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Establishment of the center:
The Middle East Research Center was established on February 12, 1967 based on a decision of the Ain Shams University Council headed by Prof. Dr. Mohamed Morsi Ahmed under the guidance of President Gamal Abdel Nasser. Since 1999, the name of the Center has become the Middle East Research Center and Future Studies. With the aim of giving the center part of its interests to foresee the future.
The establishment of the center came from the belief of the state and the university in the importance of the Middle East in the focus of global politics.
Center position:
The center has reached a great position that made state officials benefit from its studies. In 1973, a few days before the October War, Mr. Muhammad Hafez Ismail, the political advisor to the President of the Republic, came to the center and requested the preparation of a study on the possible expectations in the event of a war between the Arabs and Israel and the use of oil as a weapon in the battle. The Director of the Center at that time, Prof. Dr. Fawzi Mansour, invited a number of scholars of the Center and the University to meet on the same day in the Center and prepare the required study, which was completed at dawn the next day, where the Director of the Center handed it over to the Adviser to the President of the Republic.
One of the center’s scientific initiatives and its response to political events in the Middle East was that, after Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait on August 2, 1990, it issued the Gulf Events Bulletin, which covered the Gulf events and the various effects that resulted from this invasion in four successive issues, depending on different sources such as the Arab press and foreign affairs, in addition to a number of analytical articles by specialists in the political, historical, geographical and other fields.
The Center also invited the Palestinian ambassador to Cairo in December 2017 to hold a lecture after US President Trump moved his country's embassy to Occupied Al-Quds.
The interest of the sovereign authorities in the country in the importance of the role of the center has been requested from the center
Preparing a report on the impact of the Renaissance Dam on Egyptian national security.
Preparing a report on the impact of the Arab Gulf states' normalization with Israel on Egyptian national security.
The impact of terrorism on Egyptian national security
Center vision:
The Middle East Research and Future Studies Center seeks to be at the forefront among scientific centers in Egypt, the Arab world, and the world, in the field of preparing research and studies with competitive capabilities capable of contributing to community development plans, and contributing to the development of knowledge and raising awareness of everything related to the region in light of international balances and political variables.
Center message:
Providing scientific studies in all economic, social, political and cultural fields in the Middle East and supporting the political decision-maker by providing advisory services, keeping pace with the scientific research movement and modern global trends, and spreading awareness in society through holding conferences, seminars, scientific meetings and various activities.
Center goals:
The center primarily aims to achieve the following objectives:
1- Providing research and scientific advice requested by the country’s sovereign authorities.
2 - Carrying out future studies of the most important activities and processes affecting the movement of society in various fields such as water resources, economic, social and political affairs.
3- Holding conferences, seminars, lectures, workshops and training courses in the areas concerned by the Center
\4 - Strengthening cultural and scientific ties with universities, centers and scientific bodies interested in this activity, both inside and outside Egypt, through holding scientific and cultural memoranda of understanding.
5- Publishing academic scientific research that is submitted to the Center for publication in the Center’s Journal
6 - Spreading scientific and cultural awareness through the publication of scientific books.
Center departments:
The center includes a number of divisions and scientific units that, in total, aim to study the following:
1- Land and natural resources
2- Economic Studies
3- Social Studies
4- Political Studies
5- Israeli studies
6- Historical Studies
7- Iranian Studies
8- Turkish Studies
9- Human Studies
10- Future Studies
11- Legal Studies
One of these eight sections is activated first, and the rest is on the list and is activated when needed
1- MoU between Seblas Mart University (Indonesia) and Ain Shams University (Egypt) Date of signing 10/26/2016
2- Memorandum of Understanding between Gujamada University (Indonesia) and Ain Shams University (Egypt) Date of signing 10/11/2016
3- Memorandum of Understanding between the Middle East Research Center (Egypt) and the Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University (Egypt) Date of signing 4/11/2018
4- Cooperation protocol between the Middle East Research Center (Egypt) and the Center for Strategic Studies of the Armed Forces (Egypt) Date of signature 12/1/2019
5- Memorandum of Understanding between the Middle East Research Center (Egypt) and the Russian Language Department at the Faculty of Al-Alsun, Ain Shams University (Egypt) Date of signature 2/17/2019
6- Memorandum of Understanding between the Middle East Research and Future Studies Center (Egypt) and the Kuwaiti Al-Hikma Center (Kuwait) Date of signing 7/8/2019
7- Memorandum of Understanding between the Middle East Research Center (Egypt) and Ebdaa Foundation for Training, Translation and Publishing (Egypt), signed on October 13, 2019
8- Memorandum of Understanding between the Middle East Research Center (Egypt) and the Research and Human Resources Development Center (Jordan) Date of signature 25/11/2019
9- Memorandum of Understanding between the Middle East Research Center (Egypt) and the Gulf Research Center (Saudi Arabia), signed on 3/3/2020
10-Memorandum of Understanding between the Middle East Research Center (Egypt) and Al-Rafak University for Applied Sciences and Humanities (Libya) Date of signature 3/8/2020.
