“Why are we [Egypt] not participating in global design? We have one of the oldest ongoing traditions of design in the world, it never stopped ...Now we’re not participating, there are no publications, no taste, no quality. You see in our industry horrible physical environments, no aesthetic. It’s not that we’re missing talent, or people, or infrastructure..”

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