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H.E. Mrs. Valgerd Svarstad Haugland,
Minister of Culture and Church Affairs
- Highlights of her career include: Secretary-general of the Women's
- Organization of the Christian Democratic Party of Norway;
- Deputy Chairman of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs
- Member of the Standing Committee on Social Affairs
- Minister of Children and Family Affairs
- Chairman of the Christian Democratic Party
- Member of the Storting for Akershus County
- First Deputy Chairman of the Christian Democratic Party
- Deputy member of the Storting for Rogaland County
- Deputy Chairman of the Christian Democratic Youth League
- Deputy Chairman and Chairman of the Council for Research and Development of Expertise in European Affairs
- Member of the Council on lowering the school age
- Member of the Council on Ethics and the Community
- Member of the board, Modum Bads Nervesanatorium
- Member of the Council for the Women's University
- Member of the board, Alva Myrdal Fund; Member of the Christian Democratic Party Strategy Committee.
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Ismail Serageldin
Director, Library of Alexandria
Ismail Serageldin is Director of the new Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Library of Alexandria, and Distinguished University Professor at Wageningen University in the Netherlands . He was formerly Vice-President of the World Bank for Environmentally Sustainable Development and Chairman of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) at the World Bank. He joined the Bank in 1972 where he designed and managed a broad array of poverty-focused projects in developing countries.
Educated at Cairo University and Harvard University where he earned a Ph.D., Dr. Serageldin is an internationally published author on economic development, human resource issues, the environment, architecture, urbanism, the Arab world, Islam and culture. He has received numerous international awards and honors for his work and civil society efforts.
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Abdallah Sobeih
YES Coordinator for MENA
Abdallah Sobeih Salem is a consultant for the Youth Employment Summit Program, 0ES Regional Coordinator for the Middle East & North Africa, Operating from Egypt . He is also Research a Specialist Centre for Special Studies and Programs - CSSP at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. |
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Ahmed Kamal Aboulmagd
Judge (former President) of the World Bank s Administrative Tribunal.
Dr. Aboulmagd received his education at the Faculty of Law at Cairo University, and at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. His academic career includes his tenure as Professor of Public Law at Cairo University, member of the Academy of Islamic Legal Research of Al Azhar University, and he was Dean of the Kuwait University Law School from 1977 to 1979.
Dr. Aboulmagd has held many government positions in Egypt, including Cultural Counselor to the Egyptian Embassy in Washington DC, from 1969 to 1971, Minister of Youth in Egypt from 1972 to 1973, Minister of Information in Egypt from 1973-1975. He has also served as Chair of the Special Panel of Adjudicators, and as Arbitrator in commercial disputes, as well as being Legal and Constitutional Advisor to the Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the State of Kuwait from 1979 to 1985. He is a well-known Islamic thinker and writer. Dr. Aboulmagd has published books and articles in Arabic and English. His book of Essays Hiwar la Mowagaha (Dialogue not Confrontation) bears re-reading in these times of intolerant debate. |
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Ali Abu Shadi
Ali Abu Shadi is a censor and critic with the Ministry of Culture. He has written several books including Documentary Cinema in the'70's, Classics of Egyptian Cinema, Black and White, The Language of Cinema, 100 Years of Egyptian Cinema and Cinema and Politics.
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Andrew Puddephat
Former leader of Hackney Council
Director of Charter 88, Liberty , and Article 19 for the past 15 years. Andrew is a visiting lecturer at Westminster University teaching on the Power and Empowerment module. He says his sense of justice arose from various events in childhood and various things that shaped him in early age and he grew up with an acute sense of what was fair and what was not fair. |
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Ayman El Amir
Ayman El Amir had twenty years of service with the United Nations before he joined the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. As a career journalist he served as the Washington Bureau Chief of Al Ahram newspaper, as well as a bureau chief for the Middle East in Eastern Europe and North Africa, and as Director of UN Information Centers in Sudan and Somalia . He also served as Press Counselor to the Permanent Egyptian Delegation to the UN in New York . He is a contributing writer for Al Ahram Weekly.
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Azza El Khouly
Azza El Khouly is Assistant Professor of English Literature at Alexandria University ; she is also special consultant to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
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David Wardrop
Secretary of the UK Friends of the BA
He is Secretary of the UK Friends of the Alexandria Library which he set up in 1994. His commercial career covered engineering and marketing roles. He has initiated projects for the UK United Nations Association, UNESCO and the united Nations covering issues such as Development in Africa, Education for All, Freedom of Expression, peacekeeping and international law.
