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Dr. Moustafa Elfeki, Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, stressed that the BA Center for Strategic Studies aims at presenting policy papers to decision makers in different cases, as well as enriching strategic thinking through annual conferences, publications, the engagement with scholars abroad or the cooperation with research centers. This was part of the meeting held by the Advisory Board of the Center for Strategic Studies.

Dr. Moustafa Elfeki noted that the BA is a beacon of knowledge, and a bridge between cultures and civilizations, as it believes in the interaction between culture and all developmental sectors and their role in the promotion and advancement of Arab nations. He also added that the BA has several partnerships with countries and Arabic institutions in the field of cultural heritage, and that it will be more open to the Arab World through its future activities.

Dr. Moustafa El-Feki: Only women pay the price of blood shedding .. and we still need a legislative revolution

The BA Director Dr. Mostafa El-Feki and Mr. Richard Dictus, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Egypt signed on 26 July 2018 a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

Dr. Mostafa el Feki, Director of the BA, said that religions have constituted cultural transitions throughout the evolution of humanity, and no country in the world has a heritage as diverse as that of Egypt, as it embraced different religions, cultures and civilizations.

BA Director Dr. Mostafa El-Feki, presented President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sissi with the BA Encyclopedia of Islamic Mausoleums and Arab Monuments in Egypt and Islamic Cairo, the first extensive edition on Islamic antiquities in Cairo. Dr. El-Feki affirmed that the BA is taking serious measures towards a new phase in its publication project.

Dr. Mostafa el Feki, Director of the BA, will be convening with several intellectuals, academics, distinguished political figures, media personnel, and civil work leaders in an open discussion to listen to their opinions and suggestions concerning the future of the BA. The discussion is set to be held on Thursday and Friday, 13–14 July 2017.

During a meeting with a group of members of the Coptic Heritage Lovers Society (CHLS), Dr. Mostfa el Feki, Director of the BA, affirmed that prejudice, extremism, and terrorism are the outcomes of ignorance and the lack of culture. He added that terrorist groups are mere mobs that use religion to cause strife among the Egyptian community and to primarily cause havoc and destruction in the whole world.

Dr. Mostafa el Feki, Director of the BA, is participating in this year’s round of the annual “Rimini Meeting for friendship among peoples” held in the Italian city of Rimini from 21 to 26 August 2017. Dr. El Feki will give a speech at the meeting’s closing session focusing on the consequences of Pope Francis’ visit to Egypt last April. Ahram Al-Arabi 's literary editor Sayed Mahmoud will also give a speech on how social media press dealt with the Pope’s visit.