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Automation: On the high-tech path to destruction

Rather than humans becoming enslaved by robots, machines have become the new slave or serf class, with devastating consequences for society and the environment. We desperately need a more humane and sustainable approach to automation.

My fellow Americans, socialism is not an insult

I may never be able to convince a Trump voter not to vote for Trump, but I can tell them what it’s like for an American to live with “socialist” healthcare and education in Europe.

Robust health systems are society’s first line of defence against pandemics

Belgium has long been written off as a dysfunctional and failing state, yet its response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been surprisingly functional

Post-ISIS Mosul, pt 1: The final death of a city?

Its building turned to dust, its citizens traumatised and impoverished, Mosul may have been ‘liberated’ from ISIS but it has become a graveyard. Can this razed and devastated city ever be free again?

Economic recovery means little to Europe’s working poor

Europe is experiencing an economic recovery but many of the jobs being created a keeping people poor rather than lifting them out of poverty.

One year on: The curing power of solar energy in Gaza

Gaza’s devastated infrastructure and fuel shortages cause avoidable deaths. A crowd-funded initiative will save lives with solar power in hospitals.

Economy Egypt

Khaled Diab June 26, 2008February 4, 2023 0 Comments birth, children, development, economy, education, Egypt, health, inflation, parenthood, society

Egypt’s popuflation problem

Spiralling inflation has refocused attention in Egypt on overpopulation. But is birth control enough without other reforms?

Health Science

Khaled Diab May 11, 2008February 10, 2023 0 Comments health, lifestyle, research, science

Hay fever and the big sneeze

Hay fever season is coming early this year. It’s time for sufferers to ready for battle – but finding effective relief is no sneezing matter.

Health Lifestyle Society

Khaled Diab April 26, 2008June 25, 2023 addiction, alcohol, environment, health, smoking, society

Extinguishing old flames: The persistent appeal of smoking

Like someone who hitches up with a despised ex after years apart, I’m kicking myself for having taken up smoking again.

Egypt Gender

Khaled Diab August 21, 2007October 19, 2023 0 Comments Egypt, gender, health, sexuality, women

Female genital mutilation: Scars that refuse to heal

Female genital mutilation is on Egypt’s political agenda again, after the death of two young girls. But can legislation banish this traumatic practice?

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