The Board of Directors of the Center for Middle East Research and Future Studies at Ain Shams University was held under the chairmanship of Prof. Dr. Hesham Tamraz, Vice President of Ain Shams University for Community Service and Environmental Development and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Center, in the presence of Prof. Dr. Mohamed Abdel Salam, Head of the Division of Land, Natural Resources and Space at the Center, Prof. Dr. Hanan Kamel, Head of the Israeli Studies Division at the Center, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Arts for Education and Student Affairs, and Major General Mohamed Abdel-Maksoud, Head of Crisis and Disaster Management Sector at the Information and Decision Support Center in the Council of Ministers.

Where Prof. Dr. Hesham Tamraz thanked Prof. Dr. Ashraf Mounis, director of the center, for his outstanding performance and for his fruitful efforts to advance the center and achieve its goals. It was also agreed to hold a celebration on the occasion of the issuance of the strategic report for the Middle East region for the year 2021/2020, which is the first strategic report issued by the center through Its date and certificates of appreciation will be distributed to professors and researchers participating in preparing this report, and a scientific and cultural cooperation protocol between the Center and the Egyptian Forum for the Development of National Values was discussed.