Body of Ali al Smman President arrives in Cairo

CAIRO, Aug 6 (MENA) - Body of President of the International Union for Intercultural and Interfaith Dialogue and Peace Education (ADIC) Ali al Samman arrived in Cairo early Sunday.

The funeral will be held later in the day at Sayeda Nafisa Mosque and mourners will offer condolences to his family at Marshal Tantawi Mosque at the Fifth Settlement district of New Cairo.

Al Samman passed away Thursday night at the age of 88 in Paris.

Born in 1929, al Samman obtained a Bachelor's degree in Law from Alexandria University in 1953 and a diploma in postgraduate studies in international public law and political science – from Grenoble University, France –1956. He also obtained his PhD in Law and Political Science from University of Paris, France-1966.

Al Samman was the President of the International Union for Intercultural and Interfaith Dialogue and Peace Education (ADIC) for Europe and Egypt and the Secretary General of the Association for Economic Information “Europe-Egypt” and a free-lance journalist with weekly columns in a number of Egyptian newspapers.

Al Samman was also a regular guest speaker in many TV shows in the Egyptian television to analyze and comment on current events. In the past, Al-Samman worked in Paris as a director of the Middle East News Agency from 1967 to 1980, and a director of the Egyptian Radio and Television broadcasting in Western Europe.

In Cairo, he worked as media advisor to President Anwar Sadat, President of the Prime Minister’s cabinet for infrastructure Projects with Western Europe.

Samman has many studies, researches and writings, as well as many media contributions on many political and intellectual issues. He wrote a book titled: "From Revolution to Another: Memoirs of A Good Citizen in the Eras of Nasser, Sadat and Mubarak, " published by Gilgamesh Publishing, England, 2012.