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Voice Of The Copts

Voice Of The Copts


I enjoy reaching out to my connections on Linkedin in an effort to get to know others better. Please feel free to let me know a bit about yourself after reading who I am below. Maybe we can help one another.

Here is a little about me. My name is Dr. Ashraf Ramelah. I currently run a non-profit (Voice of the Copts) where we help raise awareness on the issues of what is happening to Christians in Egypt today. It is truly a tragedy, and I want to do all that I can to help these families and bring them hope.

Our current project is called La Casa Futura. This is a program giving young Egyptians a future outside of religious persecution in Egypt as we assimilate them into Western culture. I recently had two TV interviews on cable news regarding these issues where I go in depth about the La Casa Futura solution.

Please feel free to watch these interviews here...
These issues are severe, and I feel that La Casa Futura is the solution to save hundreds of individuals from the persecution and violence happening every day in Egypt.

We have posted a La Casa Futura fundraising campaign to the GoFundme site. Here we hope to raise $100,000 to help launch La Casa Futura and give friends of our project a chance to invest in this worthy cause.
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Please connect with me so that we can discuss what we can do to help each other and how we can spread awareness as quickly as possible for these Christian families in need.

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Why isn’t the Whole World Economically Developed?

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Why isn’t the Whole World Economically Developed?

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Are some cultures more conducive to economic growth than others? This is the uncomfortable, and politically incorrect question raised by economist Gregory Clark in his new book “A Farewell to Alms”, subtitled “A Brief Economic History of the World.”  Why, do we have a world where some countries enjoy unprecedented wealth while others languish far behind?
When I studied international economics in the 1960s, the explanations offered for development focused on geography, climate, soil fertility, resource endowments, religion, work ethic, ignorance of economic principles, and more. Professor Clark provocatively argues that culture is the main determinant of the wealth or poverty of nations.  He asks:  Why hasn’t industrialization made the whole world richer? After all, the key technological, organizational and political innovations propelled by the Industrial Revolution are well known to all societies, and all societies can employ them. So, why isn’t the whole world economically developed?

In Dr. Clark’s thesis, one reason for this intellectual puzzle is that some societies “cannot instantly adopt the institutions and technologies of the more advanced economies, because they have not yet culturally adapted to the demands of productive capitalism.” The modern production technologies employed by the rich countries require labor forces that are disciplined and engaged, and this discipline and engagement are often lacking in the labor forces of the poorest countries.

To phrase it differently, whereas production technologies themselves can be replicated, it is not so easy to replicate the social environment that supports productive cooperation and innovation. For many poor countries their social environment constitutes a culture trap of inefficiency.  They are able to replicate production technologies, but not the social environment required to use those technologies efficiently.

Trade, commerce, and business stimulate, and are in turn stimulated by innovations. Yet, the application of innovations can be impeded by a reluctant social culture.  For example, in medieval Europe, the demands of commerce propelled the replacement of cumbersome Roman numerals with Arabic numerals. But in that same Europe, the state and religious organizations, shielded from market demands, were very slow to adopt this mathematical innovation.  Arabic numerals were widely used in business from the thirteenth century onward, but the English Treasury was still keeping its accounts in Roman numerals in the sixteen century.  The reader may be able to provide examples of small businessmen today still bookkeeping in paper ledgers.

In economic terms, poor countries are principally characterized by inefficiency in production as well as deficiency in innovation.   But the problem has not been one of access to technologies; rather, the problem has been one of using the new technologies ineffectively. It turns out, that when poor countries use the same production technology as rich countries they end up using much more labor per unit of output.  Research shows that poor countries add so much labor to the production process that they end up losing their inherent lower labor cost advantage.

However, the problem may not be all due to a lack of discipline and engagement in the labor force. The poorest countries also have the least effective management. In these societies, a sort of socially induced lethargy appears to be widespread with reference to work.  It is not clear what foments the cultural characteristics that enable economic growth.  As Dr. Clark’s points out, there is no satisfactory theory to explain the underlying causes of the differences in labor productivity among societies.

That said, the social interactions that govern the attitudes of people towards work and cooperation are magnified by the economic system in place. This is evident in productivity differences between efficient free market societies and inefficient government controlled economies, and between free thinking peoples and those where authorities seek to enforce fallacious dogmas about economic development.

Just as importantly, this cultural thesis challenges the idea that poor societies can be economically developed through outside intervention.  Thus, it is incumbent on each nation to promote, not just the application of modern technologies, but the capitalist culture of a free, accomplished, disciplined, and engaged population. Only then can we aspire to an economically developed world.

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José Azel, Ph.D.
José Azel left Cuba in 1961 as a 13 year-old political exile in what has been dubbed Operation Pedro Pan - the largest unaccompanied child refugee movement in the history of the Western Hemisphere.

