السفير الأمريكي فرانسيس ريتشاردوني مع كل من الدكتور أحمد الطيب، رئيس جامعة الأزهر، وفضيلة الإمام لأكبر الشيخ سيد طنطاوى، ومعالي الدكتور حمدى زقزوق وزير الأوقاف، والدكتور عبد الدايم نصير، نائب رئيس جامعة الأزهر

Ambassador Francis J. Ricciardone joined Dr. Mohamed Al Tayeb, President of Al-Azhar University, Grand Imam Sheikh Tantawi, His Excellency Minister of Endowment Hamdy Zakzouk, Dr. Nosseir Abdel Dayem, Vice President of Al-Azhar University, and other Al-Azhar University officials on November 19, 2007 to inaugurate the English Language Resource Center (ELRC) at Al-Azhar University.

The ELRC will be supervised and administered by Al Azhar University, with support from the Regional English Language (RELO) office of the Embassy of the United States. In his opening remarks, Ambassador Ricciardone saluted Al-Azhar University’s role as a center of Islamic learning and its stature as one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in the world.

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