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Meeting with members of the Swedish parliament Peter Wiederud, Director of Swedish Institute in Alexandria; Aly El Samman, president ADIC; Kenneth Forslund, Chairman of Committee of Foreign Affairs of Swedish Parliament; and members of the Committee Swedish Inisitute Alexandria (May 30, 2016)

Colloquium: Egypt, what ambitions after the revolution? Dr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali (former secretary general of the United Nations) and Dr. Aly El Samman (president, ADIC) l’Ecole Militaire, Paris (24-6-2015)

President of ADIC Speaks at Médiathèque Alliance Baron Edmond de Rothschild Ariel Danan (in charge of Médiathèque Alliance Baron Edmond de Rothschild) and Aly El Samman (president of ADIC) Médiathèque Alliance Baron Edmond de Rothschild, Paris (4-12-2014)

Lambeth Palace Launch for “Three Windows on Heaven” Mrs. James Watt, Adel Darwish, Dr. Marie-Laure Mimoun-Sorel, Dr. Aly El-Samman (president of ADIC), Mrs. El-Samman, Rev. Dr. Toby Howarth (secretary of interreligious affairs to the archbishop of Canterbury, and Max Scott (Gilgamesh Publishing) Lambeth Palace, London (25/11/2013)

Tony Blair visits Al Azhar With Grand Imam of Al Azhar Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi and British Prime Minister and Mrs. Tony Blair Al Azhar Cairo (1998)

European Parliament with Otto Von Hapsburg With Archduke Otto Von Habsburg, member of European Parliament and honorary member of ADIC Strasbourg, France (1994)

ADIC activates agreement with Nexos Alianza ADIC activates agreement with the media arm of the Alliance of Civilizations, Nexos Alianza With Enrique Gaspar, president of Nexos Alianza and Mr. Manuel Palacios Sanchez, president of Parque International de la Paz Euromediterraneo Madrid (25/7/2010)

Al Gore visits Al Azhar With Grand Imam of Al Azhar Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi and US Vice-President Al Gore Al Azhar Cairo (4/5/1998)

Prayer for Peace in Assisi Reading a message from Grand Imam of Al Azhar Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, in the presence of Pope John Paul II Prayer for Peace Conference Assisi, Italy (2002)

Spanish prime minister visits Al Azhar With Grand Imam of Al Azhar Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar Al Azhar Cairo (2006)

International Conference for Dialogue With HRH King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia Palacio El Pardo Madrid (2008)

World Economic forum with Havel and Kissinger Speaking with Czech President Vaclav Havel and Henry Kissinger, former U.S. Secretary of State at the World Economic Forum Prague (1998)

Historic visit of Pope Paul II to Al Azhar With Pope John Paul II and Grand Imam of Al Azhar Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi Al Azhar Cairo (2000)

Stony Brook University Launch for Three Windows on Heaven Rabbi Joseph Topek (chairman or Interfaith Center of Hillel for Jewish Campus Life), Dr. Aly El-Samman (president of ADIC), Helen Chueng (Asian Christian Campus Ministry), Joanne Buonocore (Catholic Campus Ministry) and Sanaa Nadim (Chaplain of the Islamic Society of the Interfaith Center at Stony Brook University) Interfaith Center at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York (24/3/2014)

ADIC and Swedish Institute hold intercultural roundtable Ambassador Birgitta Holst-Alani, Director of the Swedish Institute Alexandria; Dr. Aly El Samman, President of ADIC; Adel Darwish, British journalist; and Amr Shobki, Egyptian journalist participate in the roundtable discussion: Bridging Secularism and Religious Beliefs in Contemporary Societies Swedish Institute Alexandria (13/11/2012)

Salon du Livre de Paris Participating in a panel at the Salon du Livre de Paris With Aisha Aboul Noor, Egyptian novelist; Dr. Hanan Mounib, professor at Helwan University, Egypt; and Dr Azza Heikal, professor at the Institut national des civilisations et langues orientales Parc des Expositions, Porte de Versailles Paris (03/2009)

