His Excellency President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi attended the educational symposium for the Armed Forces on the occasion of the 50th anniversary (the Golden Jubilee) of the victory of the Glorious October War, which was organized by the Armed Forces Morale Affairs Department at the Al-Manara International Conference Center in New Cairo, which coincides with Egypt and the Armed Forces’ celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of the glorious October victories, the symposium was organized by the Popular and Military Defense Forces under the leadership of Major General Walid Hamid Al-Hamaki, Commander of the Popular and Military Defense Forces, in cooperation with Ain Shams University under the auspices of Prof. Ghada Farouk, Acting President of the University, Prof. Abdel Fattah Saoud, Vice President of the University for Education and Student Affairs, under the supervision of Colonel Staff Officer. Ahmed Fahmy, Director of the Department of Military Education at Ain Shams University, Prof. Ghada Farouk, Acting President of Ain Shams University, and a number of distinguished Ain Shams University students, attended the activities of the symposium.

The students’ participation comes within the framework of implementing the Egyptian state’s strategy to raise the level of awareness and raise the spirit of loyalty and belonging among university students through the integration and participation of Ain Shams University students in educational seminars and Armed Forces celebrations, and out of Ain Shams University’s keenness to educate its students in various fields.

The visit comes within the directives of Prof. Abdel Fattah Saoud, Vice President of the University for Education and Student Affairs, called for the necessity of activating field visits and participation for university students to learn about the glorious October tournaments and the effort, sweat, and sacrifices made by state institutions, led by our armed forces, which presented our righteous martyrs, without whose sacrifices we would not have reached what we see now.

Prof. Abdel Fattah Saoud’s keenness to have university students participate in these seminars and participate in the openings of national projects comes because it forms students’ awareness, adds experience to them, and helps them develop their abilities to be eyewitnesses to the openings of a number of huge national projects and unprecedented achievements, given that they are the present of our beloved Egypt and her future.

The celebration concluded with a touch of loyalty to the heroes of the armed forces who answered the call of duty and gave their lives in defense of Egypt and its people, as President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi honored a number of the heroes of the glorious October and their families.