Alexandria Trust appoints Dayna Bahig honorary representative in Alexandria
London, 28 November 2013 – The Alexandria Trust announced this week that Dayna Bahig has joined the organisation’s team as honorary representative in Alexandria, Egypt. Dayna lives in Alexandria where she heads communications and public relations for her family’s petroleum business. She is also the youngest ever board member of the Schutz American School of Alexandria. “I am very pleased to announce the appointment of Dayna Bahig to the role of honorary representative...
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Al-Fanar Media to train Arab journalists to write about education
London, 14 November 2013 – Al-Fanar Media, a project of the Alexandria Trust, has received a grant from the U.N. Democracy Fund for work that will expand the depth and range of Arab education journalism and spur public discussion of education. The Al-Fanar Media editors, together with a group of mentors, will support, train and equip Arab journalists to write about a wide spectrum of educational issues, and to bring many such...
Read MoreAlexandria Trust hosts dinner in honour of Ismail Serageldin at the Royal Society
London, 14 November 2013 – At a dinner hosted by the Alexandria Trust at the Royal Society in his honour, Ismail Serageldin, Founding Director of the Library of Alexandria, delivered remarks on “Education and the Future of the Arab World”. His talk first covered the events in Egypt and the ongoing turmoil following the Arab Spring; and the vital role of education in the future of the Arab World. The remarks were well received by the...
Read MoreAlexandria workshop discusses governance in Egypt’s universities
London, 14 October 2013 – The Alexandria Trust convened today a timely roundtable on governance in Egyptian universities, a critical sector for the long-term success of the Egyptian society and economy. The roundtable was sponsored by the Ford Foundation in Cairo and hosted at the Library of Alexandria. Several university presidents, faculty and administrators participated in the meeting chaired by the Director of the Library of Alexandria.
Al-Fanar Media features articles by Librarian of Alexandria and NASA scientist
London, 18 July 2013 – Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria in Egypt and Farouk El-Baz, Director of Boston University Center for Remote Sensing shared their insights on higher education with readers of Al-Fanar Media. In his editorial entitled Tomorrow’s Universities and the Seven Pillars of the Knowledge Revolution, Serageldin traces the changes in the patterns of knowledge and science parallel to changes in information technology, highlighting how this will be...
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Frances Guy presents the vision of the Alexandria Trust at GSx 2013
Leipzig, 6 July 2013 – Frances Guy, Representative for UN Women in Iraq and board member of the Alexandria Trust, presented the vision of the Trust to the Global Skills Exchange (GSx) conference in Leipzig, Germany, alongside WorldSkills 2013. The challenge for this year’s conference was to tackle the massive imbalances and skills gaps that exist between developed and emerging economies. In a short presentation that packed a lot of important messages, Frances spoke of...
Read MoreInternational gathering explores education-focused Arab philanthropy
St. Louis, 30 May 2013 – St. Louis became the meeting place for all concerned with education matters, as thousands came to attend the 65th NAFSA annual conference, May 27 – 31. After an opening speech by former UN secretary-General Koffi Annan, the conference heard from experts in fields related to international education from all over the world. As a guest speaker at the 2013 annual NAFSA conference, Salah Khalil, founding...
Read MoreSalah Khalil to deliver address at NAFSA’s 65th annual conference
London, 7 May 2013 – The Alexandria Trust is pleased to announce its participation in the upcoming conference of NAFSA: Association of International Educators in St. Louis, Missouri, May 27 – 31. Trust founder Salah Khalil will deliver an address on “Driving Catalytic Philanthropy for Education In the Arab World” at the conference on May 30. The Trust will also host a private reception celebrating the recent launch of Al-Fanar Media, a new independent...
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Trust signs agreement with Center for Educational Research and Development (CERD) in Lebanon
Beirut, 1 May 2013 – The Alexandria Trust has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Center for Educational Research and Development (CERD) in Lebanon, under which the UK-based charity will provide education consulting services. The MOU, signed by Alexandria Trust Executive Director David French, Lebanon’s caretaker Minister of Education and Higher Education Hassan Diab and CERDs’ President Leila Fayad, sets out the basis of co-operation between the parties with...
Read MoreAlexandria Trust appoints Shadi Arafa Operations Manager
London, 30 April 2013 – The Alexandria Trust announced this week that Shadi Arafa has joined the London team as Operations Manager starting Monday, April 29. From 2002 to 2011, Shadi was Special Aide to the Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Dr Ismail Serageldin, with whom he worked from the opening of the institution through its development as a major Egyptian and international facility. He subsequently came to London as a...
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