Rotary Club, le Caire-Champollion Giving a speech to the Rotary Club Le Caire-Champollion With Rotary president, Daniel Leroux Cairo (2008)

Al Azhar press conference With Grand Imam of Al Azhar Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi Al Azhar Cairo (2006)

Prince Charles visits Al Azhar With Prince Charles of Great Britain and Grand Imam of Al Azhar Gadelhaq Ali Gadelhaq Al Azhar Cairo (1998)

Tony Blair visits Al Azhar
With Grand Imam of Al Azhar Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi and British Prime Minister and Mrs. Tony Blair
Al Azhar
Cairo (1998)

World Economic Forum with Hillary Clinton Speaking with U.S. First Lady Hillary Clinton at the World Economic Forum Prague (1998)

Issuing a joint statement against sectarian strife in Egypt Coptic Pope Shenouda III and Grand Imam of Al Azhar Sheikh Ahmed Al Tayeb issue a joint statement against sectarian strife in Egypt With Pope Shenouda III and Guirgis Saleh; secretary general of Middle East Council of Churches Cairo (6/10/2010)

Sheikh Shaarawi and Pope Shenouda With the famous Muslim preacher, Sheikh Metwally Al Shaarawi, and Orthodox Coptic Pope Shenouda III Cairo (1994)

Historical agreement between Al Azhar and the Vatican Signing the historical agreement for permanent dialogue between Al Azhar and the Vatican With Pope John Paul II; Al Azhar’s Sheikh Zefzaf; the Vatican’s Cardinal Arinze, President of Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and Father Michael Fitzgerald Vatican City (28/5/1998)

El-Samman receives Legion of Honor Jean Felix-Paganon, the French foreign ministry’s special representative for the Sahel, presents Dr. Aly El Samman with the Legion of Honor Cercle de l’Union Interalliée Paris (9/3/2012)

Agreement between Al Azhar and the Anglican Communion Signing the historical agreement for permanent dialogue between Al Azhar and the Anglican Communion With Lord Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury; and Grand Imam of Al Azhar Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi Cairo (2000)

Mary Eisenhower visits Al Azhar With Grand Imam of Al Azhar Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi and Mary Eisenhower, president of “People to People International” Al Azhar Cairo (2003)

Dead Sea Peace Conference with Shimon Peres With Shimon Peres at a Dead Sea Conference on the Future of Peace Jordan (1977)

Visiting my childhood Coptic school in Tanta Visiting the school I attended as a child more than half a century ago Coptic Church and School Tanta, Egypt (2004)

Elysée Palace with Jacques Chirac With French president, Jacques Chirac Elysée Palace Paris (2006)

Vienna with Benita Ferrero Visiting Benita Ferrero, Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vienna (2004)

Grand Imam and Pope Shenouda With Grand Imam of Al Azhar Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi; Pope Shenouda III; and Fathi Sorour, speaker of the People’s Assembly Cairo (2006)

Archbishop of Canterbury visits Grand Imam Looking on as Grand Imam of Al Azhar Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi greets Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams Al Azhar Cairo (2005)

ADIC agreement with Nexos Alianza ADIC signs an agreement with Alliance of Civilization’s media arm, Nexos Alianza, to support culture of peace in Córdoba With Enrique Gaspar; president of Nexos Alianza and Fernando Expósito; deputy speaker of the Parliament of Córdoba Córdoba (28/6/2010)

ADIC Egypt First board of directors meeting, ADIC Egypt With Khalid Rabei; Executive Director, Nokia-Siemens Networks; Ghada Gharib; international relations manager, ADIC Egypt; Ghada Khalil, international manager, Nexos Allianza; Naguib Sawiris, CEO of Orascom; Dr. Munir Fakhri Abdel Nour, Minister of Tourism and Secretary General of the Wafd Party; Dr. Zeinab Radwan, professor of Islamic philosophy at the University of Fayoum and former parliamentarian, Dr. Aly El Samman, president of ADIC; and Mr. Enrique Gaspar, president of Nexos Allianza Cairo (12/1/2011)

