A Life and a Vision
Ibrahim Abouleish knew ever since finishing school, that he could do something for his country. “I will build factories where the people can work…. I will build workshops for women and girls…. I will build a large theater…” is what he wrote to his father after graduating from high school, just before leaving Egypt for Austria. (See book Sekem a Sustainable Community in the Egyptian Desert) The vision took him first to Europe to acquire a broad education, become a chemical engineer of high reputation and a doctor. When he finally returned to Egypt at age forty, he decided he was willing to sacrifice his past of success to start farming on marginal desert land, figuring that if it could be done there it could be replicated everywhere. (more…)
A Revolution of Hope 