The traditional Ramadan lantern may transform from handcrafted brass into LED lights, and the mesaharati may be replaced by a smartphone alarm. Here is where Ramadan intersects with what I call the “governance of meaning.” Governance should not be confined to laws, regulations, and institutional structures. The issue is proportion and purpose: does the market serve meaning, or is meaning instrumentalized to serve the market? Societies do not collapse only under economic or political crises; they weaken when their shared meaning erodes. True governance is not measured by the number of decisions issued, but by our ability to steward meaning.

Source: Daily News Egypt February 17, 2026 17:07 UTC