He serves as Administrator of Strategies for Peace , formerly the Worldwide Consultative Association of Retired Generals and Admirals which is developing a new Virtual Library for Peace Support Operations.
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Dumisani Nyoni,
YES Country Network Coordinator - Youth Employment Summit (YES) Campaign www.yesweb.org
From 2001, Dumisani Nyoni worked with the global campaign for youth employment launched at the Youth Employment Summit (YES) in Alexandria Egypt in September 2002. He was largely responsible for mobilizing youth groups in over 60 countries to establish national level coalitions known as YES Country Networks (see www.yesweb.org/yesnetworks ) to tackle the challenges of youth unemployment in their countries. Dumisani provided coaching, mentoring and guidance to the YES Country Networks on a daily basis ranging from providing online support, guidance in strategic planning and alliance building and the overall development of these networks.
Previously, Dumisani worked with the Earth Council Institute, an international organization established as a result of the 1992 Rio Earth Summit and mandated with coordinating the implementation of Agenda 21 at the local level. At the Earth Council, Dumisani launched the youth component of the Earth Council's "Earth Charter" initiative ( www.earthcharter.org ). Currently, Dumisani serves as a consultant, advisor and board member to numerous organizations working in youth development.. He also has experience in lecturing and facilitating workshops with diverse groups ranging from Lexington Elementary School students in Lexington , MA , to the Catholic University in San Jose , Costa Rica and Harvard University , in Cambridge , Massachussets. |
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Ellen Tise,
University Librarian, University of the Western Cape , South Africa
Ms Tise obtained her professional library qualifications at the University of the Western Cape , South Africa between 1979 and 1993 and has presented and published papers on various topics at various library conferences and meetings. She represented IFLA at preparation meetings of the World Summit on the Information Society and served on several IFLA committees.
She is a Governing Board Member - International Federation of Library Associations & Institutions (IFLA), 2001 -2003, 2003- 2005, a IFLA/FAIFE Advisory Board Member, Chair - WLIC/IFLA 2007 National Organising Committee, 2002, and Past President of the Library and Information Association of South Africa LIASA, 1998 - 2002, among many other activities.
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Eugene Schoulgin
Novelist and the Chair of International PEN's Writers in Prison Committee.
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Frode Bakken
President Norwegian Library Association
Norway Frode Bakken is a librarian of profession and has worked in public, county, college and research libraries. Frode is currently President of the Norwegian Library Association, also holding the post from 1996 to 1998 and then again from 2000. Official EBLIDA (European library association) representative at the WIPO copyright conference in Geneva December 1996. Active in IFLA since 1991 and has been member of Standing committees on Document Delivery and Interlending (1991-1997), Public Libraries (1997-2001) and member of IFLA Copyright and other Legal Matters committee (1998-2001).
At the moment member of IFLA FAIFE committee (Free access to information and Freedom of expression). Co-member of IFLA, Council of Europe and UNESCO mission to Kosovo in 2000 to evaluate library situation and co-author of IFLA/FAIFE report "Libraries in Kosova/Kosovo" (Copenhagen 2000) together with Carsten Frederiksen. Co-coordinator of EBLIDA working group on WTO and libraries-issues. |
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Mr. Gaber Asfour,
Secretary General, Egyptian Supreme Council of Culture
Head of the Supreme Council of Culture, also held positions at Cairo University for 27 years, and most recently was Head of the Department of Arabic. He has been a visiting professor at Harvard, the University of Stockholm , Sana'a University and the University of Wisconsin .
He was Editor-in-Chief of Fusul for seven years. Some of his books include countering Fanaticism, Times of the Novel., Contemporary Theories, The Scope of our Times, Flashes of Reason, ,Illuminations, In defense of the Enlightenment, Enlightenment Versus Obscurantism, Refracting Mirrors: A study in Taha Hussein's Criticism , and The Concept of Poetry: A Study of the Critical Heritage . He is a prolific author, having published in excess of 22 journal articles and chapters, and 55 published papers.
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Hassan Hamed
Chairman and CEO of the Egyptian Radio & Television Union (ERTU)
Before becoming head of the ERTU, Mr. Hamed successively founded and directed three channels: the Information Channel Delete, Nile TV International and Nile Thematic Channels.
He was Adham Center 's longest-standing Associates, or honorary faculty members.
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Helge M. Sonneland
Sec. Gen. Norwegian Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs
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Helge Rønning
Professor in the Dep. of Media & Communications, Oslo University
Helge Rønning is Professor in the Department of Media and Communications, University of Oslo . He has published numerous articles on literary, social, political, media and cultural issues in Scandinavian, European, African and American journals and newspapers. He has published and contributed to a great number of books in Scandinavia and internationally.
