Josef Nasr is a graduate student in Corporate Management and Public Administration at HEC Paris and Sciences Po Paris. Based in Paris, France, he holds a dual bachelor's degree in political science and international relations from Sciences Po Paris and Freie Universität Berlin. He was a member of the 2023 cohort of Acton's Emerging Leaders Program and is fluent in French, Arabic, English, and German.
Posts by Josef Nasr
November 20, 2025
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The Gay Science (1882), German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche famously proclaimed the death of God. Recognizing the enormous implications of secularization and the uprooting of Christianity’s “fundamental concept” (faith in God) and the resulting moral confusion, he exclaimed: “God is dead!
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March 04, 2025
On August 31, 2023, the French Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports issued a statement titled “Respect of Republican Values” (
Respect des Valeurs de la République), forbidding pupils to wear the
abaya in public schools throughout the national territory.
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October 08, 2024
Waking up in a foreign land, immediately rushing to my phone, looking up what happened last night, under the iron and the fire, while I was asleep, with nothing over my head but the stars and the cold breeze of the night.
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July 19, 2023
Berlin is a city saturated with history. Everywhere—on every corner, in every park, behind every wall and in every building—one stumbles on a piece of that which once was, scattered by the wind of time and silently reminding the indifferent faces of the weight of the past.
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