Mahmoud Abdu Al Aleem Dr. Ahmed al-Tayeb, The Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar, received today Mr. Neil Hawkins, the Australian ambassador in Cairo, to discuss cooperation between Al-Azhar and Australia. The Australian Ambassador expressed his...

The Grand Imam Dr. Ahmad Al-Tayyeb, Sheikh Al-Azhar met with Nicolas Hulot, special envoy of the French President for the Protec­tion of the Planet, and his accom­panying delegation. During their meeting, Hulot emphasized that he is...

Mahmoud Abd ul Aleem Dr. Ahmed Al - Tayyib, The Grand sheikh of Al – Azhar, received today the delegation of UNESCO organization, by Dr.Hamad bin Saif Al Hammami, the regional  director of UNESCO for Education in Beirut, Dr. Ghaith...

Al-Azhar has a national role in correcting misconceptions

       Throughout many decades, media coverage has been portraying Islam as a violent and bloody religion whose main aim is to force all people either to adopt Islam or be killed. This is done by focusing on some extremist...

     Determining one’s identity usually involves “differentiating oneself from what one is not” (Benhabib, 1996, p. 3). Identity, as a matter of fact, involves similarity (sameness) and dissimilarity (uniqueness)...

By/ Asmaa Muhammad Yusuf