He has done research and lived in Nigeria , Zimbabwe , Mozambique . His research interests cover a wide area from Ibsen's works, to the freedom of speech and copyright issues. He has been very active in Norwegian public life and served on a number of public bodies including the Freedom of Expression Commision. He has furthermore been chairman of the Norwegian Non-Fiction Writers Union, and of the board of Kopinor.
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Prof. Hossam Lotfi
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Ihsan Aly Dabbous (Ph.D.)
Assistant Editor for Political & Diplomatic Affairs, Akhbar Al Yom in Cairo .
She is a member of the executive board Akhbar El Yom Academy for Engineering and Media Technology and Affiliate Professor, Department of Mass Communication, AUC. As Assistant Editor for Political and Diplomatic affairs she covers most of the state visits, international events, and conferences held in Cairo . Europe, the Middle East and America during her Journalistic career of 30 years and also covered international events as a guest of many governments.
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Jennifer Corriero
Co-founder and Executive Director of TakingITGlobal (TIG)
is an international organization - led by youth and enabled by technology. TIG connects youth to find inspiration, access information, get involved, and take action to improve their local and global communities. Headquartered in Toronto , Canada , with a growing worldwide presence, the organization's flagship program is TakingITGlobal.org, the most popular online community for young people interested in connecting across cultures and making a difference, with hundreds of thousands of unique visitors each month.
The website involves over 40,000 members from over 200 countries and receives over 45 Million hits each month and has been honored with various awards. Ms Corriero has the overall responsibility for the successful management of all organizational activities including strategic planning, human resources management (20 staff), project management, partnership development etc. TIG Partners include: Global Youth Action Network, International Institute for Sustainable Development, Butterfly 208 (a project of CIDA), Deal.org (program of RCMP Youth Strategy), The Digital Youth Consortium, Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP), International Youth Parliament, Youth Employment Summit Campaign, Correctional Services Canada, United World Colleges , United Nations Association in Canada , YMCA of Greater Toronto.
She has secured fundraising commitments and strategic partnerships from Hewlett Packard Canada , the Royal Bank of Canada , HRDC and Trillium Foundation and been responsible for the preparation and management of the organization's $1 million budget for 2003. In addition Ms Corriero is the principal in Jenergy Consulting Inc. , Toronto , ON , which provides strategy consulting and implementation of youth programs to a diverse array of clients, including MDS, McDonalds, Swatch, HP, and VanCity. She is a professional speaker and facilitator on the topic of youth engagement and is developing and implementing an Online Youth Advisory Team for the Ontario Science Centre , to engage young Ontarians in the process of creation for OSC's Innovation Centre, a government and industry-funded project. |
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Jim Parker
Registrar of Public Lending Right in the UK and coordinator of the International PLR Network.
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John Stanghelle
International Secretary of the Norwegian Non-fiction Writers' and Translators' Association |
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Kamel Labidi
A Tunisian journalist based in Cairo , is former Amnesty International Human Rights Education Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa , and former director of Amnesty International-Tunisia.
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Mr. M. Sonneland
Secretary General, Norwegian Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs |
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Martin Doerry
Deputy Editor in Chief of Der Spiegel
He studied German and history in Tübingen and Zurich .
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Mette Newth , (N)
Chair of International Steering Committee for Beacon
Author, illustrator, translator, Mrs. Newth has published 20 novels and picture books for young adults and children that have been translated into 17 languages, in addition to 40 essays and articles on art and society issues. She has received 17 Norwegian, Nordic and International prizes for best book, illustrations or translation since 1974 and Participated in collective and single exhibitions since 1977 in Bologna/ Italy, Tokyo/ Japan, San Diego, USA, main cities of the Nordic countries and main Norwegian cities. She has also been a guest lecturer at colleges and universities in Norway, the Nordic countries and internationally since 1979 on literature and art related subjects.
Since 1976 Mrs. Newth has held the following positions: Chair of the Norwegian Society for Writers of Literature for Children and Juveniles; administrator and thereafter Chair of the Norwegian Council of Artists; Chair of the Norwegian National Council of Reading and Writing; Leader of the Norwegian Artists Organizations joint negotiations with the Norwegian Ministry of Culture on remuneration for copy rights and lending rights. Her professional occupations have been Principal of the National College of Art and Design in Bergen; Administrator of Norwegian Forum for Freedom of Expression; and Principal of the Oslo National College of Art. |
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Dr. Mohsen Youssef
Senior Advisor for special projects
Formerly at the World Bank, is now special consultant to the Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. He has worked as an expert in UNESCO, and other international and regional institutions in the fields of education and human resources development planning. He has also worked in the fields of media, and in microfinance projects to help the poorest, especially women.
