This text presents the program with links to (power point) presentations, reports of sessions and student responses. The executive report of entire program was written by Dr. Matthew Anderson and can be found here.

Date of arrival at dormitories: June 25                                                        

Program dates: June 26 – July 6

Departure: July 07, 2018

Number of Students: 22

Accommodation: HU - Student Hostel 

Guest Speakers:                                

• Prof. Dr. Ahmed Ghobashy (HU), Prof. Dr. Hassan Wagieh (Azhar University), Prof. Dr. Hoda Awad (Misr International University)
• From the Netherlands: Mr. Bas Belder (EU Member of Parliament), Ms. Corry-Anne van der Tang- Everse (SGP), Johan Snel (senior lecturer journalism).
• From Denmark: Mette Toft Nielsen, MA Culture, Communication and Globalisation
• From the USA: Dr. Matthew Anderson (PhD in Muslim-Christian relations, Georgetown University, USA)
• For CIDT: Drs. Cornelis (Kees) Hulsman, Matthew Sparks, MA

With support of the Sekem Development Foundation and the SGP party in the Netherlands.

Responsibility for the program: Center for Arab-West Understanding and the Heliopolis University for Sustainable Development. 

Program

All lectures/presentations are mentioned but some of the art activities. Engaging in short group activities with art was woven throughout the entire program. Some activities are mentioned in this schedule but not all.

DT – Day Tour

SGP representatives

Bert van Voorden, chairman International Affairs (SGP), previously 25 years mayor in four different Dutch cities; IJsselmuiden, Genemuiden, Hasselt and Rijssen.

Prof. Dr. Wijbren Jongsma, Teaching Old and Middle English language and culture, the history of the Germanic languages, West-European Culture at Amsterdam University. Secretary and ad-interim Coordinator International Affairs (SGP)

Lecturers selected by the SGP

• Bastiaan Belder (born 25.10.1946) has been a Dutch Member of the European Parliament (EP) since 1999. He currently serves as a Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, substitute Member of the Agricultural Committee and as Vice-Chair of the EP Delegation for relations with Israel (2014 - 2019). As a Member of the European Parliament Mr. Belder visited many countries in the Middle East, including Egypt and Jordan. He was rapporteur on the EU relations with Iran and wrote several reports on the EU-relations with China.  Belder is a Member of the Reformed Political Party (Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij, SGP), a conservative Christian political party in the Netherlands.
• Ms. Corry-Anne van der Tang- Everse – member of the SGP youth movement
• Johan Snel, Senior lecturer journalism at the Christian University for Applied Sciences, Ede, The Netherlands

Lecturers selected by the Center for Arab-West Understanding

• Drs. Cornelis Hulsman, sociologist, first arrival in Egypt in 1976, founding director of the Center for Intercultural Dialogue and Translation (CIDT), editor-in-chief Arab-West Report.
• Matthew Sparks, MA, head CIDT database development project
• Prof. Dr. Hoda Awad, Secretary-General of the Center for Arab-West Understanding, Professor of Political Science at Misr International University. Prof. Awad is Coptic Evangelical, serves on the board of the Coptic Evangelical Organisation for Social Services (CEOSS) and several other Christian organizations in Egypt.
• Dr. Matthew Anderson, MA in Theology (Anglican), PhD in Muslim-Christian relations Georgetown University, USA.
• Mette Toft Nielsen, Danish, former intern at the Center for Arab-West Understanding, MA in Culture, Communication and Globalisation  (CCG) with a specialization in International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER). She is the main author of the book: "Women in post-revolutionary Egypt: Can behaviour be controlled?" Mette also has a teachers education and is just about to start her fourth year as a teacher in a Danish public school. She is currently focused on the importance of discourses and  narratives in how we make meaning to the world, we are a part of.
• Prof. Dr. Hassan Wagieh, PhD Georgetown University, Professor of Linguistics and Political Science and expert in international negotiation and crisis management, al-Azhar University. Since 3-4 years chairman of the Faculty of Economics and Political Science (FEPS), Future Eniversity Egypt (FUE), Cairo. Dr. Wagieh was with Cornelis Hulsman invited by the German organization Missio to travel in 2004 to Germany for their campaign “Dare to meet the other,” discussions about Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt. Missio had invited Hulsman as an expert on the position of Christians in Egypt. Hulsman in turn asked Dr. Hamdi Zaqzouq, then minister of Endowments, for a Muslim scholar to join. Dr. Zaqzouq assigned Dr. Wagieh in his capacity as member of the Higher Council of Islamic Affairs. Together they visited the German Parliament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, universities, churches, mosques in the region of Berlin and surroundings. Wagieh and Hulsman have since that moment developed a strong friendship.

Lecturers selected by Heliopolis University for Sustainable Development

• Dr. Sigward von Laue, Research and International Affairs, Social Innovation Centre, Heliopolis University
• Prof. Dr. Ahmed Ghobashy – Lecturer of Modern & Contemporary History, Head of Core Program , Heliopolis University