Prof. Ahmed Abdullah Zayed

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt

Prof. A. Zayed graduated from the Faculty of Arts at Cairo University in 1972. Since graduating, he took on different faculty positions, from Lecturer to Professor of Political Sociology. He earned his PhD in 1981 from Cairo University, after spending two years at the University of East Anglia in England collecting research material. In the academic year 1982–1983, he served as a Visiting Professor in the Department of Social Development at Bielefeld University in Germany. He has held numerous administrative and academic roles.

Notably, he served as Cultural Attaché of Egypt to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and as Dean of the Faculty of Arts at Cairo University. He is currently the Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. He is a member of numerous academic and scientific entities.

Prof. Zayed has received many awards, most notably the State Prize for Scientific Excellence in Social Sciences in 2004, the State Appreciation Award in Social Sciences in 2007 and the Nile Award in Social Sciences in 2025.

Prof. Zayed has been participating in general cultural work by writing periodically for newspapers and magazines and contributing to many conferences and symposia. His published scholarly contributions—including books, journal articles, and conference papers—exceed 200 titles.