Beneath the hum of an air conditioner in Cairo’s upper-middle-class neighbourhood of Heliopolis, Amr Ali, a dental student who is a devout believer, sits in his bedroom and types furiously, “We the Muslim Youth Can Change This World.” The quest has become so consuming that Ali’s father, an orthopedic surgeon worries that his son might be unfairly tagged as a radical by security forces.
“We can change perceptions about Islam,” he said. “I now have a relationship with an American guy on Facebook. He first contacted me by calling me a terrorist. ‘Do you belong to al-Qaeda?’ But I’ve explained the nature of Islam, using Quran verses to correct his misperceptions."
Epaper
Newsletter
Stocks
Weather
Horoscope
