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“HIV brings out the best and the worst in humanity, and the laws reflect these attitudes.”

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Shereen El Feki is a distinguished journalist born in 1968. She has made substantial contributions to journalism, particularly in the areas of sexuality and public health. El Feki's work is recognized for its depth and influence, and she has been engaged in numerous projects aimed at raising awareness and fostering understanding of these intricate issues. more

“It's very fashionable to talk about human trafficking, in this fantastic A-C hall. It's very nice for discussion, discourse, making films and everything. But it is not nice to bring them to our homes. It's not nice to give them employment in our factories, our companies. It's not nice for our children to study with their children. There it ends. That's my biggest challenge.”

“Modern language must be older than the cave paintings and cave engravings and cave sculptures and dance steps in the soft clay in the caves in Western Europe, in the Aurignacian Period some 35,000 years ago, or earlier. I can't believe they did all those things and didn't also have a modern language.”

“The software programs that make our body run ... were evolved in very different times. We'd like to actually change those programs. One little software program, called the fat insulin receptor gene, basically says, 'Hold onto every calorie, because the next hunting season may not work out so well.' That was in the interests of the species tens of thousands of years ago. We'd like to turn that program off.”

Quote by Shereen El Feki

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