He is currently dedicated to the in-depth analyses of Cuba's economic, social and political state, with a keen interest in post-Castro-Cuba strategies. Formerly, a Senior Scholar at the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies (ICCAS) at the University of Miami, Jose Azel has published extensively on Cuba related topics.

In 2012 and 2015, Dr. Azel testified in the U.S. Congress on U.S.-Cuba Policy, and U.S. National Security.  He is a frequent speaker and commentator on these and related topics on local, national and international media.  He holds undergraduate and masters degrees in business administration and a Ph.D. in International Affairs from the University of Miami.

José along with his wife Lily are avid skiers and adventure travelers.  In recent years they have climbed Grand Teton in Wyoming, trekked Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and Machu Pichu in Peru.  They have also hiked in Tibet and in the Himalayas to Mt. Everest Base Camp.

They cycled St. James Way (
El Camino de Santiago de Compostela) and cycled alongside the Danube from Germany to Hungary. They have scuba dived in the Bay Islands off the Honduran coast.

Their adventurers are normally dedicated to raise funds for causes that are dear to them. 
Watch Joe & Lily summit Kilimanjaro.

Books by Dr. José Azel
In Reflections on FreedomJosé Azel brings together a collection of his columns published in prestigious newspapers.  Each article reveals his heartfelt and personal awareness of the importance of freedom in our lives.  They are his reflections after nearly sixty years of living and learning as a Cuban outside Cuba. In what has become his stylistic trademark, Professor Azel brilliantly introduces complex topics in brief journalistic articles.
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En Reflexiones sobre la libertad José Azel reúne una colección de sus columnas publicadas en prestigiosos periódicos. Cada artículo revela su percepción sincera y personal de la importancia de la libertad en nuestras vidas. Son sus reflexiones después de casi sesenta años viviendo y aprendiendo como cubano fuera de Cuba.  En lo que ha resultado ser característica distintiva de sus artículos, el Profesor Azel introduce con brillantez complejos temas en  breves artículos de carácter periodístico.
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Mañana in Cuba is a comprehensive analysis of contemporary Cuba with an incisive perspective of the Cuban frame of mind and its relevancy for Cuba's future.
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Pedazos y Vacíos is a collection of poems written in by Dr. Azel in his youth. Poems are in Spanish.
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UN Demonstration For Cuba, Nicaragua & Venezuela

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FREEDOM FOR CUBA,
NICARAGUA & VENEZUELA!

Demonstration at the U.N.
Thursday, September 27, 4:00-5:30PM

47th St. and 1st Ave., New York, NY 10017



Cubans, Nicaraguans, and all freedom lovers, our Venezuelan brothers and sisters have invited us to join them and together denounce the dictatorships of Castro, Maduro, and Ortega during the General Assembly in New York City.

Let world leaders witness our clamor for freedom, democracy, and human rights in Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua. Let them know that de facto presidents hijacking the people's sovereignty are not our legitimate representatives and do not speak for us.

Please bring your banners and flags and plan to arrive on time.

* Nikki Haley, the US Ambassador to the UN might join the demonstration.

Down with dictators!
No to neo-communism!
No to Cuba’s interference in Venezuela and Nicaragua!

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The Narcissism of Small Differences in Cuba’s History

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The Narcissism of Small Differences in Cuba’s History

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A man was standing on a cliff about to jump when another man yelled: Stop, don’t do it!
Jumper: Why shouldn’t I?
Second man: Because there is so much to live for!
Jumper: Like what?
Second man: Are you religious?
Jumper: Yes
Second man: Me too.  Are you Christian of Buddhist?
Jumper: Christian.
Second man: Me too.  Are you Catholic or Protestant?
Jumper: Protestant.
Second man: Me too.  Are you Episcopalian or Baptist?
Jumper: Baptist.
Second man: Great. Are you original Baptist Church of God or are you Reformed Baptist Church of God?
Jumper: Reformed Baptist Church of God
Second man: Me too. Are you reformation of 1879, or reformation of 1915?
Jumper: Reformation of 1915.
Second man, while angrily pushing jumper off the cliff: Die, you heretic scum!
I came across this witticism while researching Sigmund Freud’s theory of the “Narcissism of small differences.” In his thesis, Freud argues that “It is precisely the minor differences in people who are otherwise alike that form the basis of feelings of hostility between them.” He called this phenomenon the narcissism of small differences.

In political science, the narcissism of small differences offers on explanation as to why communities with similar ethnic, linguistic, and cultural backgrounds, and often in adjoining territories, tend to engage in feuds. In many cases of ethno-nationalist conflict, the deepest hatred is shown by communities that, by most appearances, exhibit very few significant distinctions.

