Confrontation of Egyptian Thoughts in the Past Century

This article deals with briefly the confrontation between Laic and Islamic currents’ thoughts in the second half of 20th century. There were many debates on concepts of Laic, democracy, socialism and capitalism. Likewise, there were fervent discussions on the eligible political system, identity and how to improve the system as well as the national identity of Egyptians. A number of issues such as the relation between Islam and nationality, understanding the religion in terms of the time requirements and the relationship between Islamic religions were considered. The current discussion in fact is the complement of an article, Egyptian Cultural Conversations in the Past Century, printed in our volume no.