1. Ismail Serageldin, Founding Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the new Library of Alexandria, inaugurated in 2002, is currently, Emeritus Librarian, and member of the Board of Trustees of the Library of Alexandria.
16 Facts About Ismail Serageldin
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Ismail Serageldin serves as Chair or Member of a number of advisory committees for academic, research, scientific and international institutions and civil society efforts, and serves on the Advisory Committee of the World Social Science Report for 2013 and 2016, as well as the UNESCO-supported World Water Scenarios and the executive council of the Encyclopedia of Life and Chairs the Executive Council of the World Digital Library.
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Ismail Serageldin has published over 100 books and monographs and over 500 papers on a variety of topics, including biotechnology, rural development, sustainability, and the value of science to society.
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Ismail Serageldin has hosted a cultural program on television in Egypt and developed a TV Science Series in Arabic and English.
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Ismail Serageldin holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering from Cairo University and a master's degree and a Ph.
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Over 300 eminent persons, including 90 Nobel Prize winners and 20 current and former heads of state, signed a letter supporting Ismail Serageldin and objecting to the verdict, and the case was appealed.
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Ismail Serageldin is declared innocent of all the allegations made against him during the previous seven years.
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Ismail Serageldin, Founding Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the new Library of Alexandria, inaugurated in 2002, is currently, Emeritus Librarian, and member of the Board of Trustees of the Library of Alexandria.
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Ismail Serageldin is advisor to the Egyptian prime minister in matters concerning culture, science and museums.
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Ismail Serageldin has received the Order of the Rising Sun from Japan and the Legion d'honneur from France and is a Commandeur of Arts and Letters of the French Republic.
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Ismail Serageldin has received the Pablo Neruda Medal from Chile, India's Bajaj Prize for upholding Gandhian values outside India, and was the first recipient of the Grameen Prize for lifelong efforts to fight poverty, and received the Champion of Youth Award by the World Youth Congress in Canada.
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Ismail Serageldin was graduated with First class honors in 1964 from Cairo University from which he holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering.
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Ismail Serageldin joined the World Bank through the Young Professionals Program after completing his Ph.
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Ismail Serageldin worked in a number of capacities in the World bank since joining in 1972 and became vice president for Environmentally Sustainable Development in October 1992.
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Currently, Ismail Serageldin is Emeritus Librarian, and member of the Board of Trustees of the Library of Alexandria.
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Ismail Serageldin was married to the late Mrs Nevine Madkour with one son.