World Public Forum “Dialogue of Civilizations”, Rhodes Dr. Aly El Samman, president of ADIC, delivers a speech on Sunni-Shia relations at the Rhodes Forum 2013 held by the World Public Forum “Dialogue of Civilizations” Rhodes, Greece (2-6/10/2013)

With Grand Imam of Al Azhar Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi Al Azhar Cairo (2006) With French president, Jacques Chirac Elysée Palace Paris (2006)

Vienna with Benita Ferrero Visiting Benita Ferrero, Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vienna (2004)

Telecoms presentation to Anwar Sadat The Consortium for Telecommunications presents its project to President Anwar Sadat With Mr. Wolfgang Sielig President of Siemens Germany shaking hands with President Sadat, and Austrian Jewish banker, Karl Kahane Cairo (1977)

Kamshish with Sartre and de Beauvoir Visiting the village of Kamshish wiith Jean Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir Menoufia Province, Egypt (2/1967)

My first trip to Iran Qom (1979)

Elysée Palace with François Mitterrand Interviewing French president, François Mitterand Elysée Palace Paris (1981)

Israel with Weizmann and Bassiouni With Israeli President Chaim Weizmann and Mohamed Bassiouni, Egyptian Ambassador to Israel Tel Aviv (1994)

French filming Anwar Sadat With President Anwar Sadat and the French journalists making a film about his life: Jean-François Chauvel, writer and Middle Eastern affairs specialist; reporter, Geneviève Chauvel; and French TV team Egypt (1973)

Introducing Lanzmann to Nasser Looking on with Simone de Beauvoir as President Nasser greets French journalist Claude Lanzmann Cairo (2/1967)

Visiting Sartre at home With Jean Paul Sartre at his home on rue de Raspail Paris (1966)

Introducing Sartre, de Beauvoir and Lanzmann to President Nasser With President Gamal Abdel Nasser before presenting him Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and Claude Lanzmann Cairo (2/1967)

My kottab in Tanta As a child in Qur’anic school Tanta, Egypt (1934)

Bad Wörishofen with Bruno Kreisky With Austrian Chancellor Bruno Kreisky Bad Wörishofen, Germany (1973)

Interfaith Conference at La Sorbonne With Dr. Hamdi Zagzoug, Dean of Theology Department at Al Azhar; Cardinal Franz Koening of Austria; and René Samuel Sirat, former Chief Rabbi of France La Sorbonne Paris (13/06/1994)

Tunis with Yasser Arafat With Yasser Arafat at his home, showing him the resolutions from the Sorbonne Conference Tunisia (1994)

Radio Monte Carlo with Tewfik El Hakim With Salma Shammah at Radio Monte Carlo during an interview with Egyptian writer Tewfik El Hakim Monte Carlo, France (1966)

Arrival in Egypt with Sartre, de Beauvoir and Lanzmann Hassanein Heikal, editor in chief of Al Ahram; Tewfik El Hakim, Egyptian writer; and Mr. and Mrs. Loutfi El Kholy greeting philosopher Jean Paul Sartre, writer Simone de Beauvoir, and journalist Claude Lanzmann, upon their arrival to Egypt Cairo (2/1967)

Luxembourg Gardens with Om Kalthoum With Om Kalthoum after her performance at the Olympia Luxembourg Gardens Paris (11/1967)

Les Dossiers de l’Ecran Participating in a panel on the famous French TV program, “Les Dossiers de l’Ecran” on the 20th anniversary of the Suez Crisis Paris (1967)

King Hassan II of Morocco (1973)

U.S. President Gerald Ford (1973)

Historic visit of Pope Paul II to Al Azhar With Pope John Paul II and Grand Imam of Al Azhar Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi Al Azhar Cairo (2000)

International Foundation for Interreligous Dialogue Conference participants at the International Foundation for Interreligous Dialogue With Prince Philippe Duke of Edinburg, President of the Foundation; Prince Hassan of Jordan; and Sir Evelyn of Rothschild Windsor Castle Great Britain (10/1999)

Historical agreement between Al Azhar and the Vatican Signing the historical agreement for permanent dialogue between Al Azhar and the Vatican With Pope John Paul II Vatican City (28/5/1998)