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About Eye on Egypt

Welcome
Team
Welcome to Potential Contributors
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Famously, Egypt has pharoahs and tombs. But the Egypt of today is less well known. Its people get lumped together as "Arabs" or "Muslims" or even "terrorists," when they are, in fact, multiethnic, multireligious and unusually peaceful.

As an Egyptian-American, one with strong allegiances to both countries, I'd like them to be better understood and appreciated by the English speaking world.

I believe it's important, partly to help overcome the troublesome absence of understanding between the western and Arab worlds, but also because there is a major 21st century drama going on here: the struggle of a people with calm, conservative traditions to grasp the ideas and changes hurling towards them and somehow tame them, Egyptianize them, and maybe, put something new back into the global mix.  

So this is a website about Egypt today. It is not a news site, but an evolving portrait of Egypt's people, their values, their lives and personalities, what they love and what they'd love to change.   I hope you will visit often and comment when you do.

  Amal Sedky Winter, Publisher

Team

Amal Sedky Winter, Publisher

Amal is the instigator and guiding mind of this site. With an American mother and Egyptian father, Amal grew up in Egypt; spent her adulthood in the States and today divides her time between the two countries

She is a psychologist by profession. And, in her long career, also served as educator, speaker, writer and Arab-American community leader. Her political empowerment work for the U.S. State Department and other organizations has taken her Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait, Palestine, Bahrain and Iraq. In Egypt, her work has included a USAID funded project for family courts.

She is currently teaching child development to teachers at the American University of Cairo.
Contact: amal@myeyeonegypt.net

Sheryl Ga Feldman, Editor

Sheryl is site designer as well as editor, writer and photographer for My Eye On Egypt. Her 25 years of exploring and writing about cross-cultural themes have taken her to Sub-Saharan and Northern Africa a, Southeast Asia, Indian and Central America. In the US, where she lives, she has written about the Amish, African-Americans and Whites.
Contact: sheryl@myeyeonegypt.net

Welcome to Potential Contributors

Point of View
The purpose of this website is to make Egypt and its peoples better understood and appreciated by those, primarily out of the county, who speak English. In writing, think about what your subject reveals about contemporary Egyptian character or culture. For this reason, we are particularly interested in Egyptian contributors.

Written Contributions
Written in English by Egyptians and by those who specialize in Egyptian subjects - especially experts in the economy, technology or the environment. Please send a note about your idea and your credentials for writing it to editor@myeyeonegypt.net before starting. We'll let you know if we believe the story will work.

Suggestions for stories, authors and/experts
If you know someone whose Egyptian voice ought to be heard, let us know. We'll track them down.

Book Reviews
Reviews of books by Egyptian writers in English or on Egyptian subjects for possible publication. We regret that we can't translate or pay. 750 word limit; shorter is better. Please include scan of cover. Submit to editor@myeyeonegypt.net

Readers Say
Put your ideas on our reader's forum and get published as soon as the moderator clears your post.

Note
Please send all submissions to editor@myeyeonegypt.net. Unfortunately we have neither the capacity to translate from Arabic at this time, nor are we able to pay contributors.

Style Guidelines

Purpose of the Site
To create, over time, an easily accessible and rich portrait of contemporary Egypt and to deepen westerners' knowledge about the Egyptian-Arab world.
Audience
General English speaking audience in the West

Style
Easily accessible. That is, friendly, easy to read. For greater complexity or depth, link to more challenging pieces on other sites. To set the tone of your piece, look at the work on the site.

Content and Length
Study the site to see how your story will fit, then send a note to editor@myeyeonegypt.net We'll respond as soon as possible. Note that the stories are relatively short (1000 words is gigantic); better to break up a more complicated pieces into independent pieces. Photographs are a must.

Photos
Love them. Need them. They're a critical part of our easily accessible strategy. Best is to send them jpeg, reduced to the side of image you would like them to appear on screen. We also welcome, as you have seen, slide shows/web journals.

People's blog
If you live in Egypt and would like to blog from some Egyptians who don't have access to the internet, please send his or her comments to peoples editor@myeyeonegypt.net along with your phone number. We'll let you know if the entry doesn't seem right for the blog, otherwise we'll post it.


