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It's time we gave snakes more respectProf. Dr. Mohamed Elmasry
October 3, 2018
As a boy growing up in Egypt, I would rather have faced a ferocious lion than a snake. I thought I'd have a fighting chance of survival with the lion and, if unlucky in the encounter, perhaps a quicker demise. With the snake, however, I believed my survival odds would be zero, and I would suffer a slow and painful death.
Canada should be ashamed of its abysmal record on Indigenous Human RightsProf. Dr. Mohamed Elmasry
October 4, 2018
There was considerable irony and an uncomfortable tinge of hypocrisy when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently paid tribute to the late diplomat-activist Nelson Mandela at the United Nations, calling on world leaders to "champion democracy, human rights and the rule of law around the world."
The Cairo Genizah Collection: a vivid glimpse into 1,000 years Egyptian Jewish lifeProf. Dr. Mohamed Elmasry
October 17, 2018
A woman writes a beseeching letter to her husband who is away traveling on business:
Encountering the Canadian Island of Anne Shirley Prof. Dr. Mohamed Elmasry
October 20, 2018
"You don't want me!" cried the child, dropping her worn-out suitcase. "You don't want me because I'm not a boy! I might have expected it! Nobody ever did want me. Oh, what shall I do? This is the most tragical thing that ever happened to me! I'm going to burst into tears."
Egypt: 100 days of personal reporting Prof. Dr. Mohamed Elmasry
March 20, 2019
Of all my annual visits to Egypt, the country of my birth, this latest one has been the longest - more than 100 days.
From Nubia, with LoveProf. Dr. Mohamed Elmasry
March 20, 2019
For years, I longed to visit the Nubian villages of Upper Egypt, to meet the people, eat local food, shop in their markets, hear traditional Nubian languages, and listen to their music.
The Aswan High Dam: Egypt triumph over imperial bullyingProf. Dr. Mohamed Elmasry
March 20, 2019
On January 9, 1960 construction had just begun on the High Dam project south of Aswan in my native Egypt. I had celebrated my 16th birthday just a couple of weeks earlier on December 24, 1959. I was finishing my last year of high school and preparing to study engineering at Cairo University. Growing up during the 1950s, I was fully aware of country's hard struggle against the ugly imperial powers of the world.
The Holy Islands of Philae: home to gods and goddessesProf. Dr. Mohamed Elmasry
March 20, 2019
For such a tiny island, just 450 meters long and less than 150 meters wide, Philae in Upper Egypt near Aswan has managed to attract more than its share of history and mysteries.
The Never-ending fascination of Abu SimbelProf. Dr. Mohamed Elmasry
March 23, 2019
Apart from the Great Pyramids of Giza, few monuments of ancient Egypt have captured the world's fascination like the two great Abu Simbel temples of Ramses II the Great and his beautiful wife, Queen Nefertari.
Our first image of a black hole: Is it the beginning of a new era of discovery?Prof. Dr. Mohamed Elmasry
April 17, 2019
Does the first recorded image of a black hole mean we're almost at the end of what science can discover? The short answer is: No.

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Today’s topic is the Origins of Islamic History Month in Canada In this show, we are interviewing Dr. Mohamed El-Masry a professor at the University of Waterloo