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"David” by Bernini is a life-size marble sculpture depicting the biblical David, about to throw the stone that will bring down Goliath, whom he then beheads. Compared to earlier works on this subject such as the David of Michelangelo, the sculpture…

Monica Mamdouh Naguib, a student at the American University of Cairo, interviewed Malak Zaalouk as part of school projects on well-being through oral history.

The author explores questions about the kind of freedom personal or agential autonomy is said to require.

The Principle of Alternative Possibilities (PAP) and how it relates to aspects of well-being.

An iconic monologue from Shakespeare's Henry V

This is an old picture of Cairo University, which may or may not be related to the education of our subject.

Christian imagery, especially the theatrically bloody martyrdoms that hang in Mexican churches, pervades Frida's iconography. Her house in Coyoacan displays a particularly gruesome Road to Calvary, in which the overemphasis on Christ's wounds seizes…

Hams Khamis, a student at the American University of Cairo, interviewed her mother as part of our projects on well-being.

A selection from "The Poems of Dylan Thomas".