	About Eye on Egypt Welcome Team Welcome to Potential Contributors Style Guidelines Welcome Famously, Egypt has pharoahs and tombs. But the Egypt of today is less well known. Its people get lumped together as "Arabs" or "Muslims" or even "terrorists," when they are, in fact, multiethnic, multireligious and unusually peaceful. As an Egyptian-American, one with strong allegiances to both countries, I'd like them to be better understood and appreciated by the English speaking world. I believe it's important, partly to help overcome the troublesome absence of understanding between the western and Arab worlds, but also because there is a major 21st century drama going on here: the struggle of a people with calm, conservative traditions to grasp the ideas and changes hurling towards them and somehow tame them, Egyptianize them, and maybe, put something new back into the global mix.   So this is a website about Egypt today. It is not a news site, but an evolving portrait of Egypt's people, their values, their lives and personalities, what they love and what they'd love to change.   I hope you will visit often and comment when you do.   Amal Sedky Winter, Publisher Team Amal Sedky Winter, Publisher Amal is the instigator and guiding mind of this site. With an American mother and Egyptian father, Amal grew up in Egypt; spent her adulthood in the States and today divides her time between the two countries She is a psychologist by profession. And, in her long career, also served as educator, speaker, writer and Arab-American community leader. Her political empowerment work for the U.S. State Department and other organizations has taken her Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait, Palestine, Bahrain and Iraq. In Egypt, her work has included a USAID funded project for family courts. She is currently teaching child development to teachers at the American University of Cairo. Contact: amal@myeyeonegypt.net Sheryl Ga Feldman, Editor Sheryl is site designer as well as editor, writer and photographer for My Eye On Egypt. Her 25 years of exploring and writing about cross-cultural themes have taken her to Sub-Saharan and Northern Africa a, Southeast Asia, Indian and Central America. In the US, where she lives, she has written about the Amish, African-Americans and Whites. Contact: sheryl@myeyeonegypt.net Welcome to Potential Contributors Point of View The purpose of this website is to make Egypt and its peoples better understood and appreciated by those, primarily out of the county, who speak English. In writing, think about what your subject reveals about contemporary Egyptian character or culture. For this reason, we are particularly interested in Egyptian contributors. Written Contributions Written in English by Egyptians and by those who specialize in Egyptian subjects - especially experts in the economy, technology or the environment. Please send a note about your idea and your credentials for writing it to editor@myeyeonegypt.net before starting. We'll let you know if we believe the story will work. Suggestions for stories, authors and/experts If you know someone whose Egyptian voice ought to be heard, let us know. We'll track them down. Book Reviews Reviews of books by Egyptian writers in English or on Egyptian subjects for possible publication. We regret that we can't translate or pay. 750 word limit; shorter is better. Please include scan of cover. Submit to editor@myeyeonegypt.net Readers Say Put your ideas on our reader's forum and get published as soon as the moderator clears your post. Note Please send all submissions to editor@myeyeonegypt.net. Unfortunately we have neither the capacity to translate from Arabic at this time, nor are we able to pay contributors. Style Guidelines Purpose of the Site To create, over time, an easily accessible and rich portrait of contemporary Egypt and to deepen westerners' knowledge about the Egyptian-Arab world. Audience General English speaking audience in the West Style Easily accessible. That is, friendly, easy to read. For greater complexity or depth, link to more challenging pieces on other sites. To set the tone of your piece, look at the work on the site. Content and Length Study the site to see how your story will fit, then send a note to editor@myeyeonegypt.net We'll respond as soon as possible. Note that the stories are relatively short (1000 words is gigantic); better to break up a more complicated pieces into independent pieces. Photographs are a must. Photos Love them. Need them. They're a critical part of our easily accessible strategy. Best is to send them jpeg, reduced to the side of image you would like them to appear on screen. We also welcome, as you have seen, slide shows/web journals. People's blog If you live in Egypt and would like to blog from some Egyptians who don't have access to the internet, please send his or her comments to peoples editor@myeyeonegypt.net along with your phone number. We'll let you know if the entry doesn't seem right for the blog, otherwise we'll post it.