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He reckons the best way to get that message across is to use the enormously popular medium of music videos. 4Shbab was set up as an alternative to existing Arab music channels.",7,false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":23,"quote_text":24,"author_id":5,"source_id":25,"has_image":18,"author":26,"source":27,"quote_tag":28,"commentary":9},3428527,"The law can seem remote, arcane, the stuff of specialists. But it isn’t, because for those of us who live in democracies, the law begins with us.",6,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":30,"quote_text":31,"author_id":5,"source_id":25,"has_image":18,"author":32,"source":33,"quote_tag":34,"commentary":9},3428522,"Moreover, for women in Egypt and its Arab neighbors, having a husband is key: a woman’s social value is still tied to her status as a wife and mother, no matter how accomplished or professionally successful she might be. In recent years, the phenomenon of ‘unusa – spinsterhood – has become the stuff of Facebook groups, blogs, best-selling books, and TV series. 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As a journalist, El Feki was acutely aware of how laws impact everyday lives, particularly for women.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nEl Feki's statement is not just about the practical application of laws but also highlights a fundamental philosophical tension: that the abstraction of law can be both empowering and alienating. On one hand, law provides a framework for social order and justice; on the other, its intricacies can make it seem remote, inaccessible to those who are most affected by its provisions.\n\n**How to Use This**\nTo apply this mindset today, consider not just the legal frameworks that govern your professional or personal life but also how you contribute to shaping these laws. 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Her experiences in Egypt and Canada informed her understanding of how laws and policies can lag behind scientific advancements. This quote may be from a speech, article, or essay where she critiqued the persistence of outdated ideologies.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\n\nEl Feki's question exposes a paradoxical truth: even as we've made significant strides in science, our institutions remain wedded to archaic principles. The tension lies not only in the lag between scientific progress and policy implementation but also in the underlying values that guide these policies – often rooted in outdated superstitions rather than evidence-based reasoning.\n\n**How to Use This**\n\nTo apply El Feki's insight today, a modern professional or creative might ask themselves: \"What are the 'laws' or established practices that I'm operating within, and how might they be influenced by outdated assumptions? How can I challenge these norms through evidence-driven research and critical thinking?\" By doing so, individuals can contribute to reformulating policies and practices that align with contemporary scientific understanding.",{"id":70,"quote_text":71,"author_id":5,"source_id":38,"has_image":18,"author":72,"source":73,"quote_tag":74,"commentary":9},1474797,"Although I was raised in Canada and the U.K., my roots are in Egypt through my father, in a family line that stretches back generations and runs along the Nile, from the concrete of Cairo to the coast of Alexandria.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[75],{"id":76,"tag":77},4470242,{"id":78,"tag_name":79},15496,"along",{"id":81,"quote_text":82,"author_id":5,"source_id":38,"has_image":18,"author":83,"source":84,"quote_tag":85,"commentary":9},1474795,"Where I work, in the Arab region, people are busy taking up Western innovations and changing them into things which are neither conventionally Western, nor are they traditionally Islamic.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[86],{"id":87,"tag":88},4470238,{"id":89,"tag_name":90},21400,"arab",{"id":92,"quote_text":93,"author_id":5,"source_id":38,"has_image":18,"author":94,"source":95,"quote_tag":96,"commentary":9},1474789,"The patriarchy is alive and well in Egypt and the wider Arab world. 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