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Vol.1 Issue 61 November 2023 ELITE

As for my influence on the department, it came in later after
my return from the United States, where I obtained my PhD, Add a little bit of body text
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which was on a subject that did not exist in the department -
“statistical control of production quality.” Being the only one
to obtain a PhD in this field, I transferred it to the faculty’s
Department of Statistics and thus a new field began to form,
and many students joined it, such as: Dr. Nesma Saleh, Dr.
Aya Anas and other distinguished students. During my later
work as Dean and Vice Dean for Student Affairs, I was faced
with work matters related to the Department of Statistics and
the rest of the other departments, and I was determined not to
discriminate between the departments despite my affiliation
with the Department of Statistics. This was reflected in my
keenness in my work as Dean or Vice Dean of the Faculty not
to discriminate and to deal with all departments neutrally. As for incidents, there are many of them. One of the funniest
This is also what I do as Vice President of Cairo University in were when I was in my first year looking for the tutorial hall,
not being biased towards the Faculty of Economics and and we were divided from one to five or six. I asked a
Political Science at the expense of other faculties despite my colleague of mine and a dear friend, the political analyst and
loyalty to FEPS. writer, “Ahmed Al-Menisy,” about Tutorial 5. He
accompanied me to Hall 5, and I discovered while sitting in
3-How were your relationships with the professors and what are this lecture that it was for fourth-year students of a political
incidents you distinctly remember? science course. I was amazed at the content, of course, and
It is interesting that my greatest influence from the professors after about half an hour. The professor noticed my
was a professor of political science, Prof. Dr. Ahmed Youssef, amazement at the content of the course, and I confessed to
despite being in the Statistics Department. In the first year, Dr. him that I was a first-year student and was looking for
Ahmed Youssef explained the principles of political science in a Tutorial 5.
way that I have never witnessed in the field of teaching social There is also another incident, which was at the end of my
sciences. It was an easy, simple, and distinct way to convey first year in faculty, taking into account that FEPS was not
information, and I still remember him explaining the difference my first choice and that the subjects were of a nature closer to
between the federal and confederal systems in the form of a table. social sciences and had a different study method than
I consider him a genius in teaching, aside from the fact that he is mathematics, so I felt that the nature of the courses was
a great scholar whom we are very proud of. There is also Dr. different from my inclinations, and I intended to transfer from
Hanaa Khairuddin, may God have mercy on her soul, one of the FEPS the following year. Coincidentally, a colleague came to
professors who influenced me a lot. She taught me econometrics. the expatriate residence and was in Faculty of Dentistry. He
She was a professor who valued discipline and did not asked me about my dissatisfaction with the faculty and told
compromise on the disciplinary matters like the students’ me in a moment of inspiration that he predicted that I would
presence before the professor, and her timely presence in the have a great future in this faculty, and he advised me not to
lecture halls. In addition to this is her abundant knowledge, transfer. His words encouraged me, and I continued to work
which we benefited from, especially since the one who taught the hard in faculty until I became who I am now. He was one of
“section” with her was a great professor whom I consider to be the people who pushed me to rethink faculty without much
one of those we lost in the Faculty of Economics and whom the effort on his part. He spoke spontaneously, and his attitude
American University gained - Dr. Zainab Hafez. Dr. Zainab had a great impact on my life.
Hafez, wife of Professor Sami Al-Sayed, former head of the
Department of Economics, is a professor of statistics, and I
learned a lot from her in econometrics.

I also benefited from Dr. Ali Al-Din Helal's approach and
wisdom in managing matters calmly. He is a diplomatic and
political figure who remains calm in managing any problem,
reaching satisfactory consensus solutions for all, and his
approach to administration intrigued me, and I resolved to apply
it in my own style of administration. In addition to those
previous professors, Dr. Nadiya Makari greatly contributed to
my development. Dr. Hussein Abdel Aziz, who taught us in the
first year, made sure to engage us in lectures to follow the content
closely so that we could answer his questions.

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