The President of Ain Shams University witnesses the celebration of the Faculty of Al-Alsun with the graduation of a new batch

Prof. Dr. Mahmoud El-Meteini, President of Ain Shams University, and Prof. Dr. Salwa Rashad, Dean of the Faculty of Al-Alsun, attended the graduation ceremony of the class of 2021-2022 in the Faculty, in the presence of Prof. Dr. Ayman Saleh, Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research Affairs, His Excellency Ambassador Mohamed Al-Orabi, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prof. Dr. Saleh Hashem, former President of Ain Shams University, Prof. Dr. Reem Al-Kabariti, director of alumni associations at the university, Prof. Dr. Shahira Samir, Executive Director of the International Relations and Academic Cooperation Sector, former deans and vice deans of the Faculty, a group of faculty staff and students in the Faculty.

In his speech, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud El-Meteini, President of the University, congratulated the students on their graduation ceremony, which coincides with the anniversary of the October victories and the Prophet’s birthday.

Also Dr. El-Meteini thanked and saluteed the Board of the Faculty of Al-Alsun, which includes His Excellency Minister Mohamed Al-Orabi, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs, stressing that he is considered a great addition to the Faculty and a. Dr. Saleh Hashem, a member of the council and the former president of the university.

The president of the university also congratulated the families of the graduates on this important day, which is a harvest of four years of effort, thanking them for their confidence in Ain Shams University and for choosing it, stressing that Ain Shams University has an ancient name appreciated in Egypt, the Arab region and the world, and called the graduates to be proud of their university and your faculty and to become ambassadors of the university anywhere inside or outside Egypt.

He said, "You are the descendants of Refa'a al-Tahtawi, who founded the Faculty. You are graduates of an ancient Faculty whose history predates the university."

A confirmed. Dr.. Mahmoud El-Matini said that learning languages ​​has become an essential skill in the labor market, as all doors are open to them, especially in light of digital transformation and globalization. He called on them to arm themselves with science, and to continue to harvest knowledge and acquire skills, and never stop doing that, whether they are in the labor market or in the academic staff.

The President of the University addressed a speech in English to the success partners participating in teaching in the Korean, Japanese and Chinese departments, in which he thanked them for all their efforts to support these departments, wishing the graduates success and success and a brilliant future and invited them to participate in the Alumni Association to be in constant contact with the university.

By the noble Qur’anic verse, “And say work, then God will see your work, His Messenger and the believers.” Prof. Dr. Salwa Rashad, Dean of the Faculty, gave her speech, stressing her happiness at attending the Faculty’s graduates' ceremony for the year 2022/2023, which represents the end of the university study stage and the harvest of the efforts of previous years during the spread of a global pandemic that changed the features of humanity, noting that despite these harsh conditions, the Faculty moved in all directions. With great support from the university, it was able to deal with the crisis and sought development and progress in light of the vision of the university and the Egyptian state and the goals of sustainable development. For the BA stage, in order to enrich the knowledge base between the Arabic language and the foreign language in several fields such as media, commerce, economics, arts, law and other global knowledge map.

Prof. Dr. Salwa Rashad reviewed the most important achievements are the establishment of advanced programs for postgraduate studies in translation and interpretation and translation technology, in order to qualify translators to use the latest software in managing translation projects, translating multiple documents and translating localization in all its disciplines effectively and quality, as well as paying attention to developing the infrastructure for educational programs through replacement operations. Renovation and maintenance of halls and interpretation and audio labs.

The Faculty has also developed electronic programs, such as launching the interactive e-learning platform, uploading all courses to it, and training faculty members and the supporting body to use it, in implementation of the hybrid education system for the third year in a row in accordance with ministerial decisions.

She added that the Faculty has also taken steps at the level of international cooperation, as many agreements and memoranda of understanding have been concluded in the framework of the exchange of professors and students and joint programs with various universities around the world, the most important of which is cooperation with a university in Germany, a university in Spain, another in Portugal, three universities in Japan, a university in South Korea and three universities in China. A university in the United States of America and a university in the Czech Republic.

Dr. Salwa Rashad emphasized the Faculty’s interest in qualifying its students for the labor market through their field training and holding cooperation protocols with various governmental and private training and employment agencies such as the National Center for Translation, the State Information Service and private companies, and dealing with the Arabic Translation Department of the United Nations at its headquarters in New York and Geneva, and also through the Graduates Follow-up and Guidance Unit The Faculty career in cooperation with the Alumni Association and the University Career Center, and so through career forums.

At the end of the ceremony, Prof. Dr. Salwa Rashad wished for the Faculty graduates see their vision as ambassadors and representatives of the Faculty and the university in the local and regional community and all fields, as work in the field of languages ​​is not limited to one profession or field, but includes many fields, including translation, teaching, tourism, trade, technology, political field, business administration, diplomatic and technological fields.

Then she thanked and appreciated the university's administration, president and deputies who always support the Faculty for the excellence that is provided in various educational, research and service fields, which made Ain Shams University the only Egyptian public university that was able to obtain five stars in the British (QS) assessment of universities.