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Dr. Mostafa El Feki, Prominent Politician

and Diplomat, hosted by ELITE

Mr. Mohamed Ashraf Rostom, Mariam Elsafty and Joseph George

Among the most prominent political and diplomatic The Philosophy of the Universe and the Balance of
figures in Egypt, we chose this month to host Dr. Existence, The Arabs from the Jurisprudence of
Mostafa El Feki, who held many high positions. He Conspiracy to the Thought of Freedoms, The Egyptian
previously held the position of Presidential Secretary for State and the Modern Vision, Islam in a changing world,
Information and Follow-up, as well as the position of One People and One Homeland. He received many
Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, in addition to awards, including the Best Book Award in Political
his management of the Institute of Diplomatic Studies Thought from the Cairo International Book Fair, the State
and his great parliamentary experience, and this is to Incentive Award in 1994, the Order of Science and Arts of
name a few. Dr. Mostafa El Feki was born in the First Class from the Government of Austria in 1998,
Mahmoudia Center, Beheira Governorate, on November the State Appreciation Award in Social Sciences in 2003,
14, 1944. He obtained a bachelor's degree from the and many other awards.
Faculty of Economics and Political Science at Cairo We were pleased that Dr. Mostafa El Feki accepted our
University in 1966, then a master's degree in political invitation, as he welcomed the visit to the college, with
science from the School of Oriental and African Studies which he is always keen to communicate, and we were
(SOAS) at the University of London in 1974, and he was honored by this dialogue with His Excellency:
awarded a doctorate from the University of London in
1977 to join the diplomatic corps and work in the · What are your most vivid memories of Dr. Boutros-
embassies of Egypt in Britain and India. Ghali? He replied:

Dr. Mostafa El Feki enriched the Arabic library with Dr. Boutros Ghali, I have all the pride, love, and
several books, including Snapshots of a Lifetime, appreciation in the world for him. Dr. Boutros Ghali is the
Characters on the Road (I knew them closely), the first person to nominate me for diplomatic work in India,
Dialogue of the Era, What Happened to Egypt, The Big and ironically, I did not welcome this news at first because
Bang and Creative Chaos, Years of Lost Opportunities, the booklet issued to diplomatic attachés about India at the
time was full of disadvantages, such as the outbreak of