Heba Yosry
Teacher and writer, Cairo
Heba Yosry teaches psychology and philosophy in Cairo, specialising in Arabic literature and philosophy. She is interested in gender studies, metaphysics and language.
Written by Heba Yosry
History of psychology and psychiatry
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How a Viennese genius (not the one you think) understood penis envy
Karen Horney’s challenge to Freudian psychosexual theory helped me say ‘penis’ without flinching in my Cairo classroom
by Heba Yosry
Spirituality and religion
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From sexual union to the divine – the teachings of Ibn al-‘Arabi
The Sufi scholar Ibn al-‘Arabi was a divine lover who saw the initial act of creation mirrored in the male-female union
by Heba Yosry