An open meeting of Ambassador Mushira Khattab with students of Ain Shams University, in the presence of Prof. Mahmoud El-Meteini

The National Council for Human Rights organized an open meeting at the Council’s headquarters with Ain Shams University students, in the presence of Ambassador Moushira Khattab, President of the National Council for Human Rights, and Prof. Mahmoud El-Meteini, President of Ain Shams University, in implementation and activation of the cooperation protocol signed between Ain Shams University and the Council in order to work together in implementing the strategy National Human Rights.

The meeting was attended by Ambassador Mahmoud Karem, Vice President of the Council, Ambassador Fahmy Fayed, Secretary General of the Council, Messrs. Council members Dr. Anas Jaafar, Dr. Ismail Abdel Rahman, Dr. Wafa Benjamin, Mrs. Samira Louka, Mr. Essam Shiha, Mr. Muhammad Mamdouh, Dr. Walaa Gad Al-Karim and Dr. Hoda Ragheb. And from Ain Shams University, Dr. Shahira Samir, Executive Director of the International Relations and Cooperation Sector, Dr. Jehan Ragab, Advisor to the Vice President for Community Service and Environmental Development, Dr. Samia Abdo, Deputy Director of University Hospitals, Dr. Sherwit Al-Ahmadi, Director of the Expatriate Department at the university, and a group of faculty staff at the university.

At the beginning of the meeting, the President of the Council welcomed Prof. Mahmoud El-Meteini and the delegation accompanying him, and expressed her thanks to the university for the cooperation that resulted in the cooperation protocol signed on December 28, 2022, and the implementation of several meetings with university students to raise awareness of human rights.

Khattab added that young people are the largest group that has clearly benefited from the National Human Rights Strategy launched by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, noting that they are the group that is able to change the conviction of public opinion by virtue of their young age, and they also have the ability to absorb, stressing that the launch of the strategy gave Egypt an opportunity to improve human life.

Khattab explained that the Council held meetings with students of public and private universities, and nearly 5,000 male and female students participated in these meetings, with the aim of raising awareness, protecting and promoting human rights among the youth of different universities, and implementing the national strategy for human rights, adding that the Council will select human rights ambassadors from among university youth for what Youth represents an active force and pillar in society.

Prof. Mahmoud El-Meteini expressed his appreciation for the role of the National Council for Human Rights since its inception in 2003 until now, headed by Ambassador Mushira Khattab.

El-Meteini appreciated the cooperation between Ain Shams University and the National Council for Human Rights for the sake of Egypt's youth, as they represent a large and important segment of society. The university works to provide them with the knowledge and skills necessary to build their homeland.

El-Meteini explained that university students study the principles of human rights through the curriculum (societal issues), and this curriculum represents one of the graduation requirements for all students, and it was approved by the Supreme Council of Universities, and stressed the importance of the training and activities carried out by the council for students of the various faculties at the university, praising the cultural diversity within the university, as the students at the university represent a large number of different nationalities from the countries of the world.

A film was shown explaining the establishment of the council and its role in spreading, protecting, and promoting human rights. An open discussion and dialogue took place among university students about their role in implementing the national strategy for human rights and what rights and duties they must know and learn in order to be an example to follow within their society and contribute to what they learned in building Society, and a set of proposals submitted by members of the council and representatives of the university were discussed in implementation of the joint cooperation protocol between the council and the university, which will be carried out during the coming period.