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Wednesday, 7 September 2016

Stop parading terminally ill children on TV, Farouk Goweda urges… and more health ministry rants

Al Ahram columnist Farouk Goweda believes that the way sick children are paraded in television ads for charity organizations is humiliating and unethical. We agree.Goweda also wants to see more transparency on how charity organizations and NGOs use their funds.

Former MP and Al Masry Al Youm columnist Amr El Shobaki says the reason Egypt was successful at the 2004 Athens Olympics was an investment into human capital. The current system is more concerned with mega projects and “buildings,” not developing athletes. El Shobaki commends former Youth and Sports Minister Ali El Din Helal for his effort ahead of the 2004 Olympics.

El Watan’s Mahmoud Khalil criticizes Health Minister Ahmed Rady for accusing women protesting infant formula shortages of “having an agenda” and “trying to claim milk illegitimately”. Yes, Mr. Minister, feeding one’s offspring can be considered an agenda.

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