Space of Culture: It’s All about Music
The first cold months of the year Space of Culture warmed us up with a variety of music genres, from classical compositions to traditional Arabic rhythms. Austrian Cultural Forum once …
Obituary Prof. Dr. Mohamed Yousri Hashem (7.3.1954 Port Said – 9.3.2023 Cairo)
The SEKEM community and Heliopolis University for Sustainable Development mourn the loss of Prof. Dr. Mohamed Yousry Hashem. We share a longstanding history together and he will always stay close …
SAVE THE PLANET, PROTECT THE FUTURE. NO EXCUSES FOR INACTION. EIGHT POLICY MEASURES THAT GOVERNMENTS SHOULD TAKE.
Joint message of World Future Council members and Right Livelihood Laureates to the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) “Planet Earth is facing existential threats from human impact on the …
Working together for a green future: KHNA meeting in Tunisia
A year and a half had to pass before it was finally possible for the entire team of the Knowledge Hub for Organic Agriculture in North Africa (KHNA) to meet …
SEKEM Report 2020 Launched
CEO Statement: SEKEM Report 2020 Egypt, like other countries in the world, has to deal with the negative impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic on people’s health, and we took all …
Sunday Diary VI – Memories of SEKEM Founder Ibrahim Abouleish
Scientific Research Ibrahim Abouleish emphasized that at present, scientific research is considered the biggest challenge. A scientific mindset, that is not limited to theoretical understanding is a necessity to everyone …
Inclusive Health For All
Health is more than the absence of illness. SEKEM wants to develop a concept for integrative health that understands human well-being in its entirety and promotes it preventively. With this, …
New Standard for Transparency: “Economy of Love”
Organic, fair, sustainable – customers can already base their choice on a diverse selection of products’ certifications. Currently, most available standards are designed to protect the environment or human rights. …
People in SEKEM: Amira Badawy
“When teaching, you never know when or how the results of your effort will show. It is like Dr. Ibrahim used to say, the land is poor, yet it is …
Information on the Situation in Regard to the Corona Virus
From the day of its foundation more than 40 years ago, SEKEM opened its doors to people from all over the world. It is our core value to exchange knowledge …
People in SEKEM: Tharwat Ismail
Tharwat Ismail teaches us that it’s never too late for a new beginning. At the age of 51, Tharwat first joined SEKEM and has been a positive and productive member …
Experience Pure and Wild Nature in the Desert: Visiting Wahat-Farm
Our friends from ViandantiSì have been organizing trips to SEKEM for more than a year now. In the past months they also brought guests to SEKEM’s farm in Wahat El-Bahareya …
City of Stuttgart and SEKEM Want to Intensify Cooperation
The German city Stuttgart and Cairo have been twinned for 40 years already. As part of this anniversary, a delegation from the state capital of Baden-Württemberg traveled to the …
From the Seed of an Idea – to the Growing and Unfolding of a Fruit
Elisabeth Rieger, one of SEKEM’s good friends and advocates, helped to organize a visit and collaboration with a German Choir to SEKEM. She tells about the insights of their experience …
People in SEKEM: Nashwa Ahmed Ibrahim
Nashwa Ahmed Ibrahim was already an athletics champion at school. But her teachers did not encourage her; at the time of the competition in the national league, her trainer even …
People in SEKEM: Wedad Abd El Zaher Mohamed
“For better or for worse, a good wife is the one who always supports her man and stands by him”, says Wedad Abd El Zaher Mohamed, one of SEKEM’s female …
The Future Doesn’t Fall from Heaven
On the elements of an innovation ecosystem that address SEKEM’s strategic development goals SEKEM Founder Ibrahim Abouleish was a strong visionary leader combining not only occident and orient in his …
The Pioneers of SEKEMSophia
Getting to know SEKEM as a social innovation – this was a wish that brought 25 people from all over the world to SEKEM in the last week of November: …
New artworks by the painter Gerlinde Wendland in SEKEM
Although Gerlinde Wendland is one of the most loyal SEKEM friends and is spending several weeks in SEKEM already for many years, she always has the impression “to immerse into …
Let’s Seed the Future and Ban Plastic from Egypt: SEKEM’s 41st Anniversary
This year, SEKEM initiative celebrated its 41st anniversary under the slogan “Let’s seed the future”. SEKEM co-workers and students from Heliopolis University gathered already in the morning of the 1st …