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Forty years after the SEKEM Initiative was founded, on June 15, 2017, its founder Ibrahim Abouleish passed away. One year later, the SEKEM community published a vision for the next …
“The night of fate, You night of fate, In you came the guidance of the people, In you, in the fasting month of Ramadan!” These words were resounded shortly before …
From 12 to 15 December the Social Initiative Forum will take place at SEKEM on the topic “Unfolding Individual Potential for the Future”. Recently, the comprehensive program has been finalized …
ViandantiSì is a newly born travel agency from Italy who works in close collaboration with the Italian organic biodynamic company NaturaSì. For half a year now ViandantiSì has been organising …
In April, the first students of the Faculty of Organic Agriculture at Heliopolis University for Sustainable Development spent two weeks on SEKEM’s farm for practical training of the Biodynamic course …
On April 27, the SEKEM Day 2019 took place in Stuttgart, this time on the topic of partnerships and global responsibility. The SEKEM Day is organized every year by the …
The SEKEM Development Foundation (SDF), Heliopolis University for Sustainable Development (HU) and Centre for Arab-West Understanding (CAWU) are organising a summer school : ‘Intercultural Dialogue for a Sustainable Future’ from …
Ine Looijmans and Carla Renders lead a Bamboo flute project at SEKEM School in April. Ine Looijmans visted SEKEM already for the fifth time and worked with the school students …
On Thursday the 18th of April, in the golden field, in sunny Egypt, SEKEM’s colleagues and friends got together with Heliopolis University Students to reap the harvest they have sown …
Recently, Heliopolis University (HU) was honoured by a visit from Dr. Michael Braungart, innovator in the field of sustainable development and co-founder of the concept of Cradle to Cradle (C2C). …
On the 8th of April, Prof. Dr. Evert Du Marchie van Voorthuysen, a Dutch expert from the renewable energy sector, gave a lecture at Heliopolis University (HU) on the contribution …
SEKEM invites you to the second phase of Let’s Seed the Future event, next Thursday April 18 on SEKEM’s main farm. We want to harvest the wheat we planted last …
The disposal or organized reuse of waste, especially plastic, is a particularly challenging problem in Egypt. Only about 60 percent of the waste is collected and less than 3 percent …
Last January 2018, Juan Bottero, Coordinator of the Social Initiative Forum, interviewed SEKEM Chief Relations Officer Thomas Abouleish on how SEKEM changed the cultural landscape of Egypt for over 40 …
On a sunny day, SEKEM celebrated the 2019 Spring Festival, the commemoration of the birthday of Ibrahim Abouleish, founder of SEKEM. This year SEKEM especially dedicated the annual festival to …
It’s important to take a moment to evaluate where we’ve been, where we stand, and where we want to be in the subject of gender equality which is an issue …
SEKEM community recently enjoyed the music of two classical musicians from the Netherlands. Supported by the Dutch SEKEM Friends Association, Astrid Abas and Dorien Verheijden visited SEKEM in early March. …
It was always Ibrahim Abouleish’s wish to pass on knowledge and experience to others, to let them try out themselves and even improve it. In this spirit SEKEM started the …
The SEKEM Friends Germany are inviting again to their annual SEKEM Day in Stuttgart. This year the event will take place on April 27 and the topic will be “Acting …
During this winter holidays, SEKEM initiated an art program for the teachers. It shall fill the gaps between teachers and students, as the learning experience is something that never stops …
