Associations

Founded by Dr. El-Samman in 1984, the Association for Economic Information Europe-Egypt was a Swiss non-profit dedicated to improving the transparency and quality of information concerning the Egyptian Government’s national development projects. Under Dr. El-Samman’s leadership, objectives also included publicizing Egyptian projects made possible with European funding through large-scale endeavors such as the Industry Modernization Program. In different forms over the years, the information that Europe-Egypt publishes was used as background information for national debt refinancing; at international economic development conferences; for door-knock missions overseas; and locally to inform visiting delegations of politicians, diplomats, investors and reporters. Through its mission of...

www.adicinterfaith.org  The International Union for Intercultural and Interfaith Dialogue and Peace Education (ADIC) was launched in Paris in 1989. Created by Dr. Adel Amer, former director of the League of Arab States in Paris; and Father Lelong, a catholic White Father; ADIC was originally called, L’Association du Dialogue Islamo-Chrétien (Association for Muslim-Christian Dialogue). When Dr. Amer passed away in 1995, Dr. Aly El-Samman, international lawyer and member of the Supreme Islamic Council of Egypt, picked up the torch and became president of ADIC. Dr. El-Samman then expanded the organization’s mandate to include dialogue with those of the Jewish faith. In order...