Dr. Moustafa Elfeki, Director of the BA, was honored with the Medal of the Superior Commander of the Order of the Lion of Alexandria by His Beatitude Theodoros II of Alexandria, current Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, in appreciation of Dr. Elfeki’s efforts in strengthening the relationship between Egypt and Greece.
The medal award came as part of the BA celebration of 10 years since the establishment of the Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies. The celebration was held on Monday, 21 October 2019, and was attended by Mrs Marianna V. Vardinoyannis, Founder and President of the “Marianna V. Vardinoyannis Foundation”, and a number of diplomatic figures and academic staff at Alexandria University.