Prof. Dr. Mahmoud El-Metini, President of Ain Shams University, received Prof. Dr. Ashraf Moanes, Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and Research and Future Studies at the university, who presented his Excellency the latest publications of the Center, the book “Ain Shams University and its Role in Egyptian and Arab Societies” on the occasion of the seventy years of its establishment. The book is in two parts in 764 pages.

Prof. Dr. Mahmoud El-Metini presented his greetings and appreciation to all the employees of the Middle East Research Center headed by Prof. Dr. Ashraf Mouns for their dedication to work and speed of achievement in issuing the book. He also praised the role of the Center and the important activities it performs.

For his part, Prof. Dr. Ashraf Monis congratulated the university leaders, led by Prof. Dr. Mahmoud El-Metini, the deputies, the faculty members, the assistant staff and all university employees on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of Ain Shams University.

The center had held a conference under the same title "Ain Shams University and its role in the Egyptian-Arab societies 1950-2020" within the framework of the university's celebrations of the seventy years of its establishment, over the course of March 30-31.

The conference resulted in a set of important and essential recommendations that are in the interest of the university and education in the Arab Republic of Egypt.