Dr. Youssef has participated in many conferences and seminars on environment, sustainable development, fighting poverty and hunger, and conducted several researches and studies on community development, labor migration, information and the labor market.
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Mona Makram Ebeid
Attended LONDON UNIVERSITY, UNITED KINGDOM, as well as HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE, M.A. USA where she obtained her M.P.A. from the JOHN F. KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT, AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO, CAIRO, EGYPT for a M.A. 1975 POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY, and her B.A. (HONORS) ENGLISH LITERATURE at CAIRO UNIVERSITY
Dr. Ebeid has been Deputy Member of the People’s Assembly (Parliament) 1990-1995, especially as a Member of the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs and Education Committees 1990-1995; a Member of the World Bank’s Council of Advisors for Middle East & North Africa Region (MENA) 1992 – 1996; President, Commission for the Empowerment of Women, Parliamentarians for Global Action New York, (PGA) 1991-1995; Executive Member, Egyptian Organization for Human Rights 1983-1991; Member of the WAFD Party’s High Executive Committee, until 1990; Convener of the Foreign Affairs Committee WAFD party 1983-1990. Since 1990 she has been Professor of Political Science, American University in Cairo. |
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Prof. Nour Farahat
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Paul Sturges
Professor and Deputy Head of Department, Loughborough University
His main current areas of interest are legal and ethical issues in information; the African information and library scene; history of British public libraries. Prof. Sturges worked for the Council of Europe on freedom of expression and on library legislation. He has published various papers, conference presentations and two books on policy for public internet access Public Internet Access in Libraries and Information Services , Facet Press, 2002, as well as The Quiet Struggle: information and libraries for the people of Africa , 2nd edition, Mansell, 1998.
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Sa'eda Kilani (Jordan)
The Arab Archives Institute
Sa’eda Al-Kilani is a Founding member of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network that documents, carries out studies and organises conferences on human rights, media freedoms, transparency and women rights in the Arab countries. She is a contributing writer for several publications, in Arabic, English and French including the French La Croix daily, the French L’express magazine, Financial Times, the Canadian New Internationationalist magazine and Arab human rights organizations reports.
Contributing Researcher to several international reports and books including the Global Corruption Report, World Bank report, Middle East Report (MERIP), and the US based Lawyers Committee’s report. Shi is also a correspondent for Reporters Sans Frontieres, and a representative/founding member of a chapter for Transparency International in Jordan. Ms Kilani is the author of a number of books, the most recent of which is "Freedom Fries: Fried Freedoms", a study on Arab satellite channels between state control and western pressure.
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Mr. Sayed Yassin
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Said Essoulami,
Executive Director, CMF MENA
Director of the Centre for Media Freedom in the Middle East and North Africa, an NGO based in London and Casablanca, Morocco. Dr. Essoulami worked as a head of the MENA program at Article 19 for 11 years and as a journalist at Index on Censorship Magazine for one year. He is also the founder of the Euro-Med Human Rights Network, based in Copenhagen .
The center CMF MENA was created in 1998 as a research, training and advocacy centre. It is working, presently, on training media managers in Morocco and on building the first Arab Media Freedom Network which was initiated at the conference "Revitalising media freedom advocacy in the Arab world" which the center organized in Casablanca in January 2004
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Salama Ahmed Salama
Senior editor at the Al Ahram newspaper
He heads the Arab Association of Environmental Writers; He received his MA in Journalism from the University of Minnesota, and worked in Germany in the late '50s and '60s.
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Shawki Salem
Professor, Information Technology, LIS-Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University , Alexandria , Egypt
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Information Scientists (UK), and a Member of the American Society of Information Science (USA). He is recognized as active member in the following international organizations: IFLA; FID; ASLIB; MLA; ASIS; MAGB and IITR. - His career included many posts with regional and international work. He is currently chairman of Alex centre for Multimedia & Libraries (ACML-Egypt); SUPERVISOR at the Central Scientific Library of the University 1996 to 2000.
Dr. Salem is on the Editorial Board of a number of international journals. His international career has included membership in a number of international organizations including IFLA, FID and FAIFE, and advisor to several organizations such as UNESCO many local, Arab and International Organizations such as " UNESCO ", " the Arab League", "ALECSO", "UNIDO", and " WHO " for projects in the Arab World. He has published five references and encyclopedic works, fourteen books (two of them with Elsevier Publishing Company); and seventy-two articles published in International Journals, many conferences papers, reports and studies. |
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