The Dilemma of Blaming

Written by: Rana Khaled Awwad “Reactive people…are often affected by their physical environment. They find external sources to blame for their behavior.” ~Stephan Covey. Is it positive? Or Negative? Is the idea of blaming an attitude that pushes you to be better? Or is it like a large stone that is tied to your legs […]

6 Personality Traits that Tell if you are a “Considerate” Employee

Written By: Rana Khaled Awwad “I find that being considerate of others and keeping what I say and what I do in agreement makes for a great night’s sleep.” – Steve Maraboli It indicates how literally “considerate” this personality trait is; that affecting other people-negatively or emotionally- tend to be reflected on considerate people’s lives. […]

Strength Lies in Differences, not in Similarities

Written by: Rana Khaled Awwad Edited by: Mona Timor Shehata Published by: Amira Haytham The fault is visualizing these powerful variations and differences as a curse only because we have different perspectives. Differences in abilities, thoughts, education, colour, religions, personalities and ideologies constitute a powerful society with wide variety because of one thing: Based on […]

Being Sentenced to AIDS

Written by: Rana Khaled Awwad Edited by: Muhammad Balbaa, Gilan Choubachy, Mona Timor Shehata Published by: Amira Haytham “And when I die, I won’t die from AIDS, I won’t die because of my disease, but yours.” This Quote mentioned in Hend Sabry’s movie “Asmaa” accurately describes the true suffering and the weight that an AIDS […]

I Always Harvest Less Than I Invest

Written by: Rana Khaled Awwad Edited by: Monda Salem, Mona Timor Shehata Published by: Amira Haytham I always ask myself this question and spontaneously find myself answering: “Yes, I always cultivate power more than I harvest, and the outcome is not always sufficient to compensate for the power invested in the income.” I admit that […]

I Will Tell You Why If There’s No Passion

Written by: Rana Khaled Awwad Edited by: Yara Mohamed   “life is not about only two choices; it is not about heart or mind; it is not black or white, for it is the mixture of all of them.A rainbow, you can say. Passion is the only thing that can lift you from ordinary to […]

Civil Work & HR

Written by: Rana Khaled Awwad Edited by: Yara Mohamed “Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.” Edgar Allan Poe When I was a teenager in high school, I used to think that life is all about education followed by work, with no transitional phase; phases, you get […]

A Choice

Written by: Rana Khaled Awwad Edited by: Heba Essam “The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.” Helen Keller Life is a perception; it gets darker or brighter depending on how we decide to “perceive” occurrences and choose our path. It is not about focusing on a glass half-full instead […]