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Oussama Mohamed Nabil Ali

Director of the Academic Division - Professor Emeritus at Al-Azhar University in Cairo

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Professor Oussama Mohamed Nabil Ali is Professor Emeritus at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, where he chaired the Department of French and Islamic Studies. Doctor of Letters, trained between Al-Azhar University and François-Rabelais University in Tours, he dedicates his career to Islamic studies, translation, interfaith dialogue, and cross-cultural relations.

Founder and former Director General of the Al-Azhar Observatory, he has been a visiting professor at numerous international institutions including Strasbourg, Paris Descartes, and the Institut Catholique de Paris. Author, translator, and lecturer, his work focuses on East-West dialogue, interfaith coexistence, Islamic thought, countering extremism, and translation of religious texts. He also led the Caravan of Peace for the Muslim Council of Elders in France.

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