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Dear reader,
we've collected some stories about SEKEM, its companies, network and activities for you. We wish you an interesting read.
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Your SEKEM Public Relations Department - December, 2019
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In many parts of the world, Christmas is a time for celebrations, decorations, family, joy, kindness and giving to others; and for many industries it’s a time for high profitability and sales. But what does Christmas mean to the other parts of the world? In Egypt, a country with most of its population following the Muslim doctrine, Christmas is still …
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Full of excitement more than 250 people from all around the globe came to the Social Initiative Forum 2019 that took place at SEKEM and Heliopolis University from 11 to 15 December. All of them were connected by the eagerness to learn from one another different ways and examples on how to unfold individual potential. Sharing the vision and goals …
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To those who grew up in Gelfina, SEKEM is an inevitable part of their lives. Hence, it was no surprise that when Amir Abdel Aziz started to look for a career, he looked no further than SEKEM. As it is common on the countryside in Egypt, Amir Abdel Aziz grew up in a family of eight people. Having three brothers …
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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 singing in Egypt and discovering SEKEM Initiative. This sounds like agriculture – but it is pure culture! Since many years I am working with SEKEM and spent recently 2 years …
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The visual artist Gerlinde Wendland is a longtime SEKEM friend who is coming to Egypt on a regular basis for many years already to work mainly with educators in regard to painting. Her work can be found in almost every SEKEM building and decorate the walls of schools, offices and homes. During her last
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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 metropolis of Cairo to visit Egyptian representatives and various institutions. Among others, Dr. Martin Schairer (Mayor of the City of Stuttgart), Nadia vom Scheidt (Head of the Department of External …
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On our desert farm in Wahat El-Bahareyya, we are currently reclaiming 63 hectares of desert land through sustainable agriculture and supported by a crowdfunding campaign. Here is the latest update. By Narimeh Paeplow who coordinates the campaign in Egypt. In the beginning of the year we had the unbelievable goal, to raise 400.000 Euros to fund the reclaiming of 630.000 …
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SEKEM Head Office
3 Cairo Belbes Desert Road
P.O.Box 2834 El Horreya, Heliopolis
Cairo, Egypt
Tel.: 0020 2 265 88 124
Email: [email protected]
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