفرة … فارقت أهلا وأحبابا وخلانا وعلى أرض الكنانة أنهار وأشجار … عشت في ظلها عاشقا ولهانا وإلى أرض بعيدة شددت رحلي … وأفنيت هناك ربيع العمر حيرانا لعمرك ثلاثون عاما قد…
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سيدي المجمع
كان المصري القديم أعجوبة العالم في كافة المجالات ولكن سيظل التاريخ يذكر طويلا أحد أهم إنجازاته، “مجمع التحرير” فقد كان المهندس المصري القديم بعيد النظر و”بتاع كلة” ويتضح ذلك في تصميم “المجمع”. فحتى الآن لم يعرف السبب الحقيقي الذي بني من أجله. فعند أول نظرة يهيئ لك أنه أحد الأهرامات أو أحد تجارب بناء المكعبات…
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صناعة النكتة
مصر من أغنى دول العالم كما نعلم. فمازال اللصوص ينهبون خيراتها من آلاف السنين ومع ذالك يزال شعبها يجد قوت عيشة ويتصدق بقفشاتة المضحكة على العالم ساخرا من نفسة وحالة و حكامة. وفي ظل الخمول الإقتصادي الذي نعانية وجب التفكير في إيجاد مصادر دخل جديدة وتفعيل صناعات وطنية لا تعتمد على عوامل .خارجية أعتقد أننا…
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