1- The annual book fair during the month of Ramadan every year from 16 October to 11 November 2004
2- Exhibition of university services marketing for units of a special nature from May 1 to May 13, 2004
3- Cairo International Book Fair in Nasr City from January 26 to February 8, 2005
4- The annual book fair during the month of Ramadan every year from October 4 to November 1, 2005
5- Cairo International Book Fair in Nasr City from January 23 to February 24, 2007
6- Cairo International Book Fair in Nasr City from January 23 to February 26, 2008
7- Cairo International Book Fair in Nasr City from January 21 to February 5, 2009
8- Cairo International Book Fair in Nasr City from January 28 to February 13, 2010
9- Cairo International Book Fair in Nasr City from January 28 to February 12, 2015
10- Cairo International Book Fair in Nasr City from 27 January to 10 February 2016
11- Cairo International Book Fair in Nasr City from 27 January to 10 February 2017
12- Cairo International Book Fair in Nasr City from 27 January to 10 February 2018
13-Cairo International Book Fair in Nasr City, New Cairo, from January 23 to February 5, 2019
14- The Book Fair for the Center's publications at the Center's headquarters from October 13 to February 17, 2019
A lecture entitled: "Egyptian National Security and its Relationship to Western Threat Theories and Generations of Wars" was held under the auspices of Prof. Hisham Tamraz, Vice President of the University and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Center. Col. Hatem Saber, an expert on international terrorism and information warfare, commented on the lecture. Prof. Mohamed Abdel-Wahhab, Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at the Faculty of Arts, at Ain Shams University, and Head of the Political Studies Division at the Center. The lecture was moderated by Prof. Ashraf Moanes, Director of the Center, on Monday 12/20/2021.
Center publications 2022
Issuance of the Center's scientific journal under the title "Middle East Research Journal", which is a peer-reviewed and accredited scientific journal that specializes in publishing research on literary and social studies. The issue (74) of April (2022) has been published, and the issue of (75) of May (2022) is underway.
Center publications 2021
December publications
- The issuance of the Center's scientific journal under the title "Middle East Research Journal", which is a peer-reviewed and accredited scientific journal that specializes in publishing research on literary and social studies. The seventy (70) issue has been issued – in December (2021), and preparations for the issuance of the seventy-first issue (71) in January 2022.
- The book on the International Scientific Conference "Egypt and Sustainable Development in the Nile Basin Countries and Africa" was published.
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An electronic copy of the Center's achievements during December 2021
Pictures from the activities of the lecture "Egyptian National Security and its Relationship to Western Threat Theories and Generations of Wars".
November publications
- The issuance of the Center's scientific journal under the title "Middle East Research Journal", which is a peer-reviewed and accredited scientific journal that specializes in publishing research on literary and social studies. The sixty-ninth issue (69) was issued – in November (2021), and preparations for the issuance of the seventieth issue (70) in December 2021
The commemorative book entitled The Middle East Research Center was issued in fifty-five years (1967-2022).
- The book on Egypt's conference and sustainable development in the Nile Basin countries and Africa is being published
- The issuance of the Center's scientific journal under the title "Middle East Research Journal", which is a peer-reviewed and accredited scientific journal that specializes in publishing research on literary and social studies. Issue (68) sixty-eighth - October (2021) has been issued, and preparations for the publication of issue (69) sixty-ninth - November (2021).
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- An electronic copy of the Center's achievements during November 2021
Pictures from the special celebration on the occasion of the issuance of the first strategic report for the year 2020-2021.
August publications
- The issuance of the scientific journal under the title "Middle East Research Journal", which is a peer-reviewed and accredited scientific journal that specializes in publishing research on literary and social studies. Issue (65) sixty-fifth – in July (2021) has been published, and preparations for the publication of issue (66) sixty-sixth – in August (2021).
July publications
- The issuance of the scientific journal under the title "Middle East Research Journal", which is a peer-reviewed and accredited scientific journal that specializes in publishing research on literary and social studies. The issue (64) sixty-fourth – in June (2021) has been issued, and preparations for the issuance of issue (65) sixty-fifth – in July (2021).