Ms. Dina Youssef

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Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt

Ms. Dina Youssef is the Head of the Library Sector at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. She also acts as Director of the IFLA Center for Arabic Speaking Libraries and Information Institutions, hosted at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt, and is an accredited trainer and leadership development facilitator for the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). Ms. Youssef holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Alexandria University, alongside three postgraduate diplomas: one in Commerce, a second in the German Language, and the third in Foreign/International Coordination.

Between 2015 and 2017, Ms. Youssef served on the Publishing and Book Committee of the Egyptian Ministry of Culture. She is currently an active member of the International Advisory Committee for the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme, the Arab Federation for Libraries and Information (AFLI), and the Egyptian Association for Libraries, Information and Archives. Furthermore, she served as a member of the IFLA Regional Division Committee for Africa for two terms, during which she actively contributed to the office’s activities and promotion.

In 1994, Ms. Youssef began her professional career at Keller, a multinational mechanical engineering company. In 2007, she joined the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, where she underwent professional technical training in librarianship. Ms. Youssef possesses extensive experience in international relations, cultivated through early international exposure that has enabled her to interact and communicate effortlessly with people from diverse multicultural backgrounds.