A delegation from Alexandria University headed by Prof. Dr. Essam El Kurdi, Vice President of Alexandria University for Community Service and Environment Development is currently visiting China. The delegation visited the School of Foreign Languages at Shanghai Jiao Tong University to discuss ways of cooperation between the two sides especially in the new program of the Arab language. The delegation visited the central library of Jiao Tong University where Prof. Dr. Essam El Kurdi delivered a lecture on the Alexandria University, Silk Road and cooperation with China. The lecture was attended by more than 100 Chinese student studying Arabic language in this university which is the largest university in China in terms of the number of students studying Arabic language with 600 students.
Prof. Dr. Ghada Mousa Deputy of the Faculty of Arts talked about the Faculty of Arts and its mission, educational and research objectives, vision and its role in community service.
Prof. Dr. Lanna Habib, the Director of TAFL Center (Teaching Arabic as Foreign Language) in the Faculty of Arts provided an overview of the Center and its educational and cultural role foreign students of from all the world.