Members of the Shura Council - Ismail Serageldin, Magdi Wahba, Hisham Talaat Moustafa, Mostafa Elwi Saif (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Ismail Serageldin (born 1944 in Giza, Egypt) is the director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. He also chairs the Boards of Directors for each of the BA's affiliated research institutes and museums and was a Distinguished Professor at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. He is a member of the Senate in Egypt (Majlis Al-Shura). He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from Cairo University and Masters' degree and a Ph.D. from Harvard University and has received 26 honorary doctorates. He has published over 60 books and monographs and over 200 papers on a variety of topics including biotechnology, rural development, sustainability, and the value of science to society. He is sometimes referred to as the "most intelligent man in Egypt". He speaks Arabic, French and English. He is married and has one son. 1964 B.Sc. (First Class Honors) Cairo University1968 M.R.P. (With Distinction) Harvard University1972 Ph.D. Harvard University 1996 Doctor of Sociology, University of Bucharest, Romania1996 Doctor of Agricultural Science, University of Melbourne, Australia1997 Doctor of Science, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, India1998 Doctor of International Affairs, American University, Washington DC, USA1998 Doctor of Science, Punjab Agricultural University, India1998 Doctor of Science, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, India1998 Doctor of Natural resource management, Ohio State University, USA1999 Doctor of Science, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India1999 Doctor of Science, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad, India1999 Doctor of Economics and Management, CNAM, Paris, France1999 Doctor of Science, Egerton University, Kenya1999 Doctor of Agricultural Science, Uni... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=6406679