He found the city tough but was hooked on the possibilities of a society in transition.

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Her new book, Iron Butterflies: Women Transforming Themselves and the World captures a powerful time of transition in our society, led primarily by women.

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As part of the curriculum, the nurses destined for Germany have begun absorbing the tenets of German culture to ensure a smooth transition into Western society.

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So the sort of values that we would prefer to have in Egyptian society were really at risk in this transition.

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All these things do not go unnoticed, and people understand the need for an economic transition to put society on a more sustainable footing more than they ever have, in spite of efforts from some quarters to convince them otherwise.

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