Dr. Salim M. AlMalik, Director-General (DG) of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO), is taking part in the meeting of the Supreme Council of Universities, in the Arab Republic of Egypt, at the invitation of Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Chairman of the Egyptian National Commission for Education, Science and Culture.

ICESCO DG participates in this meeting in his capacity as Secretary-General of the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World (FUIW). The meeting which is due to be held on Saturday, September 25, 2021, at the Arts and Culture Complex, Helwan University in Cairo, will focus on sharing expertise between the Egyptian universities and the FUIW and inviting non-member Egyptian universities to join the Federation.

This meeting is part of the visit of ICESCO DG to Cairo, which will last from 24 until 27 September 2021, during which he will meet several senior Egyptian officials to explore the prospects of cooperation between the two parties, the activities ICESCO suggested to implement in Egypt in 2021-2022, and the preparations for the General Conference and the Executive Council of the Organization that the Arab Republic of Egypt will host on December 6-9, 2021.