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Mn'albi من قلبي14. Hope/ الأملSend us a textSome say hope is only for the weakBut what if it's all you've got In our darkest moments, hope is what we hold on to if we want to continue to liveIn the face of the unknown, hope is what gives us a chance to dream of a bright future I've personally gone through quite a rough time recently and will probably pause or stop recording my podcast but before that and in the hope of a bright new year I'll be sharing my...2024-12-1924 minMn'albi من قلبي13. Morality/الأخلاقSend us a textCan we substitute morality with laws, rules and regulations ?How does a community look like if we skip individual morality altogether?Who decides what's right from wrong in this confusing world we live in?I believe we have the answer inside of us but my guest introduces us to some handy tips that can help us get a push in the right direction. One of those tips isThe 3 why's!To get to the depth of whether something is right or wrong: ask...2024-11-2932 minMn'albi من قلبي12. Racism/العنصريةSend us a textDid you know? "Sweden was the first country in the world to - in 1922- establish a government agency to handle issues related to racial hygiene. The proponents of racial- hygiene-thinking argued that certain groups had inferior genes. Society would be protected by preventing the spread of these genes." Elisabeth Elmeroth What makes some of us look down on others just because they don't look like us?What implications are there if racism is left unopposed? How would a world without racism look like?Jame...2024-11-1538 minMn'albi من قلبي11. Selfishness / الأنانيةSend us a textHow selfish are you?Is selfishness bad? I don't usually like to answer in a no or yes form but yes it is.Selfishness is bad.How has propagation of self-care been turned into propagation of selfishness Audre Lorde said “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare"What happens if we disconnect and solely think about ourselves? If we don't consider our surroundings and relations? What other kind of potentiall nasty cell in our body...2024-11-0133 minMn'albi من قلبي10. Free will /مُسَيَّرٌ أم مُخَيَّرٌSend us a textDo you believe you have a free will?Are you using your full capacity of free will? What limits our free will?Do we give ourselves less or more free will when we expose ourselves to social media?Are we free to take a life if there weren't any laws?These are few of the questions we talk about with Rona ShedidRona works in sustainability and strategy. Most recently she led the Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship partnerships team for the C...2024-10-1836 minMn'albi من قلبي9. Anger/الغضبSend us a text"Arg som ett bi" is an expression used in Sweden which means angry like a bee.Are bees really angry?If you feel into its energy doesn't anger have a lot of power?Can we feel anger without expressing it in a destructive or conventional way?How can feeling anger help us? Taqui is an architect with 18 years of experience in energy efficiency, environmental design and sustainability engineering for buildings. Interestingly he is also now studying to become a movie director Support the show2024-10-0331 minMn'albi من قلبي8. Sadness/الحزنSend us a text Are there different ways to express the sadness that flows through our hearts from time to time?Is it a feeling we're avoiding to feel even if it's there? Are we perhaps afraid to get stuck in it? Is that the reason why some people are feeling numb to the worlds first live streamed jenn0side*? What does that do with our humanity and the ability to handle emotions?Are we going to keep going through loss and pain until we learn how to handle sad...2024-09-1925 minMn'albi من قلبي7. Love/ الحبSend us a text"What is love? Baby don't hurt, don't hurt me, no more..."Ok, how do we talk about love without using too many cliches? How does it truly feel when we're in a state of love?Is love a decision or is it an innate spontaneous response?Amna Shawkat a dear friend of mine has allowed me feel a lot of love and compassion throughout the years. Let's hear what she has to share about this powerful human state (Apologies for the quality of the sound i...2024-09-0427 minMn'albi من قلبي6. Westerners complex /عقدة الخواجةSend us a textIn Egypt and perhaps other Eastern countries, there's an expression called ¨Westerner´s complex¨ where the person feels as if anything coming from the West is better and more valuable than what the country has. Lets listen to what Dr Sherif Kamel has to say about that developed trait or behaviour and if it´s still as prevalent today as it was before.Dr Sherif is a professor of ophthalmology in Cairo University and a consultant neuro-opthalmologist.Support the show2024-08-2125 minMn'albi من قلبي5. Social intelligence (2/2)/الذكاء الاجتماعيSend us a textThis episode which is the second part of the episode with Marwa Lasheen, delves into how our social Intelligence is used in our current social media era. Support the show2024-08-0926 minMn'albi من قلبي4. Social intelligence (1/2)/ الذكاء الاجتماعيSend us a textWe are social beings. How can improving our social Intelligence make us better humans and is it even possible to improve that type of Intelligence ?Let's listen to what Marwa Lasheen thinks about that. Marwa is a minister plenipotentiary and currently deputy ambassador of Egypt in Moscow. I was lucky to meet her by coincidence when she had her post in Stockholm. We started speaking after watching the same movie in a cinema and have kept in touch ever since.Support the show2024-07-2920 minMn'albi من قلبي3. Curiosity/الفضولSend us a text¨Curiosity killed the cat¨ (and since I love cats I have to add they have 9 lives)Is there a flip side to curiosity ? or can it actually help us overcome our fear?Listen to Ezz Elbendarys reflections on the topic. Ezz who currently lives and works as a production manager in Spain, has his own pod called ¨fe de'ii'aa¨ or ¨In one minute¨ As you will hear, he has a lot of humour and I would like to give him credit for actually helping me create...2024-07-1125 minMn'albi من قلبي2. Happiness/السعادةSend us a textKhaled Rasmy who loves connecting people and works in IT and cybersecurity shares his heart and happiness with us. We explore if happiness has any prerequisites and much moreSupport the show2024-06-2929 minMn'albi من قلبي1. Sacredness/القداسةSend us a textDo you have something that is sacred in your life? This is what Dina Elmahy a woman who loves cooking and a with a background in political science in a nuanced way talks about in the first episode of Mn'albiSupport the show2024-06-1722 minMn'albi من قلبيIntroduction from my heartSend us a textMn'alb, which means from my heart, is a pod in Egyptian Arabic about our humanness, our values and how we feel and see the worldFor suggestions or feedback, please send to Monasmindfulmoments on IgSupport the show2024-06-1303 min