On the anniversary of the October victory, the Earth Guards, a symposium on peace, justice and strong institutions is held in cooperation with Cairo University

Peace remains a basic condition for any real development. Societies cannot be built, resources cannot be managed, and the environment cannot be preserved in the absence of security and stability. Because peace requires comprehensive justice that guarantees the rights of all members of societies, and builds strong institutions capable of operating efficiently, transparently, and subject to accountability.

From this standpoint comes the sixteenth goal of the seventeen sustainable development goals, which directly links peace, justice and strong institutions in one context, to be a pillar on which the rest of the goals are based.

وفي مصر يحمل الحديث عن السلام دلالة خاصة؛ because Egyptian memory is linked to the October 1973 War, which was a historical epic to regain the land and a gateway to peace based on strength and will. Therefore, commemorating the Day of Dignity seems an appropriate occasion to re-ask two important questions: How is peace maintained? What is the role of justice and institutions in protecting and sustaining it?

In this context, The Earth Guards Foundation, headed by Dr. Muhammad Zeyada, Chairman of the Foundation’s Board of Trustees, organized – in conjunction with the celebration of the fifty-third anniversary of the glorious October victory – a symposium entitled “Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions” in the Great Celebration Hall at Cairo University, in cooperation with the university.

The symposium combined the value of victory and the meaning of peace, and opened a discussion about justice as a basis for sustainable development goals, in a diverse audience that included about 3,000 young men and women, along with a number of Egyptian army commanders. Strategic experts and a group of media professionals, in addition to many faculty members at Cairo University.

At the head of the audience were Major General A.H. Mahmoud Talha, “former Director of the Command and Staff College”, Major General A.H.D. Khaled Abdel-Wareth, “expert in military and political affairs”, Dr. Mohamed Hussein Refaat, “Vice President of Cairo University for Community Service and Environmental Development”, Dr. Reham Farouk, “Secretary General of The Earth Guards Foundation”, and Professor Tamer Amin, “the able journalist”, who He moderated the symposium.

How did the symposium go?

The “Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions Symposium” began with the playing of the Republican National Anthem, and then the song “De Misrna” was broadcast to the audience, sung by the artist Bahaa Sultan, written by Dr. Muhammad Zeyada, and produced by The Earth Guards Foundation.

What was the most prominent thing presented in the symposium?

In the beginning was the speech of Major General A.H. Mahmoud Talha, in which he addressed the challenges that faced Egypt before the October War in 1973. Then he explained how a simple idea was the reason for achieving a sustainable victory, which was the idea of Engineer Baqi Zaki Youssef, “Head of the Vehicles Branch of the Third Field Army during the October War.” That Egyptian fighter who thought of using water cannons to open gaps in the dirt berm of the Bar Lev Line, turning an obstacle that seemed impossible into a successful crossing.

As for Major General A.H.D. Khaled Abdel-Wareth, “an expert in military and political affairs,” he stressed the importance of President Sisi’s speech, which he delivered at the Egypt Forum 2026, where he stressed the necessity of building strong and effective institutions. Based on the fact that these institutions are a pillar Essential for the stability of the state and protecting its security.

Never-ending crossing

In the context of the sustainable development goals, there was a speech by Dr. Muhammad Zeyada, “Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Earth Guards Foundation”, where he discussed the relationship between peace, justice and building strong institutions, and how the stability of countries is linked to justice applied to everyone and institutions with clear responsibility.

This was before he concluded his speech with a poem that began with his saying:

By including a famous poetic line, Dr. Muhammad Ziadeh evokes in these verses the scene of the crossing, asking what we have made of the legacy of the glorious October victory? How do we turn his memory into a continuing renaissance in science, work and economics?

Glories and heroism, their true value remains dependent – as the poem suggests – on the ability of subsequent generations to preserve them. That is, the lessons of crossing do not end with the end of the battle, and victory should not turn into a story that we tell far from the foundations of construction and advancement on the ground.

Then Dr. Mohamed Hussein Refaat, “Vice President of Cairo University for Community Service and Environmental Development Affairs,” spoke; He pointed out that “Generation Z” tends to listen and watch more than read. Therefore, in his speech, he called for developing the cinematic field to shed light on the October victories in a way that conveys the memory of modern Egypt to new generations.

From what was presented at the Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions symposium – which came in cooperation between The Earth Guards Foundation and Cairo University – it confirms to us that the value of the glorious October victory is measured by the ability it leaves behind to build the future, when the memory of the war goes beyond the limits of celebrating the past, becoming a test of the extent of our ability to Drawing inspiration from his lessons in facing the challenges of the present and preparing for the future.

This vision is the main starting point of The Earth Guards Foundation, in addition to its belief that the sixteenth goal of the Sustainable Development Goals represents a real test of the ability of countries to achieve comprehensive justice. This leaves future generations with a sustainable legacy that deserves to be preserved.