Director of the Manuscript Center/Museum, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Professor of Philosophy and History of Science.
Awards and Grants: - 2009 International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) In Association with the Booker Prize Foundation - Imam Muhammad Madi Abul-鈥楢za鈥檌m Award in the field of Islamic studies in 1995. - 鈥楢bdul-Hamid Shuman Prize in the field of social studies in 1996 for his book Faw膩鈥檌h al-Jam膩l wa Faw膩鈥檌h al Jal膩l- 鈥楩ragrance of Beauty & Revelations of the Magestic鈥� by Nijm al-D墨n Kubr膩. - A special Award from the International Academy of Learning in 1996 for his academic corpus.