For instance, the violence in Kyrgyzstan between the Uzbek and Kyrgyz populations, the toxic confrontations in the Punjab, Northern Ireland, Cyprus, Sri Lanka, and in Belgium between French and Flemish-speaking Belgians; the cruelty of the Balkan Wars, the Hutu and Tutsi viciousness in Rwanda and Burundi, the Iranian Shiite-Sunni conflict, and many more. Of course, once a conflict begins, other differences and topics act as multipliers for the hostility.

With his narcissism of small differences, Freud gave us an analytical framework, but not much more of a causal explanation. It has been suggested that the distress is narcissistic in nature because it is as if we are looking at ourselves in a mirror.

I have come to think of the narcissism of small differences when contemplating schisms in opposition movements, particularly in Cuba’s history from the wars for independence of the 19thCentury to the last six decades of opposition to the Castro regime. Some episodes, such as the shameful abandonment of Cuban patriot Carlos Manuel de Céspedes by his compatriots, had tragic consequences. Céspedes, who in 1868 freed his slaves and launched Cuba’s Ten Years’ War, was later deposed in a leadership coup. The new Cuban government would not let him go into exile and denied him an escort. Left unprotected, Spanish troops killed him in 1874.

Cuban opposition to the Castro regime, since its origins in 1959, has been fragmented, made up of myriad groups lacking in operational unity. Often the schisms had political or philosophical underpinnings, but also resulted from tactical differences, revanchism, and personal ambitions for protagonism. This disunity perseveres to this day, often initiated or exploited by Cuba’s ever-present counterintelligence services. But these are all Cuban nationals that tragically fight each other viciously, notwithstanding an overriding common objective of opposition to communist ideology.  Is this a manifestation of the narcissism of small differences?

Understandably, opposition groups cannot aspire to agree on the whole of their diverging political-economic programs. But, as was the case with the Founding Fathers, it is necessary to work together with those who may have different political ideas but who are willing to unite over specific issues and rights.

Rather than a criticism, Freud’s narcissism of small differences offers opposition groups a template for constructive introspection.

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Lily & José
 
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This article was originally published in English in the Miami Herald and in Spanish in El Nuevo Herald.
 
José Azel, Ph.D.
José Azel left Cuba in 1961 as a 13 year-old political exile in what has been dubbed Operation Pedro Pan - the largest unaccompanied child refugee movement in the history of the Western Hemisphere.

He is currently dedicated to the in-depth analyses of Cuba's economic, social and political state, with a keen interest in post-Castro-Cuba strategies. Formerly, a Senior Scholar at the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies (ICCAS) at the University of Miami, Jose Azel has published extensively on Cuba related topics.

In 2012 and 2015, Dr. Azel testified in the U.S. Congress on U.S.-Cuba Policy, and U.S. National Security.  He is a frequent speaker and commentator on these and related topics on local, national and international media.  He holds undergraduate and masters degrees in business administration and a Ph.D. in International Affairs from the University of Miami.

José along with his wife Lily are avid skiers and adventure travelers.  In recent years they have climbed Grand Teton in Wyoming, trekked Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and Machu Pichu in Peru.  They have also hiked in Tibet and in the Himalayas to Mt. Everest Base Camp.

They cycled St. James Way (
El Camino de Santiago de Compostela) and cycled alongside the Danube from Germany to Hungary. They have scuba dived in the Bay Islands off the Honduran coast.

Their adventurers are normally dedicated to raise funds for causes that are dear to them. 
Watch Joe & Lily summit Kilimanjaro.

Books by Dr. José Azel
In Reflections on FreedomJosé Azel brings together a collection of his columns published in prestigious newspapers.  Each article reveals his heartfelt and personal awareness of the importance of freedom in our lives.  They are his reflections after nearly sixty years of living and learning as a Cuban outside Cuba. In what has become his stylistic trademark, Professor Azel brilliantly introduces complex topics in brief journalistic articles.
Buy Now
En Reflexiones sobre la libertad José Azel reúne una colección de sus columnas publicadas en prestigiosos periódicos. Cada artículo revela su percepción sincera y personal de la importancia de la libertad en nuestras vidas. Son sus reflexiones después de casi sesenta años viviendo y aprendiendo como cubano fuera de Cuba.  En lo que ha resultado ser característica distintiva de sus artículos, el Profesor Azel introduce con brillantez complejos temas en  breves artículos de carácter periodístico.
Compre Aqui
Mañana in Cuba is a comprehensive analysis of contemporary Cuba with an incisive perspective of the Cuban frame of mind and its relevancy for Cuba's future.
Buy now

 
Pedazos y Vacíos is a collection of poems written in by Dr. Azel in his youth. Poems are in Spanish.
Buy now
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