Interfaith Center at Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, New York Mrs. Sanaa Nadim, Chaplain of the Islamic Society of the Interfaith Center at Stony Brook University, invited Dr. Aly El-Samman, President of the International Union for Intercultural and Interfaith Dialogue and Education of Peace (ADIC) to present his book, Three Windows on Heaven – Acceptance of Others, Dialogue and Peace in the Sacred Texts of the Three Abrahamic Religions, a book he edited with prominent international Jewish, Christian and Muslim specialists. The event also featured other speakers, in particular Rabbi Joseph Topek, chairman of the Interfaith Center of Hillel for Jewish Campus...
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December 4, 2014 – El Samman Speaks at Médiathèque Alliance Baron Edmond de Rothschild
MEETING WITH ALY EL SAMMANFormer advisor to President Anwar Sadat Médiathèque Alliance Baron Edmond de Rothschild – ParisDecember 4th 2014 Within the framework of the series “Jews and Muslims in the Land of Islam”, Ariel Danan, in charge of Médiathèque Alliance Baron Edmond de Rothschild, organized a meeting with Aly El Samman, former advisor to President Sadat and president of the International Union for Intercultural and Interfaith Dialogue and Peace Education (ADIC). Aly El Samman, who was a journalist as well as media advisor to President Anwar Sadat and a pioneer of interfaith dialogue, was introduced by Ariel Danan, who gave the...
June 26, 2015 – Conference at Ecole militaire, Paris – “Egypt, What ambitions after the revolution?”
Jointly organized by the “Institut des hautes etudes de defense nationale” and the association “Pour la Fondation France-Egypte”, this meeting, under the patronage and in presence of H.E. Boutros Boutros Ghali , United Nations former secretary and H.E. Ehab Badawi, Egyptian ambassador in France, aimed to examine the different axes of development of Egypt and the relationship between France and Egypt. Jean-Noel Chevreau, first delegate of the 28th national session of the “Institut des hautes etudes de defense nationale” opened the session and gave the speakers an opportunity to express themselves. Dr. Aly El Samman president of the International Union...
May 30, 2016 – Dr. Aly El Samman meets with the leadership of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Swedish Parliament at the Swedish Institute Alexandria in Egypt
Peter Wiederud introduced Aly El Samman as a former journalist, media advisor to President Anwar Sadat and a pioneer of interfaith dialogue, then gave the key points to be discussed during the meeting. These included the encounter between Pope Francis II and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Sheikh Al-Tayeb, which took place in Rome on May 23rd 2016; intercultural and interfaith dialogue; as well as the Camp David peace treaty, Sadat’s trip to Jerusalem, and key figures El Samman met over the years. As to the first point, Aly El Samman stressed that the meeting between Pope Francis II and...