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ELITE VOL 1, ISSUE 68
ELITE

Interview with Senator

Samaa Soliman Rana Ahmed & Farida

Ibrahim

Elite magazine editors held a meeting with especially professor Dr. Ali al-Din Hilal,
Senator Samaa Soliman, undersecretary of whose lectures were characterized by great
the Foreign, Arab, and African Affairs respect, in which he instilled a lot of values

Committee of the Senate and Secretary of and good teachings, and I am grateful to
political affairs of Homat al-Watan Party. many of my professors, such as Dr. Salwa
At the headquarters of the Senate. Soliman, Dr. Fatma Al-Zenati, Dr.
Q1: How did your relationship with the Ahmed Youssef, Dr. Nevine Mosaad, Dr.
Faculty of Economics and Political Science Ahmed Al-Rashidi, Dr. Ahmed
begin? How did the political science major abdelwanis, Dr. Mohamed Shawqi, Dr.
affect your personality? Mohammed Kamal and many others.

The reason for choosing the faculty was my
Then, I graduated in 1997, and my goal
intense love for reading , especially with regard
was to become a political researcher.
to the fields of geography and history. I was
fond of reading Al-Ahram newspaper because
of the political analysis it provides. However,
at the same time, I was not a fan of
memorization and indoctrination, so I
preferred to join the scientific department at
the school. Enrolling a scientific faculty was
not the motivation behind this, but my goal

was to get a high score that qualifies me to join Q2 : How did your relationship begin
the Faculty of Economics and Political Science. with the political and parliamentary life in
Indeed, I became among the top achievers in Egypt?
Kafr el-Sheikh governorate and then joined the
I have already become an intern at the
faculty. I preferred the Department of Political
Gulf Center for Strategic Studies, a center
Science. However, being convinced that
that has branches in various countries
international relations aren’t managed only by
such as the United Kingdom, Bahrain,
politics, I chose economics as a minor. I have
the United Arab Emirates, and others.
always been grateful to my professors,