A documentary about Ain-Shams University on Youtube

A documentary film about my alma mater  in Arabic is now available on Youtube ( 08.10.2015).  For an older film about the same university, see below the second film.

Plato's Menexenus into Arabic by Abullah Almosalammy

Menexenus (dialog) of Plato was translated into Arabic by Abullah Almosalammy  of Ain Shams University (Cairo) . The translation was published in Libya by the faculty of Arts of the Libyan University in 1972 while the late professor of Ain Shams University was teaching Greek and Latin there.

The Second International Conference on Christian Egypt Historiography in Christian Egypt 284-641 AD.

This is the announcement arrived to my inbox from Prof. Dr. Tarek M. Muhammad

The Second International Conference on Christian Egypt

Historiography in Christian Egypt 284-641 AD.

Dear colleague(s),

I have the pleasure to invite you to attend the conference “Historiography in Egypt 284-

641 AD.: Historical, Ecclesiastical, Documentary, and Archaeological Evidence " which will 

be held on 5th– 7th May 2015 and will be organized by History Dept., Faculty of Arts, Ain Shams 

University, Cairo, Egypt in collaboration with “The Annual Symposium of Medieval History, Ain 

Shams University”.

You can find more information on this through this  link.

The concept of ἀγᾰθός in Homer and Hesiod by Dr. Farid Hassan

My dear colleague in the department of Ancient European Civilization ( Ain Shams University, Egypt) Dr. Farid Hassan has generously put a pdf version of his published paper titled  The concept of ἀγᾰθός in Homer and Hesiod  in the Facebook website of the Greek society of the department. You can find and download this paper through this link (agathos).

Ali EL-Ghamry's Biography (1926-1993)

Searching the internet, I have found this biography (in Arabic) about one of our colleague in Ain Shams university, who is called Ali Mohamed El-Ghamry (Arabic:على محمد الغمرى ). The book giving this biography is;al-Zarkali,  al-'Alam, vol. 5, pp. 66-67(قاموس الأعلام للزركلى ، الجزء الخامس ، ص ص 66-67)

Classics Department in Egypt

Classic Department is to be found following universities ( with a link to department's website, when available,) N.B. most websites are in Arabic; some have English contents, other don't:

1- Cairo University ( Faculty of Arts, Department of Greek and Latin Studies).
2- Ain Shams University ( Faculty of Arts, Department of Ancient European Civilizations).
3- Alexandria University ( Faculty of Arts, Department of  Archaeology and Greek and Latin Studies)
4-Mansoura University ( Faculty of Arts, Department of Greek and Latin Studies)
5- Sohag University ( Faculty of Arts, Department of Greek and Latin Studies)
6- South Valley University ( Faculty of Arts, Department of Greek and Latin Studies).

Plautus' Play Mostellaria into Arabic for the first time.

My colleague Dr. Hatem Rabie of Ain Shams University has translated  Plautus' Play Mostellaria  into Arabic.The translation is titled in Arabic "منزل الأشباح"  and published by the National Center of Translation (NCT), the most reliable publishing house not only in Egypt, but also in the Arabic region. Congratulations my friend. Here is the cover page of the newly released translation.

Classical Papers' Index

An Index of  " Classical Papers" or "أوراق  كلاسيكية " the bulletin of Classics department in Cairo University is available also online. The bulletin contains contributions written in Arabic as well as other European languages like English and French. The index could be accessed here.

The History Department of Ain Shams University's Conference (1st -2nd April 2014)

History Dept., Faculty of Arts, Ain Sams University, Cairo, Egypt in collaboration with “Seminar of Medieval and Islamic History”. is organizing in1st -2nd April 2014 a conference under the title ""Thought and Culture in Christian Egypt 284-641 AD."  The conference announcement is attached below for more details.

Conference Announcment