Cairo University

Elkhosht in Naguib Mahfouz Birthday Anniversary: We Decide Naming Science Day Course this Year after Naguib Mahfouz and Allocate Special Award in his Name among University Awards

Date :2017-12-18 09:50:05

Cairo University President Mohamed Osman Elkhosht announces naming the science day course this year after the late Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz. The course is scheduled to be held on December 26, 2017.

Prof. Dr. Mohamed Osman Elkhosht said that the university commemorates the names of its graduates; pioneers and enlighteners. It works according to Enlightenment Document to introduce creative role model for talented university students and posing beacons to guide them without pattern. December 11 is the birthday anniversary of the global litterateur Naguib Mahfouz.

Elkhosht added that Cairo University Senate approves in an earlier session launching an award called (Naguib Mahfouz Award for Literary and Ideological Creativity) as an independent award among Cairo University awards. The award is developed to enrich literary and ideological movement at Cairo University and in Egypt in general and to commemorate one of the pioneers of this movement being a winner of Nobel Prize.

Elkhosht said in Naguib Mahfouz birthday anniversary: ،،It is to my pleasure today as Cairo University President and a Professor of Philosophy Department to honor one of Cairo University most noble Philosophy Department graduates. I feel that honoring Naguib Mahfouz is honoring literature and philosophy in our homeland that needs new Naguib Mahfouz to entertain us with new literature and philosophy.,,

Cairo University President proceeds: ،،Our meetings with Naguib Mahfouz in younger age were unforgettable. I will not forget how he was listening to us and how we were listening to him. He represents a beacon to our life. We sometimes agree and sometimes disagree with him; however, he is of an intellectual stature for many generations including our generation. Naguib Mahfouz represents a lot for all generations on the path of creativity and not on the path of tradition.,,