Integrative Health: What, Why and How?
Especially now, in the face of the new global challenges, we need to apply and promote a healthy and hygienic lifestyle, not only to face the new spreading disease but …
Information on the Situation in Regard to the Corona Virus
From the day of its foundation more than 40 years ago, SEKEM opened its doors to people from all over the world. It is our core value to exchange knowledge …
Experience Pure and Wild Nature in the Desert: Visiting Wahat-Farm
Our friends from ViandantiSì have been organizing trips to SEKEM for more than a year now. In the past months they also brought guests to SEKEM’s farm in Wahat El-Bahareya …
Special Offer: SEKEM Calender
The remaining SEKEM wall calendars for 2020 are now available at the SEKEM Shop for a special price of only 4.50 euros. With SEKEM through the year 2020: many pictures …
Heliopolis University Students Participate in an International Competition for $1Million Prize
Heliopolis University students participate in “Hult Prize”; an International Competition for $1Million Prize, for the second year in a row, in the context of motivating students and increasing their awareness …
A New Year with New Steps Towards our Vision for a Sustainable Future
As we send off the year 2019 and welcome the New Year, SEKEM takes another look at its Vision 2057 to set the goals for 2020. Zero waste and circular …
Christmas at SEKEM
In many parts of the world, Christmas is a time for celebrations, decorations, family, joy, kindness and giving to others; and for many industries it’s a time for high profitability …
Full of Confidence: Unfolding of Potential Becomes Visible Every Day
Full of excitement more than 250 people from all around the globe came to the Social Initiative Forum 2019 that took place at SEKEM and Heliopolis University from 11 to …
City of Stuttgart and SEKEM Want to Intensify Cooperation
The German city Stuttgart and Cairo have been twinned for 40 years already. As part of this anniversary, a delegation from the state capital of Baden-Württemberg traveled to the …
Art as Therapeutic Impulse for Perception
The visual artist Gerlinde Wendland is a longtime SEKEM friend who is coming to Egypt on a regular basis for many years already to work mainly with educators in regard …
From the Seed of an Idea – to the Growing and Unfolding of a Fruit
Elisabeth Rieger, one of SEKEM’s good friends and advocates, helped to organize a visit and collaboration with a German Choir to SEKEM. She tells about the insights of their experience …
Thirteen Villages Project Starts Again
SEKEM School and Heliopolis University are relaunching the Thirteen Villages Project. In 2004, Ibrahim Abouleish, SEKEM’s founder had initiated a project to develop the villages surrounding SEKEM Farm. The project …
Crowdfunding for Social Initiative Forum in SEKEM
Join! “Man Cannot Work Alone” is an essential belief that guided the social entrepreneur Ibrahim Abouleish when he established the SEKEM initiative in Egypt. We are inspired by this belief and think that overcoming …
SEKEM Celebrates “Unfolding Individual Potential” on Its 42nd Anniversary
SEKEM celebrated its 42nd anniversary and the school’s 30th anniversary under the theme of “Unfolding Individual Potential” by inviting all its community members, partners and friends. Every year, the annual …
Unfolding Individual Potential for the Future: Huge International Event at SEKEM
The Social Initiative Forum of the Goetheanum Worldwide takes place for the first time in Egypt. The Social Initiative Forum first started in 2000, aiming to create a network of …
Future Policy Award 2019 Goes to Best Policies Empowering Youth
The World Future Council announced the winners of the Future Policy Award 2019 on the 11th of October. This year the best policies empowering youth are awarded. The ceremony broadcast …
New Scholar Year Begins With New “Space of Culture” Season
SEKEM School as well as Heliopolis University, both like to provide their pupils and students with an energetic and exciting educational experience. The artistic program of the “Space of Culture”, …
Three Egyptian Eurythmists Went on a Journey
In the framework of the anniversary year “Waldorf100” that celebrates 100 years of Waldorf education worldwide, and thanks to committed SEKEM friends, three eurythmy teachers from the SEKEM school went …
Culture in the Desert: Eurythmy for Farm Employees
At the SEKEM Farm in the Western Desert in Wahat El-Bahariya dry land is being made fertile. The campaign “Greening the Desert” aims to green 63 hectares of desert soils. …
Invitation: Solutions for Scaling up Agroecology exist, report renowned global experts at Heliopolis University in Cairo
Cairo, September 12th, 2019: Prof. Dr. Mohamed Soliman, Representative of the Egyptian Minister of Agriculture and President of the Agricultural Research Center, Uwe Gehlen Head of German Development Cooperation in …