January 17, 2016
by Maha Bali
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Yesterday I attended a one-day event on education reform in Egypt. It’s of course a tremendous topic, given how problemtatic education is in Egypt, and it’s difficult and frustrating to put so many people who know and genuinely care about … Continue reading
February 1, 2015
by Maha Bali
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Pun intended. We need to lose that emphasis on winning, or succeeding, starting from children’s pop culture, all the way to scholarship and politics I am not even talking about losing competition – although letting go of that might be … Continue reading
January 19, 2015
by Maha Bali
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My mind is jumbled up so this isn’t going to be a very coherent post (I’ve discovered some people really enjoy these, so I’m gonna write it anyway, because I need to purge). It’s about my daughter nearing the age … Continue reading
January 18, 2015
by Maha Bali
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How appropriate that I’ll be writing about Freire and the Egyptian revolution just before the 4th anniversary of Egypt’s Jan 25 revolution… The first time I read Freire was maybe in 2006, and it was Education for Critical Consciousness and … Continue reading
December 14, 2014
by Maha Bali
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This is going to be a bit of a rant of a post, where this frustrated mom with a PhD in education over-intellectualizes a situation just to get some frustration of her chest. So my daughter’s going to be 4 … Continue reading
November 17, 2014
by Maha Bali
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I just came out of class with my students. Note that this is only the SECOND official class I have had with them, but because of our interactions on Twitter, I felt really close to them and already knew most … Continue reading
November 17, 2014
by Maha Bali
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I’m going to start writing this post but not publish it until after I meet my students today. They might say something that deserves to be in this post (but also i might not have a full reflection with them … Continue reading
September 9, 2014
by Maha Bali
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Simon Ensor’s post “(un)critical mass” prompted me to write this post which is an amalgamation of several posts, some of which were in draft form, some in my head, and some ideas that came to me reading Simon’s post. Simon … Continue reading
September 1, 2014
by Maha Bali
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I needed to blog this out of my system. Let’s call it blog therapy. For a long time (since I was 10, no kidding), one of the most central missions of my life was to help improve education in Egypt. … Continue reading
May 27, 2014
by Maha Bali
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This post is not political, but is inspired by political events in Egypt. It is about conflict of values and ethics, and how being critical means you can’t stop questioning… In case you don’t know, Egypt is having its (